Gratitude
253 quotes: 26 by Keith Craft, 227 from other voices.
Other voices on Gratitude
- There is no greater difference between men than between grateful and ungrateful people.
- There is no greater evil in covetousness than its ingratitude.
- There is no one as strong as a person whose heart is always filled with gratitude.
- There is not one little blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.
- There is nothing that so deviously siphons the joy from our lives, so unfailingly destroys the capacity of anything to make us happy, as a sense of entitlement.
- Think more highly of what fate has given you than of what it has denied.
- Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
- Think of the ills from which you are exempt.
- This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.
- Those who are found blessing God under all their losses, shall find God blessing them after all their losses.
- Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday’s mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow’s problems, and ingratitude for today’s blessings.
- To bless God for mercies, is the way to increase them.
- To despond is to be ungrateful beforehand. Be not looking for evil. Often thou drainest the gall of fear while evil is passing thy dwelling.
- To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted.
- To have blessings and to prize them is to be in Heaven; to have them and not to prize them is to be in Hell, I would say upon Earth.
- To rejoice in another’s prosperity, is to give content to your own lot; to mitigate another’s grief, is to alleviate or dispel your own.
- To take something for granted is to hide its value from yourself.
- Trade your expectations for appreciation and the world changes for you.Tony RobbinsCommonly attributed
- Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.
- Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
- Wanting what you have will make you happier than having what you want.
- We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.
- We don't need more to be thankful for, we just need to be more thankful.Carlos CastanedaCommonly attributed
- We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
- We murmur because we are in want, and therefore want because we murmur.
- We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.
- We never know the true value of friends. While they live we are too sensitive of their faults: when we have lost them we only see their virtues.
- We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.
- We risk missing out on joy when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary.
- What if, for one day, you forgot what you always wanted and let what you have be enough?
- What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.Brené BrownCommonly attributed
- When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude.
- When it comes to life, the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
- When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.
- When thou wishest to give thyself delight, think of the excellencies of those who live with thee; the energy of one, the modesty of another, the liberal kindness of a third.
- When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.
- When we have not what we love, we must love what we have.
- When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.
- When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
- When you live with constant gratitude, your life will become a living prayer.