One of the things that perhaps we can learn through the political process about bringing people together is to remember South Carolina, remember the families of the nine victims, how they brought a community together during the worst atrocity in our state's history, i am thankful that I live in a country where forgiveness can be seen in the worst of conditions.
Thanksgiving being thankful or grateful results in more to be thankful for.
I find you have to take each day as it comes and be thankful for who's left and whatever you can still do.
At a certain depth of distress, the poor, in their stupor, groan no longer over evil, and are no longer thankful for good.
Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.
I'm just thankful to have a tour and work something I can focus on.
Being thankful and saying thanks are two habits of people who've discovered what it means to succeed in life.
It's not easy being grateful all the time. But it's when you feel least thankful that you are most in need of what gratitude can give you
In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy. It is necessary, then, to 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.
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
Having listened to people for a long time, I believe many of us should be thankful not to be shot.
I am thankful I can see much to admire in all religions.
My advice: Take a second out of the day today and be thankful for your family.
Worship is the common sense of faith in a life to come; and the hours we devote to it will assuredly be among those upon which we shall reflect with most thankful joy when all things here shall have fallen into a very distant background, and when through the Atoning Mercy our true home has been reached at last.
My tattoos say "Stay strong. " "Stay" on one wrist and "strong" on the other. I'm able to look at them and be thankful for being alive.
Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
We ought to be thankful to nature for having made those things which are necessary easy to be discovered; while other things that are difficult to be known are not necessary.
Church membership is a gift. A gift must be treasured. It should not be taken for granted or considered lightly. Because it is a gift, we must always be thankful for it. And when we are thankful for something, we have less time and energy to be negative. . . Healthy church membership means you find your joy in being last, instead of seeking your way and being first.