Quotes about Gratitude

I now pray, not for more of this world's goods and greater blessings, but to be worthy of that which I already have.

Acquire the habit of making yourself agreeable and you profit both materially and mentally; for you will never be as happy in any other way as you will be when you know that you are making others happy.

The habit of speaking apologetically of one's self as "being old" merely because one has reached the age of forty, or fifty, instead of reversing the rule and expressing gratitude for having reached the age of wisdom and understanding.

Find at least one person each day, and more if possible, in whom you see some good quality that is worthy of praise, and praise it. Remember, however, that this praise must not be in the nature of cheap, insincere flattery; it must be genuine. Speak your words of praise with such earnestness that they will impress those to whom you speak. Then watch what happens. You will have rendered those whom you praise a decided benefit of great value to them

Instead of complaining about what you don't like about your job, start commending what you do like and see how quickly it improves.

Without money, one must take what one is offered, and be glad to get it.

When riches begin to come they come so quickly, in such great abundance, that one wonders where they have been hiding during all those lean years.

You take the bad with the good, Rise up through it. Live in the mist of it. It's the bad that lets you know ho good the good really is. Don't let the bad leave you thinking like there ain't any good. There is, and lots of it, too.

The offering had been meager, the miracle dramatic, and the provision abundant, but the lesson was not yet complete.

Generosity is not so much a virtuous act as it is a virtuous response.

Thank you, loving Father, for our Paige. Write your Word on her heart. You say in your Word that you store up success for the upright. Pour out your love on her and through her.

Lord, thank You," Elizabeth whispered. "Thank You for Your mercy and Your goodness. Thank You for answering. And help me focus on the things I can see You doing instead of the things I can't see.