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Quotations Page > Gifts of Gratitude and Blessing

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

Melody Beattie



There are two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is a miracle.

Albert Einstein



Kind words are like honey—
Sweet to the taste and good for your health.

Proverbs 16:24


Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the small act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

Leo Buscaglia



Kind words are jewels that live in the heart and soul and remain as blessed memories years after they have been spoken.

Marvea Johnson



If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?

Stephen Levine



Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.

Elizabeth Bibesco



He is wise who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

Epictetus



The secret of abundance is to stop focusing on what you do not have, and shift your consciousness to an appreciation of all that you are and all that you do have.

Wayne Dyer



Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

Philippians 4:8



Where there is hatred, let us sow love; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is sadness, joy.

Francis of Assisi



It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no person can sincerely try to help another without also helping oneself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson



When you place your priority on listening rather than speaking, you become an irresistible force for good in the world.

Lee Glickstein



Every part of this earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every meadow. All are holy in the memory and the experience of my people. The perfumed flowers are our sisters. The bear, the deer, the great eagle, these are our brothers. We love this earth as a newborn loves its mother’s heartbeat.

Chief Seattle



The way we treat our children in the dawn of their lives and the way we treat our elderly in the twilight of their lives is a measure of the quality of a nation.

Hubert Humphrey



The body is truly a miracle of miracles . . . and should be highly respected and loved. To experience total aliveness, don't let your health take a back seat to anything. Cherish, appreciate and nurture your body.

Susan Smith Jones


Exercising can actually be a form of prayer—a thanksgiving for the privilege of having a body and for simply being alive.

Regina Ryan and John Travis


So here we are, in our rare and precious lives, surrounded by gorgeous moments begging to be noticed and celebrated. Go! Celebrate!

Sark



Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-17



Birds sing after a storm, why shouldn’t we?

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy