Appreciation of Blessings Quotes

I pray daily, not for more riches, but for more wisdom with which to recognize, embrace and enjoy what I already possess.

Any man who does not think that what he has is more than ample, is an unhappy man, even if he is the master of the whole world.

Nothing raises the price of a blessing like its removal; whereas it was its continuance which should have taught us its value. There are three requisitions to the proper enjoyment of earthly blessings,--a thankful reflection on the goodness of the Giver, a deep sense of our unworthiness, a recollection of the uncertainty of long possessing them. The first would make us grateful; the second, humble; and the third, moderate.

I sincerely believe that everything - everything - is grace, and you have to stick around long enough to see it through. I'm a very optimistic person.

Men understand the worth of blessings only when they have lost them.

For a man to know what he has when he had it, that is what makes him a fortunate man.

O God, animate us to cheerfulness! May we have a joyful sense of our blessings, learn to look on the bright circumstances of our lot, and maintain a perpetual contentedness

It is permissible to take life's blessings with both hands provided thou dost know thyself prepared in the opposite event to take them just as gladly. This applies to food and friends and kindred, to anything God gives and takes away... As long as God is satisfied do thou rest content. If he is pleased to want something else of thee, still rest content.

Getting used to our blessings is one of the most important non-evil generators of human evil, tragedy and suffering.

They have most satisfaction in themselves, and consequently the sweetest relish of their creature comforts.

When we rejoice in our fullness, then we can part with our fruits with joy.

Perhaps it's because I appreciate all I have so much that I don't worry about what I haven't got.

Be sensible of your wants, that you maybe sensible of your treasures.

The real issue in life is not how many blessings we have, but what we do with our blessings. Some people have many blessings and hoard them. Some have few and give everything away.

One of the most melancholy consequences of this habit of deferring to other nations, and to other systems, is the fact that it causes us to undervalue the high blessings we so peculiarly enjoy; to render us ungrateful towards God, and to make us unjust to our fellow men, by throwing obstacles in their progress towards liberty.