Thankful For What You Have Quotes

Thankful For What You Have Quotes by Marcus Aurelius, Alphonse Karr, Ernest Hemingway, Richard Carlson, Marian Wright Edelman, Epicurus and many others.

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Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
Marcus Aurelius
Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.
Alphonse Karr
Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with that there is
Ernest Hemingway
People who live the most fulfilling lives are the ones who are always rejoicing at what they have.
Richard Carlson
So often we are depressed by what remains to be done and forget to be thankful for all that has been done.
Marian Wright Edelman
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.
Epicurus
Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.
Melody Beattie
If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.
W. Clement Stone
Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.
Franz Grillparzer
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
Melody Beattie
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.
W. T. Purkiser
If you can’t be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.
Izaak Walton
Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.
Marcus Aurelius
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. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
Melody Beattie
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.
Epicurus
If you can’t be thankful for what you have, be thankful for what you have escaped.
John Wayne