Thankful Gratitude Quotes - Page 3

• Gratitude is the state of mind of thankfulness. As it is cultivated, we experience an increase in our "sympathetic joy," our happiness at another's happiness. Just as in the cultivation of compassion, we may feel the pain of others, so we may begin to feel their joy as well. And it doesn't stop there.

  Stephen Levine

  Gratitude, Pain, Compassion

  Stephen Levine (2009). “A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as If It Were Your Last”, p.109, Harmony

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• Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Thankful, Dream, Gratitude

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• If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Gratitude, Disappointment

  Andrew Hill, John Wooden (2002). “Be Quick - But Don't Hurry: Finding Success in the Teachings of a Lifetime”, p.117, Simon and Schuster

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

  David Steindl-Rast

  Love, Gratitude, Godly

  David Steindl-Rast (1984). “Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness”, p.4, Paulist Press

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• In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy. It is necessary, then, to 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.

  Wallace D. Wattles

  Thankful, Appreciation, Gratitude

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• Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies.

  John Milton

  Gratitude, Everyday, Thankfulness

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• Now thank we all our God, With hearts and hands and voices, Who wondrous things hath done, In whom his world rejoices.

  Johann Cruger

  Heart, Hands, Voice

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• Often people ask how I manage to be happy despite having no arms and no legs. The quick answer is that I have a choice. I can be angry about not having limbs, or I can be thankful that I have a purpose. I chose gratitude.

  Nick Vujicic

  Gratitude, People, Choices

  FaceBook post by Nick Vujicic from May 10, 2016

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• Whenever we are appreciative, we are filled with a sense of well-being and swept up by the feeling of joy.

  M. J. Ryan

  Gratitude, Joy, Feelings

  M.J. Ryan (2007). “Giving Thanks: The Gifts of Gratitude”, p.15, Conari Press

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• You have no cause for anything but gratitude and joy.

  Gautama Buddha

  Thank You, Thankful, Gratitude

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• The grateful mind is constantly fixed upon the best. Therefore it tends to become the best. It takes the form or character of the best, and will receive the best.

  Wallace D. Wattles

  Thank You, Thankful, Gratitude

  Wallace D. Wattles (2015). “The Science of Wallace D. Wattles: The Science of Being Well, The Science of Getting Rich & The Science of Being Great – Complete Trilogy: From one of the New Thought pioneers, author of How to Promote Yourself, New Science of Living and Healing, Hellfire Harrison, A New Christ, How to Get What You Want and Jesus The Man and His Work”, p.33, e-artnow

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• I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite - only a sense of existence. Well, anything for variety.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Thanksgiving, Grateful, Existence

  Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.373, Penguin

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• For the great benefits of our being- our life, health, and reason-we look upon ourselves.

  Seneca the Elder

  Gratitude, Being Thankful, Thankfulness

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• We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.

  Albert C. Barnes

  Thanksgiving, Thankful, Dark

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  Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.

  John Milton

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  "Gratitude in Grief: Finding Daily Joy and a Life of Purpose Following the Death of My Son" by Kelly S. Buckley, (p. 133), 2010.

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• When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.

  Dalai Lama

  Thank You, Thankful, Gratitude

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• A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

  Saint Basil

  Love, Inspirational, Thankful

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• One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in life.

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh

  Motivational, Thank You, Gratitude

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1938). “Listen! the wind”, Harcourt

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• The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.

  Richard Bach

  Love, Good Morning, Happiness

  "The Bridge Across Forever". Book by Richard Bach, 1984.

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• In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.

  Bertrand Russell

  Leadership, Thank You, Thankful

  "Bertrand Russell's Greatest Paradox was His Faith" by Dan Delzell, www.christianpost.com. November 4, 2011.

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• Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  FaceBook post by Oprah Winfrey from Dec 02, 2011

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• We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Positive, Leadership

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• Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not.

  James Russell Lowell

  Good Morning, Thanksgiving, Gratitude

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• Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

  Franz Grillparzer

  Thanksgiving, Being Thankful, Important

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• The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.

  Henry Miller

  Motivational, Beauty, Gratitude

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