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I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.
Oct 1, 2025
Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.
The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.
Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving," and the words of John Fitzgerald Kennedy tell us that, "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends... Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
Reflect upon your present blessings
Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.
God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'
We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.
One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in life.
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.
When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.
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.
Think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flames within us.
There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.
The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more.
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.
I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.
I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it. People think pleasing God is all God cares about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back.
If you count all your assets you always show a profit.
The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
... because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.
Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
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.
We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family. Even your super weirdo creep cousin.
Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy.
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.