Appreciation is an art and a lifestyle and a source of happiness and fulfillment. It's called gratitude-an attitude of gratitude.

When your real, effortless, joyful grateful nature is realized, it will not be inconsistent with the ordinary activities of life.

Our Job is not to make young women grateful. It is to make the ungrateful so they keep going. Gratitude never radicalized anybody

The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.

There’s beauty all around our paths, If but our watchful eyes Can trace it ’midst familiar things, And through their lowly guise.

The kind of experience of humility and happiness that comes with gratitude tends to crowd out whatever is coarse, or ugly or mean.

I trust that no loving thought goes unnoticed, even when I do not see immediate gratitude or behavior changes in the other person.

When you express your gratitude, you will bring joy to others lives.When others know joy, your life will be filled with happiness.

If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people's wrath is as heavy as lead.

My inspiration is coming more and more from the way I feel and the gratitude I feel. The older you get the more humility you have.

If you love getting gifts - and who doesn't - then why not accept, with gratitude, the greatest gift there is: the present moment.

...The more a person is inclined to gratitude, the less likely he or she is to be depressed, anxious, lonely, envious, or neurotic.

All men feel a habitual gratitude, and something of an honorable bigotry, for the objects which have long continued to please them.

Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.

When it's over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.

No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable.[to feel unhappy you need the time to consider how your lot could be better]

Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less.

The greatest gift one can give is thanksgiving. In giving gifts, we give what we can spare, but in giving thanks we give ourselves.

And may we ever have gratitude in hearts that the great Creator in all His glory has placed the herbs in the field for our healing.

There is a Law of Gratitude, and it is absolutely necessary that you should observe the law if you are to get the results you seek.

The kind of experience of humility and happiness that comes with gratitude tends to crowd out whatever is coarse, or ugly, or mean.

I extend my deepest gratitude to our Armed Forces and first responders serving both at home and abroad in the war against terrorism.

Mindfully practicing authenticity during our most soul-searching struggles is how we invite grace, joy and gratitude into our lives.

I love life, and I have a lot of gratitude. There have been a lot of bumps in the road, but my sense of humor gets me through a lot.

When you realize how perfect [or at least better than it could be] everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.

Every failure, every adversity, every heartache may be a blessing in disguise providing it softens the animal portion of our nature.

Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.

Authentic success is being so grateful for the many blessings bestowed on you and yours that you can share your portion with others.

When we exaggerate our friends' tenderness towards us, it is often less from gratitude than from a desire to exhibit our own virtue.

We can't wait until everything is OK-with us or with the rest of the world-to feel thankful, or we will never experience joy at all.

Justice is often pale and melancholy; but Gratitude, her daughter, is constantly in the flow of spirits and the bloom of loveliness.

One single object . . . [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.

We are not content to pass away entirely from the scenes of our delight; we would leave, if but in gratitude, a pillar and a legend.

Expressing passion and gratitude will guide your life. Say it again and again. Say it until you believe it. Say it until you live it.

The chief good is the suspension of the judgment [especially negative judgement], which tranquillity of mind follows like its shadow.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury. [and therefore not appreciate it fully or be grateful for it every moment.]

How I show love has always been through food. That, for me, has been the foundation of how I express gratitude for anybody around me.

Grumbling and gratitude are, for the child of God, in conflict. Be grateful and you won't grumble. Grumble and you won't be grateful.

It is a dangerous experiment to call in gratitude as an ally to love. Love is a debt which inclination always pays, obligation never.

Forgiveness is a form of gratitude. When we forgive others, we show them the mercy that we have often received and been thankful for.

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.

The children to whom we read simple stories may or may not show gratitude, but each boon we give strengthens the pillars of the world.

Upon awakening, let the words Thank You flow from your lips, for this will remind you to begin your day with gratitude and compassion.

Looking forward with an eternal perspective gives one hope, a reason to look up and feel gratitude for even the smallest bit of light.

I don't believe in waiting for great feelings. I need to wire myself for positivity and gratitude. I need to build a highway to those.

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.

One of the bitterest ironies of life is that one truly appreciates a blessing only after having been deprived of it or imagining that.

Gratitude is present when you see that everything that occurs in your life can be used to show you how to live fully as a human being.

Court TV will always hold a special place in my heart, and I will always look back at my time there with great gratitude and affection.

Whenever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted there would be as much generosity if he were a rich man.

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