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• At each level of gratitude our soul's capacity deepens, starting with contentment to meaningfulness, and finally, to pure joy.

  M. J. Ryan

  Joy, Soul, Contentment

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• Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

  David

  Growing Up, Rain, Clouds

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• And the Lord God prepared a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be shade for his head to deliver him from his misery. So Jonah was very grateful for the plant.

  Jonah

  Grateful, Shade, Might

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• Stop wishing to merit anyone's gratitude or thinking that anyone can become grateful.

  Catullus

  Thank You, Grateful, Thinking

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• My redeemer is always the person next to me.

  Sylvia Boorstein

  Next, Persons, Redeemer

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• Religion, according to Alfred North Whitehead, is a phenomenon that begins in wonder and ends in wonder. Feelings of awe, reverence, and gratitude are primary, and these can never be learned from books. We gain them from sitting high on a cliff side, gazing at the sea, lost in reverie and listening to the laughter of children.

  Gary A. Kowalski

  Laughter, Children, Book

  Gary A. Kowalski (2003). “Science and the Search for God”, p.143, Lantern Books

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• I trust that no loving thought goes unnoticed, even when I do not see immediate gratitude or behavior changes in the other person.

  Lee L Jampolsky

  Behavior Change, Unnoticed, Persons

  Lee L. Jampolsky (2011). “Walking Through Walls: Practical Spirituality in an Impractical World”, p.91, Celestial Arts

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• Cherish all your happy moments.

  Margaret Moore

  Happiness, Being Thankful, Eulogy

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• Unless it's out of the goodness of someone's heart, I don't like having things given to me for free. I like working hard for what I earn. It gives me a sense of gratitude, and that's the only way I can truly appreciate it.

  Sasha Azevedo

  Heart, Appreciate, Giving

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• Our lives are filled with meeting wonderful people. Make sure those that have become a part of your life hear your words of appreciation.

  Ace Antonio Hall

  Thanksgiving, Appreciation, Grateful

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• Allah's Generosity is connected to gratitude, and gratitude is linked to increase in His generosity. The generosity of Allah will not stop increasing unless the gratitude of the servant ceases

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Wisdom, Islamic, Generosity

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• Princeton has made an enormous difference in my life, and I am delighted to be able to express my gratitude in such a tangible way. The generosity of earlier generations of donors made it possible for me to attend Princeton as a young student from Hong Kong, and I have always wanted to do all I could to assure that students in the future.. from the United States and around the world.. will have the same kinds of opportunities I had to learn from faculty members who are leaders in their fields at a university that remains second to none in its commitment to teaching.

  Gordon Wu

  Teaching, Commitment, Opportunity

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• Life is not made up of minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years, but of moments. You must experience each one before you can appreciate it.

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Inspirational, Life, Appreciation

  Sarah Ban Breathnach (2006). “Moving on: Creating Your House of Belonging with Simple Abundance”, p.22, Meredith Books

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• Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

  Sophocles

  Lying, Men, Hands

  Aeschylus, Sophocles, Eurípides, Aristophanes, Menander (of Athens.) (1938). “The complete Greek drama: all the extant tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, and the comedies of Aristophanes and Menander, in a variety of translations”

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• If there is one thing the psychic taught me, it's that people and events are rarely who and what we think they are. They are more meaningful, more worth our attention-part of some finely choreographed, eternal dance that we would be wise to bow down before in gratitude and humility

  Leslie Morgan Steiner

  Wise, Meaningful, Grateful

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• Here's a practice for dealing with envy...each time you find yourself envious of someone...ask yourself, "What is there that I am noticing in the other person that I want to find in myself?"...If it's money, is it the freedom? The cance to play that money buys? A sense of security? Whatever it is-more play, a sense of security, free time-you can work on getting more of it in your life, no matter what the circumstances.

  M. J. Ryan

  Play, Practice, Envy

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• When you express your gratitude, you will bring joy to others lives.When others know joy, your life will be filled with happiness.

  Arthur Dobrin

  Joy, Filled, Knows

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• Gratitude is the heart of Friendship.

  Louann Brizendine

  Heart

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• Gratitude is the antidote to bitterness and resentment.

  M. J. Ryan

  Bitterness, Resentment, Antidote

  M.J. Ryan (2009). “Attitudes of Gratitude, 10th Anniversary Edition: How to Give and Receive Joy Every Day of Your Life”, p.48, Conari Press

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• The instant of birth is exquisite. Pain and joy are one at this moment. Ever after, the dim recollection is so sweet that we speak to our children with a gratitude they never understand.

  Madeline Tiger Bass

  Inspiring, Sweet, Children

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• My heart was filled with gratitude, with thankfulness, and went out in love to all the heroes, the thinkers who gave their lives for the liberty of hand and brain... to all the wise, the good, the brave of every land, whose thoughts and deeds have given freedom to the sons of men. And then I vowed to grasp the torch that they had held, and hold it high, that light might conquer darkness still.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Wise, Hero, Heart

  "The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll: Lectures".

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• It is a great honor to be inducted into the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame. When you honor me with this distinction, you really honor the players who put me there. All of the honors I receive became a reality only through the contributions of my players. In addition to myself, you also honor my family and the Dodger organization. I accept this recognition with pride and gratitude.

  Tommy Lasorda

  Pride, Player, Reality

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• Every day is a day to be thankful. Life's abundance has no limit, and gratitude is what keeps that abundance flowing. In every circumstance there is something for which to be thankful. Even when there seems to be nothing else, there is hope.

  Ralph Marston

  Thanksgiving, Being Thankful, Limits

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• The spirit of gratitude is always pleasant and satisfying because it carries with it a sense of helpfulness to others; it begets love and friendship, and engenders divine influence. Gratitude is said to be the memory of the heart.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Memories, Heart, Being Thankful

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• During the year 1957, I experienced, by the grace of God, a spiritual awakening which was to lead me to a richer, fuller, more productive life. At that time, in gratitude, I humbly asked to be given the means and privilege to make others happy through music. I feel this has been granted through His grace. ALL PRAISE TO GOD.

  John Coltrane

  Spiritual, Mean, Productive Life

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