“You will know that wretched men are the cause of their own suffering, who neither see nor hear the good that is near them, and few are the ones who know how to secure release from their troubles.” KnowsMenSufferingCausesKnow HowTroubleGratitudeSecureReleaseWretched Author:Pythagoras
“That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.” HandsFunnyTroubleGratitudeDirectorsLaysWittyGoldenEggsBeing ThankfulIngratitudeBitingGolden Eggs Author:Samuel Goldwyn
“Old Testament Israel had some foundational pillars of faith. They were true and robust and God given. The trouble was that people had come to trust in them merely by repeating them, without paying any attention to the ethical implications of what their faith should mean in how they lived. They believed God had given them their land. He had. But they had not lived in it in either gratitude or obedience. They had not fulfilled any of the conditions that Deuteronomy had made so clear.” PeopleMeanAttentionTroubleGratitudeObedienceEthicalOld Testament Author:Christopher J. H. Wright
“Whatever our individual troubles and challenges may be, it’s important to pause every now and then to appreciate all that we have, on every level. We need to literally 'count our blessings,' give thanks for them, allow ourselves to enjoy them, and relish the experience of prosperity we already have.” NeedsGivingMayImportantIndividualEnjoyChallengesLevelsTroubleGratitudeBlessingAppreciateProsperityAppreciationThanksNow And ThenPausesThankfulnessThankfulBeing ThankfulRelishThankful GratitudeGratitude And AppreciationGratitude And ThanksThankfulness And GratitudeThankful For YouGratitude For HelpGratitude For HealthCreative VisualizationLife AppreciationThankful For Blessings Book:Creating True Prosperity Source: Creating True Prosperity
“Better to lose count while naming your blessings than to lose your blessings to counting your troubles.” LosesTroubleGratitudeBlessingAdversityCountingExpress YourselfBeing BlessedCount Your Blessings Author:Maltbie Davenport Babcock
“Joyful let the soul be in the present, let it disdain to trouble about what is beyond and temper bitterness with a laugh. Nothing is blessed forever.” SoulLaughingForeverTroubleGratitudeBlessedAppreciationBitternessCheerTemperJoyfulThankfulnessCheerfulnessDisdainJoyfulness Author:Horace
“Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic. This is a most searching and true diagnosis. Gratitude can be a vaccine that can prevent the invasion of a disgruntled attitude. As antitoxins prevent the disastrous effects of certain poisons and diseases, thanksgiving destroys the poison of faultfinding and grumbling. When trouble has smitten us, a spirit of thanksgiving is a soothing antiseptic.” LifeInspirationalSpiritCertainAttitudeTroubleEffectsGratitudeDiseasePoisonInvasionDiagnosisVaccinesSoothingSmittenGrumblingDisgruntled Author:John Henry Jowett
“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
“Henry James once defined life as that predicament which precedes death, and certainly nobody owes you a debt of honor or gratitude for getting him into that predicament. But a child does owe his father a debt, if Dad, having gotten him into this peck of trouble, takes off his coat and buckles down to the job of showing his son how best to crash through it.” IfsChildrenDoeJobsFatherTroubleSonDadHonorGratitudeMy DadDebtDefinedCrashCoatsFathers DayFather SonPredicamentsFather And SonGreat FatherHappy First Fathers DayBest FatherBucklesHappy Fathers Day GodCute Fathers DayGreat DadHappy Fathers Day MomBest DadFather Child Author:Clarence Budington Kelland
“The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.” InspirationalHappinessGrowthSecretLearningTroubleGratitudeBlessingEntrepreneurAddBeing HappyQuakerCount Your BlessingsBlessing To Others Author:William Penn
“In the deepest night of trouble and sorrow God gives us so much to be thankful for that we need never cease our singing. With all our wisdom and foresight we can take a lesson in gladness and gratitude from the happy bird that sings all night, as if the day were not long enough to tell its joy.” IfsNeedsGivingLongEnoughJoyNightTroubleSorrowGratitudeLessonsSingingBirdCeaseBeing ThankfulAll NightForesightGladness Author:Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“Sometimes we forget to be grateful until we survive a trauma. For example, after having the flu when you ache all over, throw up for hours, and have little people pounding in your head with hammers, it is sheer bliss just to eat a piece of toast, walk outside without getting dizzy, and breathe fresh air. Part of the journey toward joy involves not waiting around for trouble, but being continuously aware of our blessings.” PeopleLittlesSometimesJoyWaitingHoursWalksForgetPiecesTroubleAirJourneyExampleGratitudeBlessingGratefulTraumaBreatheBlissSheerBe GratefulAcheHammersFluToastsFresh AirDizzyWaiting Around Author:Charlotte Sophia Kasl
“Mother's Day is coming up soon. If you're lucky enough to still have your mother, tell her you're grateful to her [...] at some point, we must forgive each other for being flawed human beings. Many of us have trouble putting love or gratitude into words, but keep in mind that out actions always reveal our feelings. Always.” IfsMindHumansStillsEnoughFeelingsActionMotherHuman BeingsTroubleGratitudeLuckyDaughterGratefulForgivingFlawedMothers Day Author:Cassandra King
“Perhaps when the light of heaven shows us clearly the pitfalls and dangers of the earth road that led to the heavenly city, our sweetest songs of gratitude will be not for the troubles we have conquered, but for those we have escaped.” ShowsLightEarthSongHeavenCitiesTroubleDangerGratitudeHeavenlySweetestPitfalls Author:Amelia Barr