“Gratitude is a very pleasant sensation, both for those who feel and to those who excite it. No one who confers a favor can say with truth that they 'want no thanks.' They always do.” WantFeelsGratitudeFavorsThanksPleasantSensations Book:The Behaviour Book: a manual for ladies Source: The Behaviour Book: a manual for ladies
“Whatever you have received more than others-in health, in talents, in ability, in success, in a pleasant childhood, in harmonious conditions of home life-all this you must not take to yourself as a matter of course. In gratitude for your good fortune, you must remember in return some sacrifice of your own life for another life.” MatterHelpingHomeRememberCoursesAbilitySacrificeChildhoodConditionsTalentReturnGratitudeFortuneHelping OthersPleasantGood FortuneHarmoniousAnother LifeHome Life Author:Albert Schweitzer
“Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation: not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive from what ills you are free yourself is pleasant.” MenJoyLiteratureWaterPleasureTroubleSeaWindGratitudePerceivePleasantShoreTribulationDelectable Author:Lucretius
“The spirit of gratitude is always pleasant and satisfying because it carries with it a sense of helpfulness to others; it begets love and friendship, and engenders divine influence. Gratitude is said to be the memory of the heart.” HeartSaidSpiritMemoriesInfluenceDivineGratitudePleasantCarrieSatisfyingBeing ThankfulBegetsLove And FriendshipHelpfulness Author:Dieter F. Uchtdorf
“We can choose to be grateful, no matter what. This type of gratitude transcends whatever is happening around us. It surpasses disappointment, discouragement and despair. It blooms just as beautifully in the icy landscape of winter as it does in the pleasant warmth of summer.” DoeMatterTypeGratitudeDespairSummerHappeningsNo Matter WhatGratefulWinterDisappointmentLandscapePleasantWarmthBe GratefulDiscouragementIcy Author:Dieter F. Uchtdorf
“[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
“Whether we are in a pleasant or a painful state depends, finally, upon the kind of matter that pervades and engrosses our consciousness and what we compare it to - better and we envious and sad, worse and we feel grateful and happy.” FeelsKindMatterStatesConsciousnessDependsGratitudeGratefulPainfulComparePleasantEnvious Author:Arthur Schopenhauer