Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Delightful Thankfulness And Gratitude quotations
Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.
I try hard to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion we can ever know.
Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
Before and after practicing Judo or engaging in a match, opponents bow to each other. Bowing is an expression of gratitude and respect. In effect, you are thanking your opponent for giving you the opportunity to improve your technique.
A state of mind that sees God in everything is evidence of growth in grace and a thankful heart.
This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.
The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.
Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
Reflect upon your present blessings
Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy.
I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.
We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.
I have noticed that the Universe loves gratitude.
The more grateful you are, the more goodies you get. When I say 'goodies', I don't mean only material things. I mean all the people, places and experiences that make life so wonderfully worth living.
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.
We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.
Appreciation can make a day, even change a life.
Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.
No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others.
The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.
Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have;
it depends solely upon what you think. So start each day by thinking of all the things you have to be thankful for. Your future will depend very largely on the thoughts you think today. So think thoughts of hope and confidence and love and success.
You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you.
True forgiveness is when you can say, "Thank you for that experience.
Think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flames within us.
Every day is a day to be thankful. Life's abundance has no limit, and gratitude is what keeps that abundance flowing. In every circumstance there is something for which to be thankful. Even when there seems to be nothing else, there is hope.
If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier.
How beautiful a day can be, when kindness touches it!
Gratitude bestows reverence.....changing forever how we experience life and the world.
I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks.
Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic.
Whatever our individual troubles and challenges may be, it’s important to pause every now and then to appreciate all that we have, on every level. We need to literally 'count our blessings,' give thanks for them, allow ourselves to enjoy them, and relish the experience of prosperity we already have.
The thankful heart sees the best part of every situation.
It sees problems and weaknesses as opportunities, struggles as refining tools, and sinners as saints in progress.
Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise then you will discover the fullness of your life.
Imitate until you emulate; match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.
There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.