Being Thankful Quotes - Page 13

• Gratitude isn't just a feeling, it's an action. Expressing gratitude by writing in a journal, taking a photo, or shooting a video creates a lasting impression that can bring more gratitude into the world-for children and adults.

  Janice Kaplan

  Motivational, Gratitude, Appreciation

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• In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.

  Aesop

  Pain, Wicked, Rewards

  "Aesop’s Fables".

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• No matter what our circumstance, we can find a reason to be thankful.

  David Jeremiah

  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Grateful

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• Even with our differences There is a place we're all connected Each of us can find each other's light, There's so much to be thankful for.

  Josh Groban

  Spiritual, Light, Differences

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• Authentic gratitude is much more rare and precious than expressions of gratitude which are often empty courtesies or simply tactical ploys to encourage further gifts or kindnesses.

  Michael Josephson

  Gratitude, Kindness, Expression

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• There are many amazing female directors that made work in more skewed times, so we should be thankful for the boundaries they pushed through.

  Jillian Mayer

  Directors, Female, Boundaries

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• Sometimes I'm not so sure how healthy it is because it's exhausting to put all your emotion into your work, but I guess I should be thankful for that. I don't want the work to be about anything else but the truth and honesty.

  Jose Parla

  Honesty, Healthy, Want

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• My tattoos say "Stay strong." "Stay" on one wrist and "strong" on the other. I'm able to look at them and be thankful for being alive.

  Demi Lovato

  Tattoo, Stay Strong, Looks

  "Demi Lovato's Second Chance". Interview with Glamour Magazine, www.glamour.com. November 29, 2011.

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• Our expectation of the gratitude of others for what we've done for them is sometimes exaggerated because of our deep desire for appreciation and approval. When our good work or good deeds go unrewarded by hoped for praise, we feel like failures so we treat those who denied us our due as betrayers.

  Michael Josephson

  Gratitude, Appreciation, Expectations

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• Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.

  Epicurus

  Being Happy, Thankful, Hope

  Epicurus (1964). “Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill”

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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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• Learn to be thankful to everyone, to the entire creation, even to your enemy and also to those who insult, because they all help you to grow

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Enemy, Helping, Insult

  Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Amma (2014). “Awaken Children Vol. 8”, p.49, M A Center

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• Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving," and the words of John Fitzgerald Kennedy tell us that, "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

  W. T. Purkiser

  Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

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• It is always possible to be thankful for what is given rather than to complain about what is not given. One or the other becomes a habit of life.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Complaining, Habit, Given

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• It's important to be thankful, even if you're poor. I mean, come on, we all have clean water—well OK, not people in the developing world.

  Avril Lavigne

  Mean, Water, People

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• Friendship is a precious gift that can't be bought or sold. It's value is greater than mountains made of gold. If you shall ask God for a gift be thankful if he sends not diamonds pearls or riches but the love and trust of friends. It is the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Gold, Mountain, Pearls

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• It's a troublesome world. All the people who are in it are troubled with troubles almost every minute. You ought to be thankful, a whole heaping lot, for the places and people you're lucky you're not.

  Dr. Seuss

  Life, People, Lucky

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• Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

  Aldous Huxley

  Thankful, Gratitude, Appreciation

  Themes and Variations (1950) "Variations on a Philosopher"

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• One problem with gratitude is that it competes with the sense of pride, self-reliance and accomplishment we have. We want to think what we have is the result of our efforts rather than the gifts, good turns and opportunities provided us by others.

  Michael Josephson

  Gratitude, Pride, Opportunity

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• For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends... Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Appreciation, Gratitude

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• Peace is something more than the absence of war, although some nations would be thankful for that alone today. A durable and equitable peace system requires equal development opportunities for all nations.

  Willy Brandt

  War, Opportunity, Would Be

  Willy Brandt (1971). “Peace: Writings and Speeches of the Nobel Peace Prize Winner, 1971”

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• Cherish all your happy moments.

  Margaret Moore

  Happiness, Gratitude, Eulogy

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• I know that my voice has entered into the hearts of many people and has caused beautiful reactions. Some, hearing me sing, have become more religious; some who were ill felt joy; friends, while in hospital, played my tapes whenever they felt ill; they all said that my voice gave them the strength needed to stand the pain. Therefore, how can I not be thankful for this great gift?

  Renata Tebaldi

  Beautiful, Religious, Pain

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• Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.

  George Herbert

  Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

  George Herbert (1850). “Beauties of George Herbert: with Selections from “The Synagogue.””, p.14

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• Heavenly Father, thank You for Your peace that rules my heart. I choose Your peace today and thank You for guiding my every step. I choose to be thankful today and bless You for Your faithfulness. In Jesus Name. Amen.

  Joel Osteen

  Thank You, Thanksgiving, God

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