Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes About Gratitude

• The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.60, Penguin

• You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

• Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Thankful

• I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Friendship, Good Morning, Thank You

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1848). “Essays, Lectures and Orations”, p.103

• For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

• The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Wise, Gratitude, Nature

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1960). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1841-1843”, p.403, Harvard University Press

• Cultivate the habit of being grateful... and ...give thanks continuously.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Gratitude, Grateful, Giving

• People only see what they are prepared to see. If you look for what is good and what you can be grateful for you will find it everywhere.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Gratitude, Grateful, People

• Of cheerfulness, or a good temper - the more it is spent, the more of it remains.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Positive, Happiness, Gratitude

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). “The Conduct of Life”, p.140, Harvard University Press

• You cannot do a kindness too soon.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Karma, Thankful, Appreciation

• Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform has no gratitude, no prudence, no husbandry.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Gratitude, Prayer, Memories

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1191, Delphi Classics

• [Gratitude is] the cheerfulness of wisdom.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Gratitude, Cheerfulness

• What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.[What is a sorrow? A feeling whose benefits have not yet been discovered]

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Weed, Gratitude, Feelings

• To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven depending on whether they compare it to something better and so feel disappointed and bitter or something worse and so feel relieved and grateful.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Gratitude, Grateful, Heaven

• Cultivate an attitude of gratitude, of giving and forgiving. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Thank You, Gratitude, Peace

• Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself especially how you choose to think about your situation.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Gratitude, Thinking, Situation

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