“When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.” ― Maya Angelou

“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart

it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not;

remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”
― Epicurus

“If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.”
― Meister Eckhart

and finally, a quote from someone I met in my St. Louis days:

“In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful,
but gratefulness that makes us happy.”
― Brother David Steindl-Rast , OSB