Gratitude Quotes - Page 35

• Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of awareness of darkness... as the contrast between what we have and how it could be worse is vital to appreciate anything, including our life, and so be happy and grateful

  Carl Jung

  Grateful, Happy Life, Appreciate

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• Running through my mind are thoughts of all the races I ran. On my chest are medals from the races I won. In my heart is gratitude to Gerard Hartmann for helping make my dreams come true. I am very honoured to be a part of this wonderful book.

  Douglas Wakiihuri

  Running, Dream, Book

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• I am capable, confident, intelligent, resilient and in charge. Health and happiness are my birthrights and I accept with gratitude.

  Kris Carr

  Happiness, Being Happy, Thankful

  FaceBook post by Kris Carr from Dec 12, 2013

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• Life is precious. We should not take anything for granted. Living every moment as if it was our first and last is a genuine life of gratitude, acceptance and wisdom.

  Akiane Kramarik

  Acceptance, Life Is Precious, Lasts

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• The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust — not only for all the gifts that I receive from God, but gratitude for all the suffering. Because in that purifying experience, suffering has often been the shortest path to intimacy with God.

  Brennan Manning

  Thanksgiving, Spiritual, Suffering

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• The saved sinner is prostrate in adoration, lost in wonder and praise. He knows repentance is not what we do in order to earn forgiveness; it is what we do because we have been forgiven. It serves as an expression of gratitude rather than an effort to earn forgiveness. Thus the sequence of forgiveness and then repentance, rather than repentance and then forgiveness, is crucial for understanding the gospel of grace.

  Brennan Manning

  Expression, Order, Effort

  Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.48, Multnomah

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• In Thy fullness, my Lord,
  Filled with thy grace,
  For the purpose of union with Thee
  And to satisfy and glorify Thy creation,
  With thanks to Thee with all our hearts
  And with all our love for Thee,
  With all adoration for all Thy blessings
  We accept thy gift as it has come to us.
  The food is Thy blessing and in Thy service
  We accept in all gratitude, my Lord.

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

  Heart, Blessing, Grace

  Mahesh Yogi (Maharishi.) (1968). “The Science of Being and Art of Living”

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• The bravest love is wildly faithful and it falls hard again every morning... It knows what we seek may be found in what we already have... it's grace and fresh gratitude that can make us strong enough to marvel in the seeming monotony of anything... And the happily married have eyes that look long enough to make the familiar new.

  Ann Voskamp

  Strong, Morning, Fall

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• We are not content to pass away entirely from the scenes of our delight; we would leave, if but in gratitude, a pillar and a legend.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Funeral, Passing Away, Delight

  Robert Louis Stevenson (2016). “Across the Plains”, p.92, BookRix

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• Joy and woe are woven fine,
  A clothing for the soul divine.
  Under every grief and pine
  Runs a joy with silken twine.

  William Blake

  Inspirational, Life, Running

  William Blake (1868). “Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul”, p.98

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• Humility and Gratitude are the twin characteristics of happiness.

  Richard C. Edgley

  Humility, Twins, Characteristics

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• Look Back in forgiveness, forward in hope, down in compassion and up in gratitude.

  Zig Ziglar

  Success, Business, Compassion

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Nov 19, 2012

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• When we approach fundraising in a spirit of gratitude, our confidence in our mission does not depend on how the person we are with responds to our request! We are free to remain secure in God's love with our hearts set joyfully on the kingdom.

  Henri Nouwen

  Heart, Fundraising, Doe

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• Gratitude is the confidence in life itself... As gratitude grows it gives rise to joy. We experience the courage to rejoice in our own good fortune and in the good fortune of others... We can be joyful for people we love, for moments of goodness, for sunlight and trees, and for the very breath within our lungs. Like an innocent child, we can rejoice in life itself, in being alive.

  Jack Kornfield

  Children, People, Giving

  Jack Kornfield (2012). “Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are”, p.33, Shambhala Publications

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• My redeemer is always the person next to me.

  Sylvia Boorstein

  Next, Persons, Redeemer

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• A child of God should be a visible beatitude for joy and happiness, and a living doxology for gratitude and adoration.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Children, Joy, Doxology

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1870). “Feathers for Arrows: Or Illustrations for Preachers and Teachers, from My Note Book”, p.35

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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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• If we show Allah just a little bit of gratitude, He tells us, 'I will increase you, and increase you, and increase you, I swear to it. If you could only show Me the least bit of gratitude.'

  Nouman Ali Khan

  Littles, Increase, Show Me

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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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• Do not give to the poor expecting to get their gratitude so that you can feel good about yourself. If you do, your giving will be thin and short-lived, and that is not what the poor need; it will only improvish them further. Give only if you have something you must give; give only if you are someone for whom giving is its own reward.

  Dorothy Day

  Giving, Feel Good, Needs

  "Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation". Book by Parker Palmer, pp. 48-49, 1999.

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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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• Can we walk that thin line between constant change and continuation? And in the middle of this flux, feel gratitude but not hold on? Gratitude greases the joints to let us let go, and at the same time to stop and realize we received something. Gratitude is the most developed and mature of human emotions.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Letting Go, Grease, Joints

  Natalie Goldberg (2014). “The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language”, p.153, Simon and Schuster

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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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