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Gratitude Quotes
to encourage, inspire, and nourish more gratitude for accelerated healing Related Gratitude Group Pages: Quotes (New quotes added at the top of this list.) Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. It makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. -- Melody Beattie
Thanksgiving comes to us out of the prehistoric dimness, universal to all ages and all faiths. At whatever straws we must grasp, there is always a time for gratitude and new beginnings. -- J.
Robert Moskin Faith is the courageous confidence that
trusts in the Source of all gifts. -- David Steindl-RastIf
we begin to get in touch with whatever we feel with some kind of
kindness, our protective shells will melt, and we'll find that more
areas of our lives are workable. -- Pema Chodron, When Things Fall ApartOn this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know... the best things in life are free. That is just about the oldest, most trite, most hackneyed "saying" you could come across today. But it is so, so true. And it is important never to lose sight of that. So look around you. Wherever you see friendship, loyalty, laugher, love...there is your treasure. -- Neale
Donald Walsch We need a renaissance of wonder. We need to renew, in our hearts and in our souls, the deathless dream, the eternal poetry, the perennial sense that life is miracle and magic. -- E.
Merrill Root (1895-1973) American Writer Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant. -- Horace (65-8 BC) Roman Poet
The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. -- Vance Havner
Happiness is not what makes us grateful. It is gratefulness that makes us happy. -- David
Steindl-Rast, A Listening Heart A desire to kneel down sometimes pulses through my body, or rather it is as if my body has been meant and made for the act of kneeling. Sometimes, in moments of deep gratitude, kneeling down becomes an overwhelming urge, head deeply bowed, hands before my face. -- Etty
Hillesum, An Interrupted Life
The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem. -- Theodore Rubin
I am, therefore I thank. -- Cindy
Lubar Bishop Only gratefulness, in the form of limitless openness for surprise, lays hold of the fullness of life in hope. -- David
Steindl-Rast, Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer Even if our efforts of attention seem for years to be producing no result, one day a light that is in exact proportion to them will flood the soul. -- Simone
Weil Outwardly one's life may suffer every kind of limitation, from bodily paralysis to miserable surroundings, but inwardly it is free in meditation to reach out to a sphere of light, beauty, truth, love, and power. -- Paul Brunton, Meditations for People in Crisis I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. -- Martha
Washington Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. Carl Jung I had to relinquish all the powers I normally command. I had to relinquish, above all, the sense and affect of activity. I had to allow – and this seemed horrible – the sense and feeling of passivity. Oliver Sacks, Neurologist I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable...but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. Agatha Christi Take full account of the excellencies which you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not. Marcus
Aurelius All respectability, all honor is meaningless if it drives you against your nature. What can you do if you are not a lotus flower, but just a marigold? Enjoy being a marigold. Chandan Always be on the lookout for the presence of
wonder.E.B. White Charlotte's Web People call me an optimist, but I'm really an appreciator....When I was six years old and had scarlet fever, the first of the miracle drugs, sulfanilamide, saved my life. I'm grateful for computers and photocopiers...I appreciate where we've come from.
Julian Simon
(1933-1998) American
Academic Rise above the dumbosity of others. Bill Allin Dag
Hammarskjold Gratitude is so close to the bone of life, pure and true, that it instantly stops the rational mind, and all its planning and plotting. Regina Sara
Ryan Praying Dangerously Flow with whatever is happening and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. Chuang Tzu The most beautiful people are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen. Elisabeth
Kübler-Ross Grateful living: an alchemic operation of converting "disgraceful" things into grateful events. --Raimundo
Panikkar Nothing is a waste of time if you use your experience wisely. --Auguste
Rodin, 1840-1917 Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. --G.K.
