Quotes by Authors - Page 129

People always complain that they can't do this and they can't do that." "If we look at our lives and concentrate on things that we don't have or wish to have, that doesn't change the circumstances. The truth is that we have to focus on what we have and make the best out of it.
Nick Vujicic
You don’t need to wait for God to show up, in order to be rescued from your bad situation. God has been trying to get your attention for a really long time.
Shannon L. Alder
Pause your opinions, debating and absolute knowing for long enough to conceive gratitude.
Bryant McGill
I am hopeful because love overflows from my heart. Gratitude for beauty and life leads my way.
Bryant McGill
Daily gratitude is a fountain of blessings.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Thank you Lord.Thank you Lord for the gift of life.Thank you Lord for divine protection. Thank you Lord for daily guidance.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Gratitude comes in a spectrum of colors, but Ingratitude is always black.
Ankala V Subbarao
I am grateful for the grace to see, to hear, to talk, to feel, to smell, to taste and to walk.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Love notes to my husband, Jeremiah Nii Mama Akita; I will always love you. I am grateful for a blessed life shared with you.
Lailah Gifty Akita
The humanitarian is a treasure hunter seeking gems of remedy and appreciation.
Richelle E. Goodrich
Thank you. For being willing to talk. For not turning me in. For... being you.''I'm pretty good at being me,' I said. 'I've had all these years to practice--I hardly ever get it wrong these days.
Brandon Sanderson
So thankful, so grateful.
Lailah Gifty Akita
It's a privilege to love someone, to truly love them; and while it's paradisaical if she or he loves you back, it's unfair to demand or expect reciprocity. We should consider ourselves luck, honored, blessed that we possess the capacity to feel tenderness of such magnitude and be grateful even when that love is not returned. Love is the only game in which we win even when we lose.
Tom Robbins
I am grateful to those who have betrayed me… They thought they were just stabbing me in the back, but they were also cutting me free from their poisonous life.
Steve Maraboli
Oh what marvels fill me with thanksgiving!The deep mahogany of a leaf once green. The feathered fronds of tiny icicles coating every twig and branch in a wintry landscape. The feel of goosebumps thawing after endured frozen temperatures. Both hands clamped around a hot mug of herbal tea. The aromatic whiff of mint under my nose. The stir of emotion from a child's cry for mommy. A gift of love detached of strings. Spotted lilies collecting raindrops in a cupped clump of petals. The vibrant mélange of colors on butterfly wings. The milky luster of a single pearl. Rainbows reflecting off iridescence bubbles. Awe-struck silence evoked by any form of beauty.Avocado flecks in your eyes.Warm hands on my face.Sweetness on the tongue.The harmony of voices.An answered prayer.A pink balloon.A caress.A smile.More.These have become my treasures by virtue of thanksgiving.
Richelle E. Goodrich
All glory to the Adonai!
Lailah Gifty Akita
The United States is a successful nation that is constantly susceptible to melancholy because things are not perfect.
George F. Will
Your father... doesn't work late for you to pinch his dinner.
Susan Cooper
May your heart be filled with gladness.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Every occasion is an opportunity to glorify God.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Those who complain much get little, those who complain little get much.
Jeanette Coron
I can only see life as this most miserable accident that I have been forced to endure simply because I refuse to see it as the most astounding plan that I have been privileged to engage.
Craig D. Lounsbrough
The happiest people on earth are not those who have robust bank accounts, or all the good things in this world; but, they are those who truly embrace the attitude of gratitude. Some of these folks are poor, but are still very grateful for the little they have; for the peace of mind they enjoy, for the love in their lives, for the unity in their family and for all the ordinary things many people take for granted. They always focused, not on the things they are aspiring for, but for all the things God has used to bless their lives.
Sesan Kareem
When you feel thankful, you can be appreciative for a moment, then not at all the next. It seems the tank is full, then it becomes empty, and the cycle continues. If you don't feel the same gratitude for a moment, know that it's possible in the next moment that comes around.
J.R. Rim
Be encouraged. Hold your head up high and know God is in control and has a plan for you. Instead of focusing on all the bad, be thankful for all the good.
Germany Kent
Breath is the finest gift of nature. Be grateful for this wonderful gift.
Amit Ray
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by
John F Kennedy
Take heart, brothers and sisters. Keep working on keeping yourself clear, balanced and in a peace. It takes some kind of daily practice to remain in a higher consciousness and maintain our center in the heavy, chaotic energy created by humans at this time. I always find that those called upon to change our world are the most affected by it.
Eileen Anglin
Your Majesty, I'm afraid everything that could possibly go wrong is going wrong," said Major Sir Michael Parker, an impresario for royal events with an expertise in pyrotechnics. "Oh good, what fun!" she replied with a smile.
Sally Bedell Smith
Even the most terrible beginnings can turn into beautiful endings when the direction is changed.
Apoorve Dubey
Fine. You don’t want to be good enough for me, then you will never be. I deserve someone who wants to be what I need.
Abbi Glines
The world is full of opinions. But I am not searching for opinions, I'm searching for truths.
