Jane Porter Quotes

Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.

It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.

The thing is, I don't take anything for granted anymore - my family, my music, you name it.

Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.

Many a blessing has been recognized too late.

Sometimes we don't appreciate what we have until it's gone.

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

Each of us has much for which to be grateful if we will but pause and contemplate our blessings.

Try to realize all the blessings you have, and you will find perhaps that they are more than you suppose.

Ask yourself, 'How did God bless me today?' If you do that long enough and with faith, you will find yourself remembering blessings.

We never discover the value of things till we have lost them.

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

When we encounter challenges and problems in our lives, it is often difficult for us to focus on our blessings. However, if we reach deep enough and look hard enough, we will be able to feel and recognize just how much we have been given.

We seldom learn the true want of what we have till it is discovered that we can have no more.

It's like you're born with all these blessings, only you don't realize they're blessings until you lose them. And if you're thick-headed enough, like me, you don't even realize you've lost them, not until they come back to you.

In trying to count our many blessings the difficulty is not to find things to count, but to find time to enumerate them all.

I keep a gratitude log, which helps to remind me of all the blessings I experience daily.

When you suffer, you can look deeply at your situation and find the many blessings that are already surrounding you. It is wonderful to sit with a pen and paper and write down all the conditions for happiness that are already there, already available to you right in this moment.

Well, we have seen a wonder. We ought to count our blessings.

Every morning I wake up and thank God.

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

Generally, I find a lot to be grateful for.

My advice: Take a second out of the day today and be thankful for your family.

Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could've had.

The most meaningful and spiritual prayers I have experienced contained many expressions of thanks and few, if any, requests.