Quotes about Being Thankful

“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.” ~ Seneca

“I who am blind can give one hint to those who see: Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind. And the same method can be applied to the other senses. Hear the music of voices, the song of a bird, the mighty strains of an orchestra, as if you would be stricken deaf tomorrow. Touch each object as if tomorrow your tactile sense would fail. Smell the perfume of flowers, taste with relish each morsel, as if tomorrow you could never smell and taste again. Make the most of every sense; glory in the beauty which the world in all the facets of pleasure reveals to you through the several means of contact which Nature provides. But of all the senses, I am sure that sight is the most delightful.” ~ Helen Keller

“Suddenly you’re ripped into being alive. And life is pain, and life is suffering, and life is horror, but my god you’re alive and its spectacular.” ~ Joseph Campbell

“If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and adore.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“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.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Stop and take a moment to admire all the beautiful things you take for granted every day.

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

“We need to regularly stop and take stock; to sit down and determine within ourselves which things are worth valuing and which things are not; which risks are worth the cost and which are not. Even the most confusing or hurtful aspects of life can be made more tolerable by clear seeing and by choice.” ~ Epictetus

‎”Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.” ~ Ruth E. Renkel

A Precious Human Life

Every day, think as you wake up,

Today I am fortunate to have woken up

I am alive, I have a precious human life,

I am not going to waste it,

I am going to use

All my energies to develop myself,

To expand my heart out to others,

To achieve enlighenment for

The benefit of all beings,

I am going to have kind

Thoughts twords others,

I am not going to get angry,

Or think badly about others,

I am going to benefit Others

As much as I can.

~ H.H. The XIV Dalai Lama

“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.” ~ John Wooden

Let us rise up and be thankful,

for if we didn’t learn a lot today,

at least we learned a little,

and if we didn’t learn a little,

at least we didn’t get sick,

and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die;

so, let us all be thankful.

~ Buddha

“Firelight will not let you read fine stories, but it’s warm and you won’t see the dust on the floor.” ~ Irish Proverb

“The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth.” ~ Chinese Proverb

“Of all the attitudes we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important and by far the most life-changing.” ~ Zig Ziglar

“Be thankful for what you have, you’ll end of having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

“Silent gratitude isn’t very much use to anyone.” ~ Gertrude Stein

“To be upset over what you don’t have is to waste what you do have.” ~ Ken Keyes