Create Astounding Joy In Your Life - Practice an Attitude of Gratitude!

Estelle T. Dunomes

Friday, June 13, 2008's post on The Power of Gratitude gave rise to locating and sharing quotes from others on how they view, practice, then share gratitude and thankfulness for everything.

These vignettes are offered to encourage you to view your life's events differently. Differently in the sense that you can achieve another level of life acceptance and appreciation. Yes, you too can create astounding joy in your life by practicing an attitude of gratitude!

When you've read the listing below, you might wish to record your own statements of gratitude and thankfulness or seek others to add to your collection. Whatever you do, practicing gratitude, thankfulness and thanksgiving daily will add great contentment and fulfillment to your life.

Here then for your enrichment are a number of quotes on gratitude!

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."
--John Fitzgerald Kennedy

"God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say thank you?"
--William A. Ward

"For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude."
--Clarence E. Hodges

"In all things, give thanks."
--Holy Bible

"A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues."
--Cicero

"Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart."
--Seneca

"Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed virtue."
--William J. Bennett

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

"Whatever we are waiting for -- peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance-- it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart."
--Sarah Ban Breathnach

"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us."
--Albert Schweitzer

These quotations provide a view of how to create astounding joy in your life by practicing an attitude of gratitude across all lines of your life. Some have said "when life throws you lemons, make lemonade." What better way to make that lemonade than to offer continually and constantly thankfulness and gratitude for all that you have, all that you are and all that you plan to become?