gratitude
“He is richest who is content with least; for contentment is the wealth of nature.”
“He who forgets the good things he has is made old that very day.”
“The wise man shows gratitude, and constantly speaks well of his friends.”
“One must not spoil what is present by desiring what is absent.”
“The thankful reciever bears a plentiful harvest.”
“How blessings brighten as they take their flight!”
“If you count all your assets, you always show a profit.”
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
“It is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world.”
“Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.”
“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.”
“All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.”
“Reflect upon your present blessings—of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the other virtues.”