Gratitude

As Thanksgiving approaches this week, I want to take a minute and reflect on a passage from one of my favorite books. Amid trying to find success, and battling our materialistic stuff-driven society, we sometimes lose sight of what is most important.

“Now godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content”. – 1 Timothy 6:6-8

The condition of our heart should be one of gratitude and thankfulness and as we continue to pursue our goals we should always be grateful for what we have because we will leave this world with as much as we entered.

As we sit down and have a big turkey dinner with our families and friends, let’s take a moment to be thankful for what we have. To help get our hearts in the right place, below are some more great quotes that will help us put things into perspective.

“It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich”. -Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Content people don’t always have the best of everything, but they always make the best of everything”. -Dave Ramsey

“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.” -Eckhart Tolle

“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” -William Arthur Ward

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.” -Melody Beattie

“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” -Oprah Winfrey

“What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.” -Brené Brown

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” -Cicero

“We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.” -Neal A. Maxwell

“Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.” -John Wooden

“A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things.” -Plato

“The miracle of gratitude is that it shifts your perception to such an extent that it changes the world you see.” -Dr. Robert Holden

“Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.” -Randy Pausch

“When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.” -Maya Angelou

“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” -Thornton Wilder

“Let us remember that, as much has been given us; much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds.” -Theodore Roosevelt