Quotes about Gratitude
I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
Be thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be meant to receive greater.
- Thomas a Kempis
The reflections on a day well spent furnish us with joys more pleasing than ten thousand triumphs.
- Thomas a Kempis
He is not truly patient who will only suffer as far as seems right to him and from whom he pleases. The truly patient man considers not by whom he is tried, one above him, or by an equal, or by an inferior, whether by a good and holy man or by a perverse and unworthy, but from every creature. He gratefully accepts all from the hand of God and counts it gain.
- Thomas a Kempis
Gaudete in Domino semper." (A.D. Phil. 4:4.) "Rejoice in the Lord always.
- Thomas a Kempis
In the morning consider that you may not live till evening, and when evening comes do not dare to promise yourself the dawn.
- Thomas a Kempis
2. Boast not thyself in thy riches if thou hast them, nor in thy friends if they be powerful, but in God, who giveth all things,
- Thomas a Kempis
When, therefore, spiritual comfort is given by God, receive it with giving of thanks, and know that it is the gift of God, not thy desert. Be not lifted up, rejoice not overmuch nor foolishly presume, but rather be more humble for the gift, more wary and more careful in all thy doings; for that hour will pass away, and temptation will follow.
- Thomas a Kempis
God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show our gratitude for what we have received.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
Satisfaction = what you have ÷ what you want
- St. Thomas Aquinas
I don't want anything negative in my life, like hate, comparison, competition, and jealousy. I think these things are very heavy and take away from you the way of enjoying life.
- Vivek Oberoi
People tend to see only the stubble fields of transitoriness but overlook and forget the full granaries of the past into which they have brought the harvest of their lives: the deeds done, the loves loved, and last but not least, the sufferings they have gone through with courage and dignity.
- Viktor E. Frankl