Food for thought from ancient and modern thinkers.
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. --Aesop
The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it. --Richard Bach
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some. --Charles Dickens
Life is a paradise for those who love many things with a passion. --Leo Buscaglia
Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. --Leroy (Satchel) Paige
Gratitude is born in hearts that take time to count up past mercies. -- Charles E. Jefferson
Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate or value into your life. --Christiane Northrup
I thank God for my handicaps for, through them, I have found myself, my work, and my God. --Helen Keller
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude. --Denis Waitley
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. --Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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
Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend... when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present -- love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature and personal pursuits that bring us pleasure -- the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience Heaven on earth. --Sarah Ban Breathnach
O Lord, who lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness. --William Shakespeare
For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude. --Clarence E. Hodges
Gratitude is our most direct line to God and the angels. If we take the time, no matter how crazy and troubled we feel, we can find something to be thankful for. The more we seek gratitude, the more reason the angels will give us for gratitude and joy to exist in our lives. --Terry Lynn Taylor
The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude --Friedrich Nietzsche