Category: Gratitude

Gratitude and Cheerful

Being cheerful or gloomy is a choice.

— JJM —

A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit…

Gratitude and Tailwinds

Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation -- what are they? They are the happiest people in the world.

— William Lyon Phelps —

Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation — what are they? They are the happiest people in the world…

Gratitude and ALL Thanks

All means ALL--when reading and trying to live 1 Thessalonians 5:18.

— JMeyer —

All means ALL when reading and living 1 Thessalonians 5:18…

Gratitude and Little Thanks

Who does not thank for little will not thank for much.

— Estonian Proverb —

Who does not thank for little will not thank for much…

Gratitude and A Blessed World

As each day comes to us refreshed and anew, so does my gratitude renew itself daily. The breaking of the sun over the horizon is my grateful heart dawning upon a blessed world.

— Terri Guillemets —

As each day comes to us refreshed and anew, so does my gratitude renew itself daily. The breaking of the sun over the horizon is my grateful heart dawning upon a blessed world.

Gratitude Doubled by Happiness and Wonder

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

— G.K. Chesterton —

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder…

Gratitude and Magnet Heart

The unthankful heart...discovers not mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!

— Henry Ward Beecher —

The unthankful heart…discovers not mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!

Gratitude and Heart Thanks

O Lord that lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness.

— William Shakespeare —

When I saw the quote from Shakespeare I noted the following in my journal. My heart is the clearinghouse for my thoughts and actions.   What we allow to dwell in our hearts will be revealed through our actions. And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart…

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