Topics — Gratitude

"It is a strange quirk of the human condition that the living tend to take life for granted."

— Jeremy David Engels

The Art of Gratitude

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

— Johannes A. Gaertner

As Cited in Living in Gratitude

"Appreciation is the recognition of that which makes us feel grateful, and can also be expressed internally or externally."

— Angeles Arrien

Living in Gratitude

"While gratitude is both a feeling and an attitude, thankfulness is the demonstrative expression of it, whether extended to ourselves or others."

— Angeles Arrien

Living in Gratitude

"Today, God, help me let go of negative thoughts I may be harboring about my past circumstances or relationships. I can accept, with gratitude, all that has brought me to today."

— Melody Beattie

The Language of Letting Go

"I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder."

— Attributed to G. K. Chesterton

"Gratitude implies humility—a recognition that we could not be who we are or where we are in life without the contributions of others."

— Robert A. Emmons and Jeremy Adam Smith

The Gratitude Project

"…gratitude allows us to participate more fully in life. Instead of adapting to goodness, we celebrate goodness."

— Robert A. Emmons and Jeremy Adam Smith

The Gratitude Project

"Consciously cultivating an attitude of gratitude builds up a sort of psychological immune system that can cushion us when we fall."

— Robert A. Emmons

The Gratitude Project

"Looking at the world through grateful eyes, we quickly realize that meaningful work needs to be done, and what the struggle must be. Our struggle is soulful, but it is not otherworldly—in fact it is very much of this earth, it is a struggle to ensure that we do not destroy the planet that gives us life, it is a struggle for the earth."

— Jeremy David Engels

The Art of Gratitude

"Gratefulness shows us that a good life for each of us can only emerge from the world that we share with others."

— Jeremy David Engels

The Art of Gratitude

"What is good to the grateful… is that which supports life."

— Jeremy David Engels

The Art of Gratitude

"When we offer thanks to God or to another human being, gratitude gifts us with renewal, reflection, reconnection."

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

The Simple Abundance Journal of Gratitude

"Thank God for what doesn’t need healing."

— Joan Z. Borysenko

Gratitude: A Way of Life

"… it is your sacred self that enables you to feel gratitude and to give unconditionally. It is your ego that wants a reward."

— Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

Gratitude: A Way of Life

"By surrendering to love, by surrendering to God, we can go through each day acknowledging one another with gratitude."

— Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D., and Diane V. Cirincione

Gratitude: A Way of Life

"It is true that we can’t be in denial about the pain in our life. That is damaging to our physical and emotional health. And just as importantly, We can’t be in denial about the abundance in our life!"

— Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.

Gratitude: A Way of Life

"When we focus on abundance, our life feels abundant; when we focus on lack, our life feels lacking. It is purely a matter of focus."

— Susan Jeffers, Ph.D.

Gratitude: A Way of Life

"… if we practice gratitude—living in a consciousness of contentment, being thankful for what we have (even if it is meager), and cultivating inner peace through times of quiet meditation—we will find that joy appears spontaneously."

— Marcia Perkins-Reed

Gratitude: A Way of Life

"Gratitude can… stimulate strong inner energies within you that can lead to a blossoming of your intuitive abilities, enabling you to eventually have a deeper spiritual experience and to become more aware of your existence as an eternal soul."

— Ron Scolastico, Ph.D.

Gratitude: A Way of Life

"It’s easy to be grateful for the grand things in life, but to be appreciative for “all things” puts you in a powerful, harmonious place."

— Rev. Christian Sorenson

Gratitude: A Way of Life

"… gratefulness is the emotional experience of being moved by thanksgiving for life."

— Jeremy David Engels

The Art of Gratitude

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more… Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."

— Melody Beattie

The Language of Letting Go

"Take time to celebrate the quiet miracles that seek no attention."

— John O’Donohue

To Bless the Space Between Us

"Gratitude is… not only an effect or consequence of happiness but also a creator of happiness, for it allows the affirmation of life’s intrinsic value to flourish and its pains and misfortunes to fall into oblivion."

— Robert Pogue Harrison

Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition

"There’s no ideal partner… There’s only the good enough partner who is perfectly imperfect."

— Stan Tatkin

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