A. J. Jacobs Quotes

Most of us never stop to consider our blessings; rather, we spend the day only thinking about our problems. But since you have to be alive to have problems, be grateful for the opportunity to have them.

Never let a day pass without looking for the good, feeling the good within you, praising, appreciating, blessing, and being grateful. Make it your life commitment, and you will stand in utter awe of what happens in your life.

Every day I wake up and I realize how lucky I am to be living this life.

All the great blessings of my life are present in my thoughts today

Gratitude lifts our eyes off the things we lack so we might see the blessings we possess.

Most of what's around us we take for granted. We ignore it. Appreciation-spending time looking for the good-helps us overcome one of the primary limitations to enjoying the wealth we already have: ignoreance.

Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings.

What are the things you are grateful for?? Feel the gratitude.. focus on what you have right now that you are grateful for.

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

'Thank you power' is writing down the moments that are good in your life so that you can go back and reflect on them - so you've got this sort of repository of good stuff in your past.

I feel like when you are really appreciative, it makes it easier to have a better outlook and perspective of life in general.

I am happy because I'm grateful. I choose to be grateful. That gratitude allows me to be happy.

I wake up every day and count blessings.

For me, I want to make sure every single day I wake up and give thanks for everything that I've been given in life.

I have to have an attitude of gratitude and not miss opportunities.

Whenever I have a chance to wake up and be alive, I always thank God for that, and for me, all the rest is a bonus.

I think it's a fantastic thing to be alive.

Gratitude turns what we have into enough.

Promise me you will appreciate every moment because we are the lucky ones

Be grateful for small mercies.

Let me tell you that every misery I miss is a new blessing.

The Bible talks a lot about thankfulness, and I'm more thankful than I ever was. I try to concentrate on the hundreds of things that go right in a day, instead of the three or four that go wrong.