#gratitude

Emotion is not simply an overplus of feeling; it is life lived at white-heat, a state of wonder. To lose wonder is to lose the true element of religion. ↗

— Oswald Chambers

#gratitude #wonder #life

In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it's wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#compassion #generosity #gratitude #service #love

Paying tax should be framed as a glorious civic duty worthy of gratitude - not a punishment for making money. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#gratitude #money #taxes #wealth #money

Beth ceased to fear him from that moment, and sat there talking to him as cozily as if she had known him all her life, for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#love #life

To fight discouragement, remind yourself of the basics: I can write. I have the opportunity to do so. I love what I write. Now smile and be thankful. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#discouragement #encouragement #gratitude #richelle #richelle-goodrich

I loathe a friend whose gratitude grows old, a friend who takes his friend's prosperity but will not voyage with him in his grief ↗

— Euripides

#gratitude

I see the glass half full and thank God for what I have. ↗

— Ana Monnar

#gratitude #optimism #optimistic #gratitude

When my parents were liberated, four years before I was born, they found that the ordinary world outside the camp had been eradicated. There was no more simple meal, no thing was less than extraordinary: a fork, a mattress, a clean shirt, a book. Not to mention such things that can make one weep: an orange, meat and vegetables, hot water. There was no ordinariness to return to, no refuge from the blinding potency of things, an apple screaming its sweet juice. ↗

— Anne Michaels

#holocaust #holocaust

That's the funny thing about America--the blessed thing. As many people as there are to hold you back, there are angels whose humanity makes up for all the others. I've had my share of angels. ↗

— Abraham Verghese

#funny

I try hard to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one’s heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion we can ever know. ↗

— Bill W.

#love