Author: Jennifer Sien

“Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.” – Christian Science Hymnal

“If you take any activity, any art, any discipline, any skill – take it and push it as far as it will go, push it beyond where it has ever been before, push it to the wildest edges, then you force it into the realm of magic.” – Tom Robbins (B.1936)


“A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances.” – Bahhaullah

“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.” – Gautama Buddha

“A thankful heart hath a continual feast.” – W.J. Cameron (1879-1953)

“It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945)

“No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.” – Saint Ambrose (AD 340-397)

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” – Philo of Alexandria

“When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.” – Marcus Aurelius (121-180)

“I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.” – J.B. Priestley (1894-1984)