Grateful Quotes - Page 13

• I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.

  Barack Obama

  Sacrifice, Today, Tasks

  First Presidential Inaugural Address, Delivered 20 January 2009

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• To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us - and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it immense graces from Him. Gratitude therefore takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder and to praise of the goodness of God. For the grateful person knows that God is good, not by hearsay but by experience. And that is what makes all the difference.

  Thomas Merton

  Faith, Gratitude, Differences

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• She remembered him smiling, and realized that time, that great old healer, had finally accomplished its work, and now, across the years, the face of love no longer stirred up agonies of grief and bitterness. Rather, one was left feeling simply grateful. For how unimaginably empty the past would be without him to remember.

  Rosamunde Pilcher

  Grief, Past, Years

  Rosamunde Pilcher (2013). “The Shell Seekers”, p.432, Macmillan

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• Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is so far doing a public service. We should be grateful to him for attacking most unsparingly our most cherished opinions.

  John Stuart Mill

  Freedom, Men, Thinking

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• Be grateful that you only see the outward man. Be grateful that you never see the passions, the hatreds, the jealousies, the malice, the sicknesses... Be grateful you rarely see the frightening truth in people.

  Alfred Bester

  Passion, Men, People

  Alfred Bester (1978). “Demolished Man”, Pocket

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• And now, my friends, a dragon's toast! Here's to life's little blessings: war, plagues, and all forms of evil. Their presence keeps us alert--- and their absence keeps us grateful.

  T.A. Barron

  War, Blessing, Dragons

  T. A. Barron (2011). “The Dragon of Avalon”, p.220, Penguin

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• Commit yourself to constant improvement. Commit yourself to quality. Be persistent, persistent, persistent...and have a grateful heart!

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Heart, Quality, Improvement

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• It's not the side-effects of the cocaine - I'm thinking that it must be love. It's too late to be grateful, It's too late to be hateful, It's too late to be late again, The European cannon is here.

  David Bowie

  Thinking, Sides, Too Late

  "Song: 'Station To Station'". 1976.

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• I think the secret to a hoppy life is a selective memory. Remember what you are most grateful for and quickly forget what your not.

  Richard Paul Evans

  Memories, Thinking, Secret

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• Got no checkbooks, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks - I've got the sun in the mornin' and the moon at night.

  Irving Berlin

  Positive, Happiness, Thanksgiving

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• Don’t become mesmerize by the pictures that have appeared if they are not what you want. Take responsibility for them, make light of them if you can, and let them go. Then think new thoughts of what you want, feel them, and be grateful that it is done.

  Rhonda Byrne

  Positive, Responsibility, Thinking

  Rhonda Byrne (2011). “The Secret”, p.146, Simon and Schuster

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• I am grateful for emphasis on reading the scriptures. I hope that for you this will become something far more enjoyable than a duty; that, rather, it will become a love affair with the word of God. I promise you that as you read, your minds will be enlightened and your spirits will be lifted. At first it may seem tedious, but that will change into a wondrous experience with thoughts and words of things divine. Gordon B. Hinckley

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Reading, Promise, Mind

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• The girl was grateful to the young man for every bit of flattery; she wanted to linger for a moment in its warmth and so she said, 'You're very good at lying.' 'Do I look like a liar?' 'You look like you enjoy lying to women,' said the girl, and into her words there crept unawares a touch of the old anxiety, because she really did believe that her young man enjoyed lying to women.

  Milan Kundera

  Girl, Liars, Lying

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• Good Evening , Sir John. I hope that you will accept a little gift from me.' I should be honored, Your Majesty.' I want to give you a little carved stool from my privy chambers. A pretty little piece from France. I hope you will like it.' I should be grateful.' It is for your daughter. For Jane. To sit on. She seems not to have a seat of her own but she must borrow mine.

  Philippa Gregory

  Daughter, Giving, Pieces

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• What do you know about life? " Bitterness ached in her throat. " You were born with everything. You never had to struggle for a single thing you wanted, never had to worry if you'd be accepted or loved or wanted back." He stared at her, grateful for the moment that she couldn't see that he'd spent nearly half of his life worrying that she, the single thing he wanted, would accept him, love him, and want him back.

  Nora Roberts

  Struggle, Worry, Half

  Nora Roberts (1996). “Daring to Dream”, p.62, Penguin

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• In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared with what we owe to the help of others.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Gratitude, Giving, Achievement

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• This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor...Welcome and entertain them all. Treat each guest honorably. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.

  Rumi

  Spiritual, Wisdom, Morning

  Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi, “The Guest House”

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• There are people we treat wrong and later we're prepared to treat other people right. Perhaps this sounds mercenary, but I feel grateful for these trial relationships, and I would like to think it all evens out - surely, unknowingly, I have served as practice for other people.

  Curtis Sittenfeld

  Thinking, Practice, People

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• Remember, whatever you focus upon, increases...When you focus on the things you need, you'll find those needs increasing. If you concentrate your thoughts on what you don't have, you will soon be concentrating on other things that you had forgotten you don't have-and feel worse! If you set your mind on loss, you are more likely to lose...But a grateful perspective brings happiness and abundance into a person's life.

  Andy Andrews

  Life, Loss, Perspective

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• Whatever you focus upon, increases......When you focus on the things you need, you'll find those needs increasing......A grateful perspective brings happiness and abundance into a person's life.

  Andy Andrews

  Life, Perspective, Focus

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• Even if you don't have all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don't have that you don't want (Bob Dylan's dad)

  Bob Dylan

  Dad, Bob, Want

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• I was grateful for cereal --- the only food that my tummy, riddled by pangs of infatuation, could handle.

  Craig Thompson

  Cereal, Infatuation, Handle

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• Gratitude is a mark of a noble soul and a refined character. We like to be around those who are grateful. They tend to brighten all around them. They make others feel better about themselves. They tend to be more humble, more joyful, more likable.

  Joseph B. Wirthlin

  Gratitude, Humble, Character

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• The secret to happiness...be satisfied and be grateful.

  Mitch Albom

  Happiness, Encouragement, Attitude

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• Librarians see themselves as the guardians of the First Amendment. You got a thousand Mother Joneses at the barricades! I love the librarians, and I am grateful for them!

  Michael Moore

  Mother, Firsts, Guardian

  "Muzzling Moore" by Kera Bolonik, www.salon.com. January 7, 2002.

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