Be Thankful
“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” ~ Epictetus
“We need to regularly stop and take stock; to sit down and determine within ourselves which things are worth valuing and which things are not; which risks are worth the cost and which are not. Even the most confusing or hurtful aspects of life can be made more tolerable by clear seeing and by choice.” ~ Epictetus
”Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.” ~ Ruth E. Renkel
A Precious Human Life
Every day, think as you wake up,
Today I am fortunate to have woken up
I am alive, I have a precious human life,
I am not going to waste it,
I am going to use
All my energies to develop myself,
To expand my heart out to others,
To achieve enlighenment for
The benefit of all beings,
I am going to have kind
Thoughts twords others,
I am not going to get angry,
Or think badly about others,
I am going to benefit Others
As much as I can.
~ H.H. The XIV Dalai Lama
“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.” ~ John Wooden
Let us rise up and be thankful,
for if we didn’t learn a lot today,
at least we learned a little,
and if we didn’t learn a little,
at least we didn’t get sick,
and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die;
so, let us all be thankful.
~ Buddha
“Firelight will not let you read fine stories, but it’s warm and you won’t see the dust on the floor.” ~ Irish Proverb
“The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth.” ~ Chinese Proverb
“Of all the attitudes we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important and by far the most life-changing.” ~ Zig Ziglar
“Be thankful for what you have, you’ll end of having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
“Silent gratitude isn’t very much use to anyone.” ~ Gertrude Stein
“To be upset over what you don’t have is to waste what you do have.” ~ Ken Keyes