“Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed” was the ninth beatitude – Alexander Pope.

Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting – Bernard Meltzer.

Reflect on your present blessings of which every man has many, not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some – Charles Dickens.

No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation – Douglas MacArthur.

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings – Eric Hoffer.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and the one that we take the least care of all to acquire – Francois de la Rochefoucauld.

May all your troubles last as long as your New Year’s resolutions – Joey Adams.

May you live as long as you are fit to live, but no longer! or, may you rather die before you cease to be fit to live than after! – Philip Dormer Stanhope.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them – Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing – Mark Twain.

Health and intellect are the two blessings of life – Menander.

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us – Socrates.

Every burden is a blessing – Walt Kelly.

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around – Willie Nelson.

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving – W. T. Purkiser.