Gratitude quotes

Begin with praise and honest appreciation.

I will love the light for it shows me the way; yet I will love the darkness for it shows me the stars.

When you don't cover up the world with words and labels, a sense of the miraculous returns to your life.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends.

Some people work an entire lifetime and wonder if they ever made a difference to the world. But the Marines don't have that problem.

Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished.

I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person now that I was free. There was such a glory over everything.

We realise the importance of light when we see darkness. We realise the importance of our voice when we are silenced.

Education is one of the blessings of life, and one of its necessities.

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.

All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.

My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.

Some of the greatest poetry is revealing to the reader the beauty in something that was so simple you had taken it for granted.

How many things I have no need of!

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

Very little is needed to make a happy life.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

This is a wonderful day. I've never seen this one before.

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.'

Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful.

I always count my blessings, more than I count my money.

I believe that appreciation is a holy thing, that when we look for what's best in the person we happen to be with at the moment, we're doing what God does.