“Just as We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness. So too we never taste sadness completely, as things could always be worse in some way and for this we can be grateful.” WaySadnessGratitudeTastePerfectionGratefulFortunateBe Grateful Author:Pierre Corneille
“[Be grateful for the simple things in life. Don't take them for granted. After all...] What would a blind man give to see the pleasant rivers and meadows and flowers and fountains; and this and many other like blessings we enjoy daily.” MenGivingEnjoySimpleFlowerGratitudeBlessingRiversBlindGratefulGrantedPleasantThings In LifeBe GratefulFountainSimple ThingsMeadowsBlind ManSimple Things In Life Author:Izaak Walton
“Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more.” InspirationalEndsGratitudeGratefulBe GratefulThanksgivingThankfulnessThankfulBeing ThankfulThankful GratitudeGratitude And AppreciationThanksgiving DayExpressing GratitudeThanksgiving And GratitudeThanksgiving ThanksThanksgiving GratitudeThank You GratitudeGratitude And ThanksThankfulness And GratitudeGreat GratitudeLove And GratitudeThankful For YouThanksgiving HolidayExpress AppreciationInspirational ThanksgivingThankful ThanksgivingThanksgiving ThankfulGratitude For HelpWords Of GratitudeHappy ThanksgivingLove GratitudeGratitude For LifeGrateful For YouThanksgiving Thank YouLove ThanksgivingGrateful ThankfulGood ThanksgivingThanksgiving LoveFamily ThanksgivingGrateful InspirationalThanksgiving And FamilyThanksgiving And LoveThankfulness For LoveHappy And GratefulThanksgiving FamilyGrateful ThanksThings To Be ThankfulFeeling GratefulGrateful For LifeNice ThanksgivingThankful For LifeGrateful HappyGrateful For What You HaveDeep GratitudeThankful For What You Have Author:Oprah Winfrey
“The degree of complications and unhappiness in a person's life corresponds to the degree to which he dwells on the way he thinks the world ought to be rather than the way it really is. and being grateful it isn't worse, while trying to make it better.” ThinkingWorldWayTryingPersonsOughtGratitudeDegreesGratefulUnhappinessBe GratefulComplication Author:Robert Ringer
“People only see what they are prepared to see. If you look for what is good and what you can be grateful for you will find it everywhere.” PeopleIfsLooksGratitudeGratefulPreparedBe GratefulGrateful For You Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The power to become habituated to his surroundings and therefore to no longer be grateful for what is good in it is a marked characteristic of mankind and needs to be fought against if a person is to be happy.” IfsNeedsPersonsMankindGratitudeGratefulCharacteristicsBe GratefulSurroundings Author:John Maynard Keynes
“The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one’s freedoms is to choose ones attitude in any given circumstance.” WayHas BeensHappensLastsGivenAttitudeOne ThingCircumstancesGratitudeGratefulBe GratefulCould Have Been Author:Viktor E. Frankl
“In the light of his vision that is the perspective that allows him to be grateful that things are not worse he has found his freedom and joy: his thoughts are peace, his words are peace and his work is peace.” LightJoyFoundVisionPerspectiveGratitudeGratefulBe Grateful Author:Gautama Buddha
“Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another for there will always be others whose lives on the face of it appear better. However just remember and focus on the fact that your life could be much worse and be grateful it isn't. No matter what others or even you may briefly think you are lucky things aren't worse so be grateful.” ThinkingMayMatterFactsRememberFacesEnjoyFocusGratitudeLuckyNo Matter WhatGratefulCompareBe Grateful Author:Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
“In order to be happy we must first possess inner contentment; and inner contentment doesn't come from having all we want; but rather from wanting and appreciating being grateful for all we have.” WantFirstsOrderGratitudeAppreciateGratefulContentmentBe Grateful Author:Dalai Lama
“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. It can be argued that peace and happiness comes from the subjective internalised perspective of realizing things could be worse and being grateful they aren't. The alternative view that peace and happiness comes from the objective external perspective of having more and better things than at present, while important for growth, can be a never-ending source of jealousy, dissatisfaction and disappointment. A balance of the two, where people are grateful for what they have while striving for more seems the best blended perspective.” PeopleTwoImportantSeemsGrowthRealizingViewsSourcePerspectiveBalanceGratitudeGratefulStriveDisappointmentObjectivesAlternativesBe GratefulSubjectiveDissatisfactionNever EndingPeace And Happiness Author:Gautama Buddha
“Be grateful for challenges because... Had there been no difficulties and no thorns in the way, then [each woman and] man would have been in his primitive state and no progress made in civilisation and mental culture.” MenWayHas BeensMadeStatesCultureChallengesProgressGratitudeMen And WomenDifficultyGratefulPrimitiveBe GratefulThornsCivilisation Author:Anandi Gopal Joshi
“"...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
“"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
“Keep everything in perspective if you wish to be happy. For example... Losing an arm is more an inconvenience than a catastrophe. Things could be a lot worse so why not be grateful they aren't and thereby happy rather than sad?” IfsWishExamplePerspectiveArmsGratitudeLosingGratefulWhy NotBe GratefulCatastropheInconvenience Author:Eric Allin Cornell
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine everything could be worse but isn't and so we are justified in being grateful - and shadows everything could be better but isn't and so it is easy to be bitter 'unless you decide to look on the bright side will fall behind you.” LooksFacesFallEasySidesBehindsGratitudeShadowGratefulBitterSunshineYour FaceBe GratefulJustifiedBehind YouBright Side Author:Walt Whitman