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Quotes about Gratitude

To have the two of them there, at opposite corners of the table, with their long endurance in their faces, and their present affection and pleasure, was a blessing of another kind.
- Wendell Berry
Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity; it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.
- William Faulkner
But I reckon Cora's right when she says the reason the Lord had to create women is because man dont know his own good when he sees it.
- William Faulkner
Whatever you give a woman, she will make greater. If you give her sperm, she'll give you a baby. If you give her a house, she'll give you a home. If you give her groceries, she'll give you a meal. If you give her a smile, she'll give you her heart. She multiplies and enlarges what is given to her.
- William Golding
God grant you your quota of smiles.
- William Goldman
I gave all up to him to do with me as he pleased, and was willing that God should rule over me at his pleasure, redeeming love broke into my soul with repeated scriptures, with such power that my whole soul seemed to be melted down with love, the burden of guilt and condemnation was gone, darkness was expelled, my heart humbled and filled with gratitude, and my whole soul, that was a few minutes ago groaning under mountains of death, and crying to an unknown God for help
- William James
All of us are beggars here.
- William James
I could easily exist on less money, but I like the way I live now.
- Christina Ricci
Even if I could only bring Him one little grape, I knew that grape was precious to Him because I had worked my whole life for it.
- Heidi Baker
Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.
- Henri Nouwen
When people show you their boundaries ("I can't do this for you") you feel rejected...part of your struggle is to set boundaries to your own love. Only when you are able to set your own boundaries will you be able to acknowledge, respect and even be grateful for the boundaries of others.
- Henri Nouwen
Siempre hay flores para aquellos que desean verlas.
- Henri Matisse