感恩是一种处世哲学,也是生活中的大智慧。一个智慧的人,不应该为自己没有的东西斤斤计较,也不应该一味索取和使自己的私欲膨胀。学会感恩,为自己已有的而感恩,感谢生活给予你的一切。这样你才会有一个积极的人生观,才会有一种健康的心态。这里我们分享了世界名人对于感恩的各种解释。
1.Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.— Charles Dickens, Writer
「想想你目前拥有的幸福,这每人都有很多 – 别回想以前的不幸,这每人或多或少都有一点。」– 查尔斯·狄更斯 (作家)
2.The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions – the little soon forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment.— Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Writer
「生活中的快乐是由零碎的片断组成 – 我们很快忘记的短暂亲吻、微笑、关爱的眼神、由衷的赞美等善举。」– 塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治 (文学家)
3.Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.– Marquis de Condorcet, Philosopher
「享受自己的生活,不要和别人比较。」– 马奎斯·孔多塞 (哲学家)
4.People who live the most fulfilling lives are the ones who are always rejoicing at what they have.— Richard Carlson, Motivational Speaker
「永远对所拥有感到欣喜的人,是生活最富足的人。」– 理察.卡尔森 (励志演说家)
5.The more you recognize and express gratitude for the things you have, the more things you will have to express gratitude for.— Zig Ziglar, Motivational Speaker
「你愈认可并对拥有的东西表达感恩,你愈会有更多东西表达你的感恩。」– 吉格‧金克拉 (励志演说家)
6.A hundred times a day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the measure as I have received and am still receiving.— Albert Einstein, Physicist
「我每天提醒自己一百次,我的内在及外在生活,靠的是他人的劳力,无论他们在世或往生,而我必须非常努力,所付出的才会等同我已经得到及正在得到的。」– 爱因斯坦 (物理学家)
7.Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.— Christiane Northrup, Doctor
「感恩与欣赏生活中的某人或某事,其实会吸引更多你欣赏或看重的事物到你生命里。」– 克莉斯汀.诺斯鲁普 (医生)
8.True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.— Gilbert K. Chesterton, Writer
「真正的满足如同务农,它是在任何一个情况下找出所有的正面因素,那是费力且不好找的。」– 吉尔伯特‧基思‧却斯特顿 (作家)
9.Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.— Benjamin Franklin, Statesman
「把你受的伤害写在沙子上,把你受的恩惠刻在大理石上。」– 班杰明‧富兰克林 (政治家)
10.Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.— Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Writer
「人们只喜欢计算他们的麻烦,不喜欢计算他们的喜悦。」– 费奥多尔‧陀思妥耶夫斯基 (作家)
11.People who pray for miracles usually don’t get miracles. But people who pray for courage, for strength to bear the unbearable, for the grace to remember what they have left instead of what they have lost, very often find their prayers answered. Their prayers help them tap hidden reserves of faith and courage that were not available to them before.— Harold S. Kushner, Rabbi
「祈求奇蹟的人,通常不会看到奇蹟,但祈求勇气、祈求力量来忍受不能忍受的、祈求气度来记得拥有什么而不是失去什么,常会发现他们的祷言得到回应,他们的祷言帮助他们找到潜藏的信心及勇气。」– 哈洛德.库希纳 (犹太教士)
12.It is impossible to be both grateful and depressed. Those with a grateful mindset tend to see the message in the mess. And even though life may knock them down, the grateful find reasons, if even small ones, to get up.— Steve Maraboli, Motivational Speaker
「一个人不可能同时感恩又感到沮丧,心存感恩的人比较可能在混乱中看到讯息。虽然有时会被生活击倒,但感恩的人总会找到理由再站起来,即便是微小的理由。」– 史蒂夫‧马拉博利 (励志演说家)
13.Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.— Eckhart Tolle, Writer
「承认你人生中已经拥有的,是所有富足的基础。」– 艾克哈特‧托勒 (励志作家)
14.Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.— Melody Beattie, Author
「感恩开启丰富的人生,我们拥有的因此变得足够或更多。它把拒绝转化为接受、把混乱转化为规则、把困惑转化为清晰。它可以把一顿饭变为大餐、把房子变为家、把陌生人变为朋友。感恩让我们的过去有意义、为今天带来和平、为明天创造一个愿景。」– 梅乐蒂.碧缇 (作家)
15.So often we dwell on the things that seem impossible rather than on the things that are possible. So often we are depressed by what remains to be done and forget to be thankful for all that has been done.— Marian Wright Edelman, Activist
「我们时常把注意力放在不可能的事,而不是可能的事。我们时常因还没做好的事感到沮丧,而忘记对已完成的事心存感恩。」– 马莉安.莱特.艾德曼 (民运领袖)
16.I challenge anybody in their darkest moment to write what they’re grateful for, even stupid little things like green grass or a friendly conversation with somebody on the elevator. You start to realize how rich you are.— Jim Carrey, Actor
「我邀请人们在最无望的时刻,写下让他们感恩的事,即便是可笑的事物,像是绿草或在电梯中与人亲切的交谈。你将发现你是多么的富有。」– 金‧凯瑞 (演员)
17.As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.— John Kennedy, 35th U.S. President
「当我们表达感谢时,我们绝不能忘记感恩的最高形式不是说出的话,而是实际的做为。」– 约翰‧甘迺迪 (美国第 35 任总统)
18.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, Poet
「对于来到你身边的每件好事培养感恩的习惯,并持续的感谢。因为所有的事皆促成你的进展,你的感恩应包含所有的事。」– 拉尔夫‧爱默生 (诗人)
19.Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.— William Feather, Publisher
「许多人错失属于他们的快乐,不是因为他们从没找到,而是因为他们没有停下来享受它。」– 威廉‧斐勒 (杂志发行人)
20.No matter how bad someone has it, there are others who have it worse. Remembering that makes life a lot easier and allows you to take pleasure in the blessings you have been given.— Lou Holtz, Football coach
「不管一个人的遭遇有多差,还有其它人的遭遇更差。记住那个会让生活好过许多并让你能够享受所给予你的恩泽。」– 卢‧霍兹 (美式足球教练)
21.Do a little more than you’re paid to. Give a little more than you have to. Try a little harder than you want to. Aim a little higher than you think possible, and give a lot of thanks to God for health, family, and friends.— Art Linkletter, Radio/TV host
「比别人付你的多做一点,比你需要给予的多给一点,比你想要的多努力一点,把目标设订比你认为有可能的再高一点,并因拥有健康、家人及朋友而万分感谢上帝。」– 亚特‧林克特 (节目主持人)
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Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.— Helen Keller, Lecturer
「与其和那些比我们幸运的人比较命运,我们应该与大多数的人们来比较,这时我们反而显得是幸运者之一。」– 海伦‧凯勒 (演说家)