Thankful For What You Have Quotes by Ernest Hemingway, Marcus Aurelius, Oprah Winfrey, Marian Wright Edelman, Izaak Walton, Tony Gaskins and many others.
Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with that there is
Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more.
So often we are depressed by what remains to be done and forget to be thankful for all that has been done.
If you can’t be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.
To be content does not mean that you don’t desire more, it means you’re thankful for what you have and patient for what’s to come.
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving,” and the words of John Fitzgerald Kennedy tell us that, “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.
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.
Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.
Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.
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