Week 2 – raising for Gratefulness

Here are this week’s top quotes for increasing your appreciation and gratefulness:

• The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive. Thich Nhat Hanh
• Silent gratitude isn’t very much to anyone. Gertrude Stein
• Maybe the simplest and most effortless habit for living a happier life is to take one or a few minutes every day to focus on what is already here and that you can be grateful for in your life. Henrik Edberg
• There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy. Ralph H. Blum
• There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend. Jean Jacques Rousseau
• We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. Thorton Wilder
• Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude. Joseph Wood Krutch
• Believe that good things will happen and they will. Anonymous
• We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count. Neal A. Maxwell
• My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus. Stephen Hawking
• Opening your eyes to more of the world around you can deeply enhance your gratitude practice. Derrick Carpenter
• Every blessing ignored becomes a curse. Paulo Coelho
• The more you recognize and express gratitude for the things you have, the more things you will have to express gratitude for. Zig Ziglar
• We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives. John F. Kennedy
• Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses. Confucius
• The way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. Charles Schwab
• Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not. Epicurus
• True forgiveness is when you can say, “Thank you for that experience”. Oprah Winfrey
• The more gratitude practice you perform in daily life, the deeper the benefits go and the more profound and life-altering the benefits truly are – Carla Clark
• Gratitude is the memory of the heart. Jean Baptiste Massieu