Marian Wright Edelman Quotes

There is always a reason to be grateful.

I'm able to really enjoy the wonderful things happening to me and that's a great blessing.

When you are a thankful person it releases joy.

Whatever our individual troubles and challenges may be, it’s important to pause every now and then to appreciate all that we have, on every level. We need to literally 'count our blessings,' give thanks for them, allow ourselves to enjoy them, and relish the experience of prosperity we already have.

There is always something to be grateful for.

Focus on what you're grateful for in your life. If you don't appreciate what you have, you won't get any more... because the universe thinks it's not important to you, and therefore you don't need any more.

Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.

Without gratitude and appreciation for what you already have, you’ll never know true fulfillment.

Reflect upon your present blessings

If you have enough breath to complain about anything, you have more than enough reason to give thanks about something.

Stop lookin' at what you ain't got, and start being thankful for what you do got.

Happiness comes when we stop complaining about the troubles we have and offer thanks for all the troubles we don't have.

So many people say, "I just don't have a good job, or my marriage is not where it's supposed to be." Really it's excuse after excuse to not be happy. To me it's a waste. I'm going to look at what's right and not what's wrong in my life. I'm alive, I'm healthy, and you know, a good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.

...Be grateful for what you have to be thankful for instead of complaining about the little things that annoy you.

We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.

Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.

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

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.

He enjoys much who is thankful for little.

I'm very thankful to be doing what I'm doing. I feel very blessed.

Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining - it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn't solve any problems.

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.

I'm just very thankful. And I say that a lot because that's the most important message.

I'm in a constant state of gratitude.

I'm proud - or really more thankful than anything - for all the work that I've gotten.