A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. [Lat., Gratus animus est una virtus non solum maxima, sed etiam mater virtutum onmium reliquarum.]
A grateful perspective brings happiness and abundance into a person's life.
I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.
Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.
Grateful people are good people, and good people are happy people
To live with gratitude ever in our hearts is to touch heaven.
I'm one of those people who knows how lucky she is. And every day, I look around the house, and I count my blessings. They're all there under that roof.
It is not what we have but what we enjoy that constitutes our abundance.
Today's worries may become tomorrow's priceless experiences.
Being able to travel and see the world really makes me appreciate the blessings in my life. There are so many people that will never get a chance to see some of the things that I've seen during my travels. I'll never take that for granted.
Now I've learned to enjoy my football while I can. Every time I'm on the pitch, I just enjoy it.
A thankful outlook smoothes the rough edges off life.
I'm so thankful. I've been blessed. I never took it for granted.
[I] never talk about gratitude and joy separately, for this reason. In 12 years, I've never interviewed a single person who would describe their lives as joyful, who would describe themselves as joyous, who was not actively practicing gratitude.
A grateful person is rich in contentment.
Why had he never appreciated the miracle that he was, brain and nerve and bounding heart?
Living each day as if it were your last doesn't mean your last day of retirement on a remote island. It means to live fully, authentically and spontaneously with nothing being held back.
The Bible tells us that whenever we come before God, whatever our purpose or prayer request, we are always to come with a thankful heart.
I grew up around people that enjoyed life day to day and found pleasure in simple things.
Most of what's around us we take for granted. We ignore it. Appreciation-spending time looking for the good-helps us overcome one of the primary limitations to enjoying the wealth we already have: ignoreance.
An attitude of entitlement is inversely related to one of gratitude.
I am very fortunate, and I never stopped being thankful.
Those who always have a sense of appreciation and gratitude never reach an impasse in life.
Every time we're about to criticize someone for what we think they did wrong, let's first remember to thank them for the things they did right. And to mean it; to sincerely affirm them. Then, if there's still a problem that needs to be shared, it will come from a completely different energy -- and actually be heard!
As we drifted to earth I sat up on the glass roof of the capsule, watching the beauty of the golden dawn as it broke over the desert. This was a day I never thought I'd see and the rising sun and growing warmth of the day seemed very precious. It made me aware that hard-won things are more valuable than those that come too easily. It reminded me to always enjoy the moment.
