Thomas Paine Quotes

Nature study will show you how full of beautiful and wonderful things God has made the world for you to enjoy. Be contented with what you have got and make the best of it. Look on the bright side of things instead of the gloomy one.

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

To be alive, to be able to see, to walk, to have houses, music, paintings - it's all a miracle. I have adopted the technique of living life miracle to miracle.

To have the kind of success I have had is really amazing, and I am incredibly grateful.

I don't want to wake up and not truly be enjoying my life and these amazing things around me.

Life is such a gift, I just say thank you all day.

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

What I look at, success is about really being grateful. You wake up in the morning, and you're thankful that you could breathe because it's a beautiful planet we live on, and I know there is a lot of struggle and pain, but there is more joy.

Most of what's around us we take for granted. We ignore it. Appreciation-spending time looking for the good-helps us overcome one of the primary limitations to enjoying the wealth we already have: ignoreance.

Life has been kind to me. I am happy with the love and appreciation that I have been getting throughout my career. I feel blessed.

We're surrounded by wonder, and yet we want more, and we want it bigger, faster, louder, better.

There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye; There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by.

I have just enough public appreciation to make me happy.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

Even with all of the things that are so awful, if you walk into your yard and stay there looking at almost anything for five minutes, you will be stunned by how marvelous life is and how incredibly lucky we are to have it.

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.

Make a written list of everything you love.

I just learned not to take a single thing for granted, and I think it just is extraordinary.

Look up from what you're doing and look around for a minute. See what a beautiful world you're in.

Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention.

I love reality. I love the world. I love the smell of it. I love it.

Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.

Nature's beauty is a gift that cultivates appreciation and gratitude.

I want to stay in the moment and enjoy the great things that are happening.

Let's choose today to quench our thirst for the 'good life' we thinks others lead by acknowledging the good that already exists in our lives. We can then offer the universe the gift of our grateful hearts.