David Steindl-Rast Quotes About Gratitude

Quotes about: Gratitude

• We have thousands of opportunities every day to be grateful: for having good weather, to have slept well last night, to be able to get up, to be healthy, to have enough to eat. ... There's opportunity upon opportunity to be grateful; that's what life is.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Life, Positive, Gratitude

• Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy -- because we will always want to have something else or something more.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Love, Life, Happiness

  "A Place Where Happiness Is Truly Supreme" by Ed and Deb Shapiro, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 2, 2012.

• The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Thankful, Gratitude, Appreciation

• Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise then you will discover the fullness of your life.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Love, Gratitude, Godly

  David Steindl-Rast (1984). “Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness”, p.4, Paulist Press

• Look closely and you will find that people are happy because they are grateful. The opposite of gratefulness is just taking everything for granted.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Gratitude, Grateful, Opposites

• The greatest gift one can give is thanksgiving. In giving gifts, we give what we can spare, but in giving thanks we give ourselves.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Gratitude, Giving, Thanks

  David Steindl-Rast (1984). “Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness”, p.17, Paulist Press

• What brings fulfillment is gratefulness, the simple response of our heart to this life in all its fullness.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Gratitude, Heart, Simple

  David Steindl-Rast (1984). “Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness”, p.83, Paulist Press

• A single crocus blossom ought to be enough to convince our heart that springtime, no matter how predictable, is somehow a gift, gratuitous, gratis, a grace.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Single, Gratitude, Heart

  David Steindl-Rast (1984). “Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness”, p.12, Paulist Press

• "The root of joy is gratefulness."

  David Steindl-Rast

  Gratitude, Roots, Joy

• From experience we know that whenever we are truly awake and alive, we are also truly grateful.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Gratitude, Grateful, Alive

• In moments of surprise we catch at least a glimpse of the joy to which gratefulness opens the door.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Gratitude, Doors, Joy

  David Steindl-Rast (1984). “Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness”, p.11, Paulist Press

• Gratefulness is the inner gesture of giving meaning to our life by receiving life as gift.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Gratitude, Giving, Gestures

  David Steindl-Rast (1984). “Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness”, p.207, Paulist Press

• Grateful living makes life meaningful and full of joy.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Meaningful, Gratitude, Grateful

  "Is Gratitude the Path to a Better World?". Interview with Jill Suttie, greatergood.berkeley.edu. May 29, 2013.

• Gratefulness is not just saying "thank you." It's acting. It is being yourself. A mother is grateful, shows gratefulness by mothering, a scientist by doing science.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Mother, Being Yourself, Gratitude

  "Brother David Steindl-Rast on Gratitude". "Religion & Ethics Newsweekly" with Kate Olson, www.pbs.org. November 19, 2010.

• As I express my gratitude, I become more deeply aware of it. And the greater my awareness, the greater my need to express it. What happens here is a spiraling ascent, a process of growth in ever expanding circles around a steady center.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Gratitude, Circles, Growth

  David Steindl-Rast (1984). “Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness”, p.49, Paulist Press

• Gratefulness makes us aware of the gift and makes us happy. As long
  as we take things for granted they don't make us happy. Gratefulness is
  the key to happiness. Practicing gratitude is so central to my spirituality.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Gratitude, Keys, Long

• One can learn to focus on "opportunity" as the gift within every given moment. This attitude towards life always improves the situation. Even in times of sickness, someone who habitually practices grateful living will look for the opportunity that a given moment offers and use it creatively.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Gratitude, Attitude, Grateful

  "Is Gratitude the Path to a Better World?". Interview with Jill Suttie, greatergood.berkeley.edu. May 29, 2013.

• Gratefulness is that fullness of life for which we are all thirsting.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Gratitude, Fullness Of Life, Gratefulness

• Gratitude is here presented as more than a feeling, a virtue, or an experience; gratitude emerges as an attitude we can freely choose in order to create a better life for ourselves and for others. The Nigerian Hausa put it this way: Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Gratitude, Attitude, Order

• Gratefulness is the gallantry of a heart ready to rise to the opportunity a given moment offers.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Gratitude, Heart, Opportunity

  David Steindl-Rast (1984). “Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness”, p.210, Paulist Press

• There is no closer bond than the one that gratefulness celebrates, the bond between giver and thanksgiver. Everything is a gift. Grateful living is a celebration of the universal give-and-take of life, a limitless yes to belonging. Can our world survive without gratefulness? Whatever the answer, one thing is certain: to say an unconditional yes to the mutual belonging of all beings will make this a more joyful world. This is the reason why Yes is my favorite synonym for God.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Gratitude, Grateful, Our World

• Gratefulness is the great task, the how of our spiritual work, because, rightly understood, it re-roots us.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Spiritual, Gratitude, Roots

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