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Gratitude8 quotes
When the dog bites,
When the bee stings,
When I'm feeling sad,
I simply remember my favorite things,
And then I don't feel so bad. — Maria (The Sound of Music) · 1965O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. — David · 430 BCIn every thing give thanks. — Apostle Paul · 51O dear God, thank you. You are such a good God to us. A kind and gentle and accommodating God. And we thank you, o sweet, sweet Lord of hosts for thee smörgåsbord you have so aptly lain at our table this day, and each day...by day, day by day...by day. O dear Lord, three things we pray: To love Thee more dearly, to see Thee more clearly, to follow Thee more nearly day by day...by day. Amen. — Greg Focker · 2000The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. — Eric Hoffer · 1973I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved; I have been given much and I have given something in return; I have read and traveled and thought and written. I have had an intercourse with the world, the special intercourse of writers and readers. Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure. — Oliver Sacks · 2015All 8 quotes →Baseball1 quote
I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth. — Lou Gehrig · 1939Facing death1 quote
I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved; I have been given much and I have given something in return; I have read and traveled and thought and written. I have had an intercourse with the world, the special intercourse of writers and readers. Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure. — Oliver Sacks · 2015Gratitude to God1 quote
O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. — David · 430 BCLife1 quote
I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved; I have been given much and I have given something in return; I have read and traveled and thought and written. I have had an intercourse with the world, the special intercourse of writers and readers. Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure. — Oliver Sacks · 2015Living in the moment1 quote
Cease to ask what the morrow will bring forth, and set down as gain each day that Fortune grants. — Horace · 23 BCThanks to God1 quote
O dear God, thank you. You are such a good God to us. A kind and gentle and accommodating God. And we thank you, o sweet, sweet Lord of hosts for thee smörgåsbord you have so aptly lain at our table this day, and each day...by day, day by day...by day. O dear Lord, three things we pray: To love Thee more dearly, to see Thee more clearly, to follow Thee more nearly day by day...by day. Amen. — Greg Focker · 2000The bright side1 quote
When the dog bites,
When the bee stings,
When I'm feeling sad,
I simply remember my favorite things,
And then I don't feel so bad. — Maria (The Sound of Music) · 1965