Giving and Gratitude
Keys to Inner Joy

It has been said that true feelings of gratitude and authentic giving are the basis of true happiness. But don't take our word for it, take a moment to remind yourself what you are grateful for and observe how you feel afterwards.

Christ himself wrote nothing, but furnished endless material for books and songs of gratitude and praise. ~Philip Schaff

I think, with never-ending gratitude, that the young women of today do not and can never know at what price their right to free speech and to speak at all in public has been earned.
~Lucy Stone

What we are is God's gift to us.  What we become is our gift to God.  ~Eleanor Powell

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.~Brian Tracy

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.  ~Max Beerbohm

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.
~George MacDonald

Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go. ~Mother Teresa

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver. ~Maya Angelou

One can never pay in gratitude: one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in life. ~Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving. ~Henry Ford

Each day comes bearing its own gifts.  Untie the ribbons. 
~Ruth Ann Schabacker

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. ~Alfred North Whitehead

Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves. ~Albert Einstein

What is bought is cheaper than a gift.  ~Portuguese Proverb

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.  ~Author Unknown

Gratitude isn't a burdening emotion. ~Loretta Young

Yesterday is history.  Tomorrow is a mystery.  And today?  Today is a gift.  That's why we call it the present. 
~Babatunde Olatunji

Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul. ~Martin Luther King Jr.

When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous. ~Wayne Dyer

Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.
~Joseph Wood Krutch

The giving of love is an education in itself. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver.  ~Thomas á Kempis

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. ~Melody Beattie

Try A Meditation on Forgiveness to make room for more gratitude and giving!