Kent Nerburn Quotes

My prayer was always: 'Lord, if You bless me, I'll thank You: but if You don't, I'll be thankful for what I have. I have plenty. I'm in good shape.'

I try to be appreciative of what I have instead of bitter about what I’ve lost.

Knowing it can always get worse, I try to be grateful for whatever good I have.

At the end of the day, give up your worries and give thanks for the journey.

It's possible to be thankful wherever you find yourself.

There is always something to be grateful for.

Even if you don't have all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don't have that you don't want (Bob Dylan's dad)

As she realized what might have been, she grew to be thankful for what was.

Take what you can have. Rejoice in what you can save, and do not mourn your losses for too long.

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

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.

You've got to enjoy whatever you can and forget about the rest.

I have the choice to be angry at God for what i don't have, or be thankful for what i do 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.

I don't I have everything I want; however, I have a lot and for that I am very grateful.

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.

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

If anyone ever asked me what I had to complain about it would not have taken long to tell them. Maybe I was just easily pleased.

Look, even bad years are pretty good years I think.

Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind - listen to the birds. And don't hate nobody.

I have nothing to complain about.

The earlier you learn that you should focus on what you have, and not obsess about what you don't have, the happier you will be.

The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have.

If you can't give thanks for what you have, then give thanks for what you have avoided.