Erwin McManus Quotes

I'm living my future as long as you're living in the present and realize how beautiful life is.

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

I'm living in the present, thinking about the past, hoping for the future.

Living in the moment, thinking about the future, and staying connected to the past: That's what makes me feel whole.

Joy is always a function of gratitude - and gratitude is always a function of perspective.

Never let a day pass without looking for the good, feeling the good within you, praising, appreciating, blessing, and being grateful. Make it your life commitment, and you will stand in utter awe of what happens in your life.

Gratitude is the most important attitude.

I take nothing for granted. I now have only good days, or great days.

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.

Because gratitude is the key to happiness, anything that undermines gratitude must undermine happiness. And nothing undermines gratitude as much as expectations. There is an inverse relationship between expectations and gratitude: The more expectations you have, the less gratitude you will have.

Some artists go through life not realizing that they have to be happy today. They're always thinking about the next job or the next thing: "I'll get this, then I'll be happy." Then you're miserable.

There is a way to live the big of giving thanks in all things. It is this: to give thanks in this one small thing. The moments will add up.

The secret to happiness, at Thanksgiving or any time, is to reframe obligation as opportunity. You don't have to spend Thanksgiving with your family. You get to.

His statement to himself should have been, 'I possess this now, therefore I am happy', instead of what it so Victorianly was: "I cannot possess this for ever, and therefore am sad."

Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that happened this day that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change your perspective of your day and your life. If you can learn to focus on what you have, you will always see that the universe is abundant; you will have more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never have enough.

No matter how bad things are, you can at least be happy that you woke up this morning.

Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.

If we chew every morsel of our food, in that way we become grateful, and when you are grateful, you are happy.

Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.

My worst days are still pretty good days. That's something I might lose in the moment sometimes, but I have a pretty good grasp of it.

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.

I don't take any day for granted anymore.

At the age of 18, I made up my mind to never have another bad day in my life. I dove into a endless sea of gratitude from which I've never emerged.

Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.