“Counting our blessings can transform melancholy into cheerful mass; laughter and joy are expressions of praise and thanksgiving for life's glories. When looking at the glass that symbolizes our life, we can view it as half full or half empty. The choice is ours... The more joyful we are, the more attractive we become. When we feel gratitude for our experiences, it becomes easier to see the good that always exists. When we give a smile to someone else, we are likely to receive one in return, and that smile reflects a happy heart that is open and receptive to what the good life has in store.” GivingFeelsHeartJoyChoicesViewsHalfOur LivesExpressionReturnEasierGratitudeBlessingMassGloryLaughterEmptyPraiseGlassesStoresAttractiveMelancholyGood LifeJoyfulCheerfulCountingReceptiveHalf FullHalf EmptyMy BlessingLaughter And JoyHappy HeartPraise And Thanksgiving Author:John Templeton
“Every positive thing in your life represents a single unique blessing. Every negative thing in your life has the opportunity to become a double blessing. For when you turn a negative into a positive, you gain twice. You are no longer burdened with the negative situation, and in addition to that you are strengthened by a new positive force.” TurnsOpportunityForceSituationGratitudeBlessingUniqueGainsNegativePositive ThingsVery PositiveMy Blessing Author:Ralph Marston
“"...All events are blessings given to us to learn from and therefore we should be grateful for the opportunity to grow and evolve into our best selves."” ShouldSelfOpportunityGivenGrowsEventsGratitudeBlessingGratefulEvolveBe GratefulBest Self Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“We need deliberately to call to mind the joys of our journey. Perhaps we should try to write down the blessings of one day. We might begin; we could never end; there are not pens or paper enough in all the world.” WorldNeedsShouldWritingTryingMindEndsEnoughMightJoyJourneyGratitudeOne DayBlessingPaperPensMy Blessing Author:George Arthur Buttrick
“Learn to be pleased with everything...because it could always be worse, but isn't!” Gratitude Author:Plutarch
“It was being young and sensitive and an actor. There was a lot of pressure, everything was a hurdle.” YoungActorsPressureSensitiveHurdle Author:Matt Dillon
“No one who lives in the sunlight of gratitude that things aren't worse makes a failure of his or her life.” GratitudeSunlight Author:Albert Camus
“Jeronimo, my grandfather, swine-herder and story-teller, feeling death about to arrive and take him, went and said goodbye to the trees in the yard, one by one, embracing them and crying because he knew he wouldn't see them again. To truly appreciate life we must remember that nothing lasts for ever and take nothing we enjoy for granted. In so doing we stay grateful and happy for all our good fortune.” SaidStoriesFeelingsLastsRememberEnjoyTreeCryGratitudeAppreciateGratefulFortuneGrantedGoodbyeGrandfatherYardsGood FortuneMy GrandfatherAppreciate LifeSwine Author:Jose Saramago
“"Great suffering has a silver-lining that we can be grateful for, because it builds up a human being and puts him or her within reach of self-knowledge."” HumansSelfSufferingHuman BeingsGratitudeGratefulSilverSelf KnowledgeBe GratefulWithin Reach Author:Anwar Sadat
“The world breaks everyone or nearly everyone, of their childish illusions, assumptions and wishes, often painfully and afterwards due to the personal growth in practical experience, insight and the resulting wisdom many are strong at the broken places just like mended broken bones often are, and some people even have the great insight to be grateful for the purifying fire.” PeopleWorldStrongWishGrowthBreakFireBrokenGratitudeIllusionGratefulPersonal GrowthInsightBonesDuesPracticalsAssumptionBe GratefulPurifyingBroken BonePractical ExperiencePurifying Fire Author:Ernest Hemingway