Quotes on Happy And Grateful

It's not that life has been easy, perfect or exactly as expected. I just choose to be happy and grateful no matter how it all turns out. If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

In actuality, no one ever sank so deep that he could not sink deeper, and there may be one or many who sank deeper. So it is always possible to be happy and grateful that things are not worse!

In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy. It is necessary, then, to cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'

We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.

Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy -- because we will always want to have something else or something more.

Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.