Bill Johnson Quotes

He that studies his content, wants it.

I pray daily, not for more riches, but for more wisdom with which to recognize, embrace and enjoy what I already possess.

The moment you begin to worry about the things you want and the things you don’t have in life is the moment you will lose your gratitude... The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.

They do not desire anything more than everything they have known.

I can't just sit around thinking how lucky I am.

If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time.

It's ungrateful to be wishing you were doing something else at the moment you are living. You haven't lived in the moment that you are really living, you are wishing you were somewhere else.

I appreciate every moment.

There's only one reason why you're not experiencing bliss at this present moment, and it's because you're thinking or focusing on what you don't have....But, right now you have everything you need to be in bliss.

Be contented with what you possess in life; be thankful for what does not belong to you, for it is so much less care; but try to obtain what you need, and make the best of every moment of your life.

Gratitude turns what we have into enough.

Long only for what you have.

Those who are pleased with the fewest things know the least, as those who are pleased with everything know nothing.

When you start noticing even a small portion of all there is to be grateful for, you'll find there is no room for lack, hurt, or want. The attitude of gratitude: the great, full feeling.

If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough.

The treasure we seek requires no lengthy expedition, no expensive equipment, no superior aptitude or special company. All we lack is the willingness to imagine that we already have everything we need. The only thing missing is our consent to be where we are.

Think of what you have rather than of what you lack. Of the things you have, select the best and then reflect how eagerly you would have sought them if you did not have them.

Here is the world, and you live in it, and are grateful. You try to be grateful.

People who live the most fulfilling lives are the ones who are always rejoicing at what they have.

It is vital that people "count their blessings:" to appreciate what they possess without having to undergo its actual loss.

It is easy to forget how much you have, when your eyes are always fixed on what you have not.

If we do not feel grateful for what we already have, what makes us think we'd be happy with more.

We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.

The best way to get what you want is to realize you already have it.

When we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present ... we experience heaven on earth.