Category: Gratitude

Best. Job. Ever.

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person; he believed in me.

— Jim Valvano —

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person; he believed in me.

Grateful-Just Be

You cannot be grateful and bitter. You cannot be grateful and unhappy. You cannot be grateful and without hope. You cannot be grateful and unloving. So just be grateful.

— Unknown —

You cannot be grateful and bitter. You cannot be grateful and unhappy. You cannot be grateful and without hope. You cannot be grateful and unloving. So just be grateful…

Measuring Thanksgiving

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.

— W.T. Purkiser —

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving…

Fairest Blossom

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

— Henry Ward Beecher —

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul…

Gratitude and Perspective

There is a flow to life, and the flow is much easier to capture, ride, and enjoy when we look at things from a perspective of gratitude.

— JMeyer —

There is a flow to life, and the flow is much easier to capture, ride, and enjoy when we look at things from a perspective of gratitude…

Gratitude and Perpetual Thanksgiving

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual... Oh, how I laugh when I think of my vague, indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment.

— Henry David Thoreau —

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual… Oh, how I laugh when I think of my vague, indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment…

Gratitude and Lacking Nothing

It's a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.

— Germany Kent —

It’s a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack…

Gratitude and Blessings in Action

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.

— W.T. Purkiser —

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving…

Gratitude and a Rich Life

In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer —

In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich…

Gratitude and Perspective

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

— John Lubbock —

What we see depends mainly on what we look for…