Expressing Gratitude Quotes

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  No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

  James Allen

  Thank You, Thanksgiving, Thankful

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• A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things.

  Plato

  Thank You, Thankful, Gratitude

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• Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with that there is

  Ernest Hemingway

  Inspirational, Motivational, Thankful

  Ernest Hemingway (2014). “The Hemingway Collection”, p.7266, Simon and Schuster

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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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• O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!

  William Shakespeare

  Happiness, Thanksgiving, Gratitude

  1592 Henry of Queen Margaret. Henry VI PartTwo, act1, sc.1, l.19-20.

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• When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food.

  Barbara Boxer

  Gratitude, Sacrifice, Hands

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• One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from the alliance of the one, working with and through the other, are great things born.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Thank You, Thankful, Gratitude

  "The Wisdom of the Sands" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, translated by Stuart Gilbert, Harcourt, Brace and Co., (p. 44), 1950.

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• In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.

  H. L. Mencken

  Thankful, Gratitude, Freedom

  "A Mencken Chrestomathy". Book by H. L. Mencken, 1949.

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• We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.

  Seneca the Elder

  Life, Gratitude, Money

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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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  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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• Gratitude bestows reverence.....changing forever how we experience life and the world.

  John Milton

  Gratitude, Forever, Thankfulness

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• I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Single, Thankful, Gratitude

  Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual”, p.20, Bantam

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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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• The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Thankful, Gratitude, Appreciation

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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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• All that we behold is full of blessings.

  William Wordsworth

  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Kids

  William Wordsworth (2016). “Wordsworth: 'Daffodils' and Other Poems”, p.14, Michael O'Mara Books

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• He who thanks but with the lips. Thanks but in part; the full, the true Thanksgiving. Comes from the heart.

  John G. Shedd

  Thanksgiving, Christian, Appreciation

  "The Yale Book of Quotations". Book by Fred R. Shapiro, p. 705, 2006.

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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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• It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.

  Roberto Benigni

  Inspirational, Happiness, Thank You

  "Talking Shop At Oscar Time". Interview with Kenneth L. Woodward, www.newsweek.com. July 2, 1999.

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• To live with gratitude ever in our hearts is to touch heaven.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Gratitude, Heart, Heaven

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

  John Milton

  Gratitude, Everyday, Thankfulness

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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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• I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.

  e. e. cummings

  Inspirational, Life, Thank You

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• If you can't be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.

  Izaak Walton

  Thankful, Ifs, Great Gratitude

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