Gratitude Quotes

"For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson


"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." ~ Marcel Proust


"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures." ~ Thornton Wilder


"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us." ~  Albert Schweitzer 


"The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.
" ~ WIlliam James (whose Godfather was Emerson)

"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he
has." ~ Epictetus

"Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world." ~ John Milton


"Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy." ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer


"Gratitude is the sign of noble souls." ~ Aesop

"Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind." ~ Lionel Hampton (jazz muscian)

chose this photo today because this vine, so delicate and vibrant last year, appears to be dead now ... if I didn't know I would think it totally wasted ... hopeless ... as it looks today, just brown tendrils, no green, certainly no sign of flowers ... and my faith that it will re-emerge has no bearing on anything ... in fact, though invisible to me, the vine is already pulsing with life force ... the gardener might pull it up and toss it on the trash pile, but even at the dump it would bloom ... it's just a matter of time