Quotes about Gratitude

She didn't thank Ben, and she probably should have, but maybe he knows that she's grateful. Maybe he understands that saying thank you can be just as hard as saying good-bye.

Our people believed every creature had a spark—nitzotz—that which was holy, and we were to show kindness and compassion to all beings, what we called baal chayyim. All animals praise God, as we do, with their songs and their voices. In midwinter, we dedicated a Sabbath to the birds, to offer our gratitude and acknowledge that it is their songs that have taught mankind how to chant and praise the glory of our Creator.

Life was worth living, no matter what fate might bring.

Be grateful if you have walked through the world with another's heart in your hand.

What belonged to you once, will always belong to you. Be grateful if you have walked through the world with another's heart in your hand.

Dear God. Dear stars, dear trees, dear sky, dear peoples. Dear Everything. Dear God.

You saying God vain? I ast. Naw, she say. Not vain, just wanting to share a good thing. I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.

There's something in all of us that wants a medal for what we have done. That wants to be appreciated.

Then she added thoughtfully, "And that old woman that turned me off so short got down so bad in the end that she was walking on two sticks." And I knew she was thinking, though she never said it: Here I am today, my eight children healthy and grown and three of them in college and me with hardly a sick day for years. Ain't Jesus wonderful?

But if God love me, Celie, I don't have to do all that. Unless I want to. There's a lot of other things I can do that I speck God likes. Like what? I ast. Oh, she say. I can lay back and just admire stuff. Be happy. Have a good time.

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.

I am so happy. I got love, I got work, I got money, friends and time.