Richelle E. Goodrich
It's not love at first sight, it's having the sight, to distinguish true love, from just mere beauty.
Anthony Liccione
Happiness is a simple game of lost and found: Lose the things you take for granted, and you will feel great happiness once they are found.
Richelle E. Goodrich
I'm a guy. Unless the dirt attacks first, I leave it in peace.
Katie Graykowski
Some roses grow through concrete. Remember that.
Brandi L. Bates
Sometimes you must agree with someones opinion for the sake of being polite and modest, but within you, you know that you are not foolish and crazy.
Michael Bassey Johnson
it is not the oppositions a man face that determine his rise or fall in life but his tenacity to dare to soar and to pursue to higher heights
Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
Don't make excuses. Make commitments and stick to them.
Germany Kent
You create silent enemies by revealing how much God had blessed you. There are people who are unhappy about your success and your big dreams are just too heavy for them to bear, so they will try to break you into pieces. Extinguishers of dreams are everywhere, and you can decode them by their nosy attitude towards your affairs. That is why its pertinent to keep few friends, talk less about yourself, and focus on other things pretending as if you don't exist. It doesn't make you faded or out of life, but the chances of getting your prospects destroyed will be very slim.
Michael Bassey Johnson
Before you look down upon the cripple, understand why you walk. Before you judge the dumb, understand why you talk. Before you judge the deaf, understand why you listen and hear. Before you judge the blind, understand why you look and see. Before you speak negative, understand why positive speech exists. Before you think negative, understand why positive thinking exists. Before you react negatively, understand why reacting positively exist. There exist positive and negative choices always. You have a choice. Good or bad, you choose!
Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
Endeavor to create heaven on earth and turn your heart into the new Jerusalem
Bangambiki Habyarimana
Thanksgiving is not some formulaic action based on a tedious ledger that neatly tallies everything I have received so I can determine if being thankful is warranted or not. Rather, it’s appreciating the fact that I have already received the privilege of living life which in and of itself will fill the whole of my ledger for the whole of my life.
Craig D. Lounsbrough
One who gossips usually carries boredom in one hand and bitterness in the other.
Suzy Kassem
The questions we ask ourselves, in our head, determine where we focus, how we think, how we feel, and what we decide and do.
Maddy Malhotra
Wisely selecting the words we use to describe the experiences in and of our lives can make us feel better thus impacting our decisions and actions.
Maddy Malhotra
Unknowingly we make our emotional states worse by using and relating high-intensity negative words to our experiences in life. You can use empowering/positive words to change how you think, which will then change your feelings, decisions and results.
Maddy Malhotra
How you talk to yourself, in your head, determines how you feel about yourself, and determines the actions you take.
Maddy Malhotra
Men who have been in war have a different attitude about being wronged.
Dan Groat
In many situations, the only thing you can control is your own response. Changing self-talk from negative to positive is an excellent way to manage that response. Anger destroys your health and relationships.
Maddy Malhotra
Most people ask ineffective questions of themselves, in their head, which trigger lame or negative thoughts and negatively affect their feelings, decisions and results.
Maddy Malhotra
A difference between the sane and the insane is not just about appearance or attitude but the usage of time.
Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
When you want to hurry something, that means you no longer care about it and want to get on to other things. I just want to get at it slowly, but carefully and thoroughly, with the same attitude I remember was present just before I found that sheared pin. It was that attitude that found it, nothing else.
Robert M. Pirsig
Because he refused to adopt a defeatist attitude, he overcame the obstacles in his path.
James C. Dobson
Always be ready for criticism for there shall always be people who shall be ready always to criticize you. The positive lesson you learn from your critics, is the most important thing which matter and not just the matter!
Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
Most people like to be rich, but they don’t know that the rich people are the unhappy bunch. Always marrying at least 3 times, always having drinking or drug problems and always think they are smartest one around, when in fact they can’t name 2 capitals from Europe without a Google search.
Mircea Popister
As a gentleman- assuming you still have some pretensions in that direction- of honor- again, perhaps presumptuous, but still supposing your passing acquaintance with the concept- it is your duty- I won't even trouble to speculate here, but remain naively hopeful- to protect those under your care.
Connie Brockway
High performers whom exhibit tremendous self-control tend to be burden by their own competence. Studies indicate that being extraordinary competent can place a person under an unusual amount of stress because it raises other people’s expectation of them. The more task that an exemplary employee produces with a ‘go-getting personality’ while maintaining high quality relationships with peers and clients, the more an organization tends to underestimates their actual effort and the more it expects of them. Other people do not comprehend how difficult it is for a high performer to complete multifaceted tasks. They also tend to underestimate how much effort an enterprising person exerts who maintains a positive and pleasant attitude while completing difficult assignments.
Kilroy J. Oldster
As so many commitments demand your timeOr your shut-eye important be,Your attraction to me must in some way lack,Such a pity to spend time on thee.
Charlotte M. Liebel
A sincere attitude of gratitude is a beatitude for secured altitudes. Appreciate what you have been given and you will be promoted higher.
Israelmore Ayivor