Being Thankful Quotes - Page 16

• If my heart is broken, I should be thankful that I was blessed to have loved but I cannot live that wisely. That's why I cry.

  Nii Parkes

  Blessed, Heart, Broken

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• Perhaps you went to bed last night thinking about the overdue bills, the lack of finances, the problematic people and situations you have to face. This morning you woke up. Did you give thanks? If you didn't, it is probably because you forgot that when praise goes up, the blessings come down. That should be enough to inspire you to be thankful.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Morning, Blessing, Night

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from May 07, 2016

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• The best way to be thankful is to use the goods the gods provide you.

  Anthony Trollope

  Use, Way, God Provides

  Anthony Trollope (2016). “Anthony Trollope: The Chronicles of Barsetshire & The Palliser Novels (Unabridged): The Warden + The Barchester Towers + Doctor Thorne + Framley Parsonage + The Small House at Allington + The Last Chronicle of Barset + Can You Forgive Her? + The Prime Minister + Eustace Diamonds...”, p.2253, e-artnow (Open Publishing)

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• A teacher can do very little for a pupil and should only be thankful if he don't hinder him, and the greater the master, mostly the less he can say.

  Thomas Eakins

  Teacher, Littles, Pupils

  Henry Adams, Thomas Eakins (2005). “Eakins Revealed: The Secret Life of an American Artist”, p.150, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• Hast thou fallen? Do not groan and lament: rather be thankful for the opportunity given thee to rise once more.

  Ivan Panin

  Failure, Opportunity, Given

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• Many of us rely on our own illusion of control. But when God makes it known to you that you're not the one steering the ship, be thankful. He has removed the illusion, and forced you to rely only on Him.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Ships, Illusion Of Control, Steering

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• Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thou allotted part; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.

  Martial

  Art, Past, Wish

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• To be thankful for what we grasp exceeding our proportion is to add hypocrisy to injustice.

  Charles Lamb

  Hypocrisy, Add, Injustice

  Charles Lamb, Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd (1857). “The Works of Charles Lamb: Complete in One Volume. With a Sketch of His Life, by Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd, D.C.L.”, p.390

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• Be thankful that your lot has fallen on times when, though there may be many evil tongues and exasperated spirits, there are none who have fire and fagot at command.

  Robert Southey

  Fire, Evil, Tongue

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• Let us be thankful for health and competence, and, above all, for a quiet conscience.

  Izaak Walton

  Quiet, Competence, Conscience

  Izaak Walton (2013). “The Complete Angler”, p.135, Simon and Schuster

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• The government does not need to know more about what we are doing. We need to know more about what the government is doing. We should be thankful for individuals like Edward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald who see injustice being carried out by their own government and speak out, despite the risk. They have done a great service to the American people by exposing the truth about what our government is doing in secret.

  Ron Paul

  Speaks Out, Nsa, Government

  "Ron Paul: We need to know more about what the government is doing". www.campaignforliberty.org. June 10, 2013.

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• Every day I've got to be thankful that I am alive, and you never know - the cliche is, I guess, you could get hit by a bus tomorrow, so you'd better be at peace with whatever you got going at the moment.

  Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  Motivational, Alive, Tomorrow

  "Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt". "Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. September 28, 2011.

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• The only jobs kids have are to do well in school, to be charming and polite, and be thankful. That's it. I'll house you, protect you, I'll even give my life for you, and in return, you will behave.

  Gene Simmons

  Jobs, School, Kids

  Interview with Kate Fillion, www.macleans.ca. October 14, 2009.

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• There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in...We should be thankful we cannot see the horrors and degradations lying around our childhood, in cupboards and bookshelves, everywhere.

  Graham Greene

  Lying, Doors, Childhood

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• Just being alive is such a gift, but nobody ever told you to be thankful to existence. On the contrary, everyone was grumpy, complaining. Naturally, if everything surrounding your life from the very beginning goes on pointing out to you that you are not what you should be, goes on giving you great ideals that you have to follow and you have to become, your isness is never praised. What is praised is your future - if you can become someone respectable, powerful, rich, intellectual, in some way famous, not just a nobody.

  Rajneesh

  Spiritual, Powerful, Giving

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• When was the last time you wrote a thank you note? When was the last time you went beyond a mechanical "thank you" to express authentic gratitude? We can enrich the lives of others and ourselves by making it a habit to express genuine appreciation for what others have done for us.

  Michael Josephson

  Gratitude, Appreciation, Done

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• Discipline yourself to start each day identifying something to be grateful about. The world opens to those who approach it with a grateful heart.

  Michael Josephson

  Gratitude, Grateful, Heart

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• Expressed gratitude encourages further giving; ingratitude drains vitality out of the spirit of generosity.

  Michael Josephson

  Gratitude, Generosity, Giving

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• Gratitude is not a payment for a kindness but another form of gift.

  Michael Josephson

  Gratitude, Kindness, Form

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• For many of us gratitude to others comes with a sense of debt that can never be fully paid and therefore the things we are thankful for are never really ours.

  Michael Josephson

  Gratitude, Debt, Paid

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• Never do anything for another with the expectation of gratitude. The expectation itself turns the gift into an exchange and suggests a debt is owed you.

  Michael Josephson

  Gratitude, Expectations, Debt

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• Life is beautiful. You have to be thankful that we are living. Wherever you look is beauty. I know about the bad things, but I look for the good things.

  Alice Herz-Sommer

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• Stop lookin' at what you ain't got, and start being thankful for what you do got.

  T.I.

  Hip Hop, Life Happiness

  Song: Live Your Life

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• Every paint-stroke takes you farther and farther away from your initial concept. And you have to be thankful for that.

  Wayne Thiebaud

  Inspirational, Life, Art

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• It's possible to be thankful wherever you find yourself.

  David Jeremiah

  Finding Yourself

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