Chesterton The day I acquired the habit of consciously pronouncing the words "thank you", I felt I had gained possession of a magic wand capable of transforming everything. --Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. --Epictetus Gratitude is twofold - love coming to visit us and love running out to greet a welcome guest. --
Henry Van Dyke Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart. --
Lucius Annaeus Seneca A
smooth sea never made a skilled mariner. -- English proverbInstead of always harping on a man's faults, tell him of his virtues. Try to pull him out of his rut of bad habits. Hold up to him his better self, his real self that can dare and do and win out. --
Eleanor Porter (1868-1920) American Novelist Even
if you have a lot of work to do, if you think of it as wonderful, and
if you feel it as wonderful, it will transform into the energy of joy
and fire, -- Tulku Thondup Rinpocheinstead of becoming a burden. The Practice of Dzogchen Beauty
seen makes the one who sees it more beautiful. David Steindl-Rast A Listening Heart In the continuous flow of blessing our heart finds meaning and rest. David
Steindl-Rast A Listening Heart Gratefulness is the gallantry of a heart ready to rise to the opportunity a given moment offers. -- David Steindl-Rast Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer Real life isn't always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgement of what is working in our lives can help us not only to survive but surmount our difficulties. --
Sara Ban Breathnach Thankfulness brings you to
the place where the Beloved lives.--
Jalaluddin Rumi Camille
and Kabir Helminski's RUMI: JEWELS OF REMEMBRANCE Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light. --
Albert Schweitzer The same pain that can
blemish our personality can act as a creative force, -- Pir Vilayat Inayat Khanburnishing it into an object of delight. Alchemical Wisdom The breezes at dawn have
secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep. -- Jalaluddin RumiThere's a self expansive aspect of gratitude. Very possibly it's a little known law of nature: the more gratitude you have, the more you have to be grateful for. -- Elaine St. James What brings fulfillment is gratefulness, the simple response of our heart to this life in all its fullness. --
David Steindl-Rast Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer Heaven and earth are threads from one loom. -- Shaker proverb Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses. -- Allophones Karr A
thankful person is thankful under all circumstances. -- Baha'u'llahA complaining soul complains even in paradise. To think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral down into ever increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts, however, requires effort. This is one of the things that discipline - training - is about. -- James Clavell, in
"Shogun"
If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul. --Rabbi Harold Kushner How can this suffering be? How can this suffering be a gift? How can this suffering be a gift? Rip it open. How can this suffering be a gift? Rip it open, and the heart floods with compassion. and We are all one. We are all one step from the edge. We are all one step from the edge of the annihilation. We are all one step from the edge of the annihilation of all hatred. Katrina Meditations Spirituality and Health Magazine Sept/Oct 2006 See also, from his book, Divinity in Disguise The Practice of Nested Meditations "The spiritual practice of gratitude has been called a state of mind and a way of life. But we prefer to think of it as a grammar — an underlying structure that helps us construct and make sense out of our lives. The rules of this grammar cover all our activities. Its syntax reveals a system of relationships linking us to the divine and to every other part of the creation. To learn the grammar of gratitude, practice saying "thank you" for happy and challenging experiences, for people, animals, things, art, memories, dreams. Count your blessings, and praise God. Utter blessings, and express your appreciation to everything and everyone you encounter. By blessing, we are blessed." Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. -- Melody Beattie Remember that not to be happy
is not to be grateful. -- Elizabeth CarterIf a fellow isn't thankful
for what he's got,
-- Frank A. Clarkhe isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get. Gratitude is the inward
feeling of kindness received.
-- Henry Van DykeThankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse. To speak gratitude is
courteous and pleasant, -- Johannes A. Gaertnerto enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven Do you realize what this
means?
-- Christopher LeachThe fact of being alive... I still find it staggering that I am here at all. Never
lose a holy curiosity. -- Albert EinsteinGratitude is the heart's
memory.
-- French ProverbTurn
your face to the sun, and the shadows fall behind you. -- Maori proverbI
will love the light for it shows me the way, -- Og Mandinoyet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars. I
will make love my greatest weapon and none on who I call can defend against its force.... -- Og MandinoMy love will melt all hearts liken to the sun whose rays soften the coldest day. If you pick up a starving dog
and make him prosperous, he will not bite you;
-- Mark Twainthat is the principal difference between a dog and a man. The
sages do not consider that making no mistakes is a blessing. -- Wang Yang-Ming (1472-1529)They believe, rather, that the great virtue of man lies in his ability to correct his mistakes and continually make a new man of himself. Chinese Philosopher The gem cannot be polished
without friction, nor man perfected without trials. -- Chinese proverbYour
task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the
barriers within yourself that you have built against it. -- Jalaluddin RumiOur
walls of division do not rise all the way to heaven. -- Metropolitan Philaret of
Moscow
Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.
- Paul Boese
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