Darlene Nemeth: Gratitude Quotes

"When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around."

Willie Nelson,

Singer-Songwriter (B. 1933)

"Better to lose count while naming your blessings than to lose your blessings to counting your troubles."

Maltbie D. Babcock (1958-1901),

Writer and Clergyman

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

Charles Dickens (1812-1870

Writer

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

Thornton Wilder (1897-1975),

Writer and Playwright

"The greatest wealth is health."

Virgil (70 BC-19 BC)

Roman Poet

"Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty."
Christian Science Hymnal

"A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances."

Bahá'u'lláh (1817-1892),

Persian Founder of the Bahá'í Faith

"A thankful heart hath a continual feast."

W.J. Cameron (1879-1953),

Journalist and Businessman.

"It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich."

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945),

Lutheran Pastor.

"No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks."

Saint Ambrose (AD 340-397),

Theologian and Catholic Bishop.

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."

Philo of Alexandria (Circa 20 BC - AD 50)

Philosopher

"When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love."

Marcus Aurelius (121-180),

Roman Emperor.

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

Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965),

Nobel Place Prize - Winning

Medical Missionary and Philosopher

"Imagination is the true magic carpet"

Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993),

Writer

"Intentions compressed into words enfold magical powers"

Deepak Chopra (B. 1946),

Medical Doctor and Writer

"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned."

Gautama Buddha (Circa 563 BC - 483 BC)

Founder of Buddhism

"Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease."

Hippocrates (Circa 130 - Circa 370 BC),

Father of Modern Medicine

"In the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. Nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen."

William S. Burroughs (1914 - 1997),

Writer and Poet

"A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving."

Albert Einstein (1879-1955),

Nobel Prize - Winning Physicist

"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."

Jean-Baptiste Massieu (1743-1818),

French Revolution Activist

"You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink."

G.K. Chesterton (1874--1936),

Writer

"This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle; wonderful, inscrutable, magical, and more to whosoever will think of it."

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881),

Writer and Historian

"It is quit possible to leave your home for a walk in the early morning air and return a different person - beguiled, enchanted."

Mary Ellen Chase (1887-1971),

Educator and Writer

"People who wait for a magic wand fail to see that they ARE the magic wand."

Thomas Leonard (155-2003),

Personal Development Coach

"Life is playfulness . . . We need to play so that we can rediscover the magic all around us."

Flora Colao (B. 1954),

Writer and Therapist

"Turn your wounds into wisdom."

Oprah Winfrey (B. 1954),

Media Personality and Business Woman

"The appearance of things changes according to the emotions, and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves."

Kahlil Bibran (1883-1931),

Poet and Artist

"To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven."

Johannes A. Gaertner (1912-1996)

Professor, Theologian, Poet

"I started out giving thanks for small things, and the moe thankful I became, the more my bounty increased. That's because what you focus on expands, and when you foccus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it. Opportunities, relationships, even money flowed my way when I learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my life."

Oprah Winfrey (B. 1954)

Media Personality and Business Woman

"Those who don't believe in magic will never find it."

Roald Dahl (1916-1990)

Writer

"When I'm worried and I can't sleep I count my blessings instead of sheep."

Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888 - Sept. 22, 1989)

Composer and Lyricis

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.

Oprah Winfrey (B. 1954)

Media Personality and Business Woman

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.