Jerry Bridges Quotes

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

When I count other people's blessings I lose sight of mine.

Gratitude is what we are without a story.

I wish I had a better metabolism. But someone else probably wishes they could walk into a room and make friends with everyone like I can. You always want what someone else has.

Comparison is the death of joy.

Comparison is the thief of joy.

About being grateful for what you have instead of yearning for what you think you want.

I guess I don't think there's any reason to feel guilty about having joy in your life, regardless of how bad things are in the world.

You just want something else that someone else has, but that doesn't mean what you have isn't beautiful, because people always want what you have, and you always want what they have - no one is ever 100 per cent like, 'Yes, I'm the bomb dot com - from head to toe!'

Comparison is the thief of joy.

I'd feel bad pretending my life was anything other than pretty good, so I do the role as well as I can and then I go home, have a cup of tea, see my family and friends, and appreciate what I've got.

Always have an attitude of gratitude.

No one's going to feel sorry for me because I've been so blessed.

I think that anytime that you can open your eyes and see all that you have and all that you've been blessed with, it's the greatest way to connect you with God, just being grateful rather than always wanting more, wanting to be different, wanting to be better.

Gratitude is a divine attitude in the wisdom traditions. It takes you out from the ego self and takes you into the higher self. That higher state of consciousness initiates self repair, self regulation and healing.

Envy nobody. It is the true secret of happiness, or at least the only one I know. (By Moonlight)

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

Never pretend that the things you haven't got are not worth having.

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

To sit and contemplate - to remember the faces of women without desire, to be pleased by the great deeds of men without envy, to be everything and everywhere in sympathy and yet content to remain where and what you are.

I appreciate all that I am and all that I have. Stop focusing on what you do not have, and shift your consciousness to an appreciation for all that you are and all that you do have.

Joy is always a function of gratitude - and gratitude is always a function of perspective.

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.

You have to find what’s good and true and beautiful in your life as it is now. Looking back makes you competitive. And, age is not a competitive issue.

Don't torment yourself with jealousy. It's a silly illusion that someone's life is better than yours when the truth is that each one of us is on a different path.