“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.”
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Marilynne Robinson
3 quotes“There is more beauty than our eyes can bear, precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor the...”
Alain de Botton
2 quotes“Half the ingratitude and complacency in the world down to how slowly and imperceptibly most good and bad things unfold.”
Stephen Hawking
2 quotes“My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.", December 12, 2004)]”
Seneca
2 quotes“Greed's worst point is its ingratitude.”
Oprah
2 quotes“Gratitude can transform any situation. It alters your vibration moving you from negative energy to positive”
Joseph Addison
2 quotes“A man should always consider ... how much more unhappy he might be than he is.”
Eckhart Tolle
2 quotes“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.”
JFK
2 quotes“We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.”
Albert Schweitzer
1 quote“Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who...”
Arthur Schopenhauer
1 quote“We seldom think of what we have but always of what we lack”
Bob Dylan
1 quote“Be grateful for the things you don't have that you don't want." -Bob Dylan's Dad”
Aretha Franklin
1 quote“Every birthday is a gift. Every day is a gift.”