Joseph Addison Quotes

Cynthia came in quietly and set a cup of tea before him. He kissed her hand, inexpressibly grateful, and she went back into the kitchen. When we view the little things with thanksgiving, even they become big things.

No gesture is too small when done with gratitude.

Gratitude is the single most important ingredient to living a successful and fulfilled life.

Be grateful, be grateful, be grateful.

Be grateful more than anything in your life. If you have to put a priority on something, put a priority on what your thankful for and the people in your life that you're grateful for.

Gratitude is the sweetest thing in a seeker's life- in all human life. If there is gratitude in your heart, then there will be tremendous sweetness in your eyes.

Gratitude opens the door to... the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe. You open the door through gratitude.

We think we have to do something to be grateful or something has to be done in order for us to be grateful, when gratitude is a state of being.

We can never bring anything to us unless we are GRATEFUL for what we have. In fact, if somebody was completely and utterly GRATEFUL for everything, they would never have to ask for anything, because it would be given to them before they even asked. That is the power of GRATITUDE!

Have a grateful heart to be happy.

I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute.

To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us - and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it immense graces from Him. Gratitude therefore takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder and to praise of the goodness of God. For the grateful person knows that God is good, not by hearsay but by experience. And that is what makes all the difference.

It's no wonder, that God's anxiety therapy includes a large, delightful dollop of gratitude. The anxious heart says, "Lord, if only I had this, that, or the other, I'd be okay." The grateful heart says, "Oh, look! You've already given me this, that, and the other. Thank you, God."

When we live in the spirit of gratitude, there will be much happiness in our life. The one who is grateful is the one who has much happiness while the one who is ungrateful will not be able to have happiness.

A grateful heart ... comes through expressing gratitude to our Heavenly Father for His blessings and to those around us for all that they bring into our lives.

We are in a wrong state of mind if we are not in a thankful state of mind.

You don't really get Jesus saying very often there'll be pie in the sky when you die. He's really talking about now and today, and it's supposed to be like that. You're supposed to delight in what's right in front of you.

I walk in a space of gratitude. I'm so grateful to God for blessing me with an amazing family and the opportunity to do what I love.

I feel blessed by God.

I just thank God for giving me the body that I have.

It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.

When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost, in wonder, love and praise.

A grateful mind/ By owing owes not, but still pays, at once/ Indebted and discharg'd.

Being joyful isn't what makes you grateful. Being grateful is what makes you joyful.

As we become curators of our own contentment on the Simple Abundance path... we learn to savor the small with a grateful heart.