Quotes about Gratitude

Look Back in forgiveness, forward in hope, down in compassion and up in gratitude.

I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.

You are the one who taught me that love was never what we expected it to be and that it was all we needed. For that, and for a thousand other things, I send my gratitude.

Jet gave the blessing from the book of poems she had given her aunt.

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.