Quotes on Love And Gratitude

'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.

Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.

I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.

Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

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

The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.

True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing.

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.

I am still learning about love. I thought I understood it--not just mother love, but the love for one's parents, for one's husband, and for one's laotong. I've experienced the other types of love--pity love, respectful love and gratitude love. But looking at our secret fan with its messages written between Snow Flower and me over many years, I see that I didn't value the most important love--deep-heart love.

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.

Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude.

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

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

Every breath we draw is a gift of God's love; every moment of existence is a grace.

The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy.