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

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

Eyes see only light, ears hear only sound, but a listening heart perceives meaning.

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.

Everything is a gift. The degree to which we are awake to this truth is a measure of our gratefullness, and gratefullness is a measure of our aliveness.

We are never more than one grateful thought away from peace of heart.

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

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

If you learn to respond as if it’s the first day in your life and the very last day, then you will have spent this day very well.

Any place is sacred ground, for it can become a place of encounter with the divine Presence.

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

Every reader writes the book he or she reads, supplying what isn't there, and that creative invention becomes the book.

When I can’t fall sleep, I pray.

A happy life is made up of little things-a gift sent a letter written a call made a recommendation given transportation provided a cake made a book lent a check sent.

Men are the only animals that devote themselves day in and day out to making one another unhappy.

In Greek tragedy, they fall from great heights. In noir, they fall from the curb.

Put God first in everything you do.

There are no limits, and that applies to everyone on earth.

I only wear heels when a stylist puts me in them.

Tom Hanks has been a huge idol of mine. I'd love to work with someone like him someday. You could learn a lot working with someone like that.

There are a lot of young, well-educated, artistic people out there that like to be entertained.