Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man, it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow.

— Edward Sandford Martin —

Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man, it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow…

Gratitude and Pain

If you feel pain, you are alive. But if you feel the pain of others, you are human.

— Leo Tolstoy —

If you feel pain, you are alive. But if you feel the pain of others, you are human…

Gratitude and a Rich Life

In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer —

In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich…

Gratitude and Perspective

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

— John Lubbock —

What we see depends mainly on what we look for…

Gratitude and Lacking Nothing

It's a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.

— Germany Kent —

It’s a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack…

Gratitude and Giving and Receiving

Blessed are those that can give without remembering and receive without forgetting.

— Unknown —

Blessed are those that can give without remembering and receive without forgetting…

Gratitude and Constant Contact

He who walks with the Lord and keeps constant contact with Him will see many reasons for rejoicing and thanksgiving all day long.

— Unknown —

He who walks with the Lord and keeps constant contact with Him will see many reasons for rejoicing and thanksgiving all day long…

Gratitude and Thy Goodness

Thankful...for each new morning with its light, for rest and shelter of the night, for health and food, for love and friends, for everything Thy goodness sends.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson —

Thankful…for each new morning with its light, for rest and shelter of the night, for health and food, for love and friends, for everything Thy goodness sends.

Gratitude, Defeats, and Beautiful

The most beautiful people are those who have experienced defeat, suffering, and loss and have found their way out of the depths. Beautiful people do not just happen.

— Dr. Kubler Ross —

The most beautiful people are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known loss and have found their way out of the depths. Beautiful people do not just happen.

Gratitude and Dreams

Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention.

— Mark Batterson —

Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention…