Gratitude Quotes - Page 38

• To see a candle's light, one must take it into a dark place. This is the same as to see the good and be grateful, one must compare and contrast it with something worse - not better!

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Grateful, Dark, Light

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• The word 'happiness' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced and contrasted and compared to sadness. In comparing how an experience could have been worse we develop gratitude and happiness, while if we compare it how it could have been better we develop bitterness and sadness.

  Carl Jung

  Sadness, Bitterness, Compare

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• Happiness is a kind of gratitude and vice versa.

  Joseph Wood Krutch

  Vices, Kind, Vice Versa

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• Everything in life serves as a challenge and test to elevate us. Therefore it is right to be grateful for the opportunity to learn and grow through tackling this real life experience.

  Moshe Chaim Luzzatto

  Real, Grateful, Opportunity

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• Contrast the experience with something worse and you cannot help feeling happy and grateful because... The change from trouble to comfort gives us more pleasure than uninterrupted comfort does.

  Maimonides

  Grateful, Giving, Feelings

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• Have a grateful heart to be happy.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Grateful, Heart, Grateful Heart

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• A journal, is a book that shall contain a record of all your joy, your ecstasy, what you are grateful for.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Book, Grateful, Joy

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• A story - with a message about praising what have rather than criticizing what haven't: There are some people who knock the pyramids because they don't have elevators!!!

  Jim Ferree

  Pyramids, People, Messages

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• To be blessed is to live in gratitude, so that God can fulfill you forever.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Inspirational, Blessed, Forever

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• To receive gratitude with grace is a form of gratitude by itself, and not always an easy art to master.

  Stephen Covey

  Art, Grace, Easy

  Stephen R. Covey (2009). “Everyday Greatness: Inspiration for a Meaningful Life”, p.178, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• And we will move forward to our work, not howling out regrets like slaves whipped to their burdens, but with gratitude for a task worthy of our strength, and thanksgiving to Almighty God that He has marked us as His chosen people, henceforth to lead in the regeneration of the world.

  Albert J. Beveridge

  Regret, Moving, People

  Maiden speech in the Senate. "Congressional Record", Senate, 56th Congress, 1st session, pp. 704-712, en.wikisource.org. January 09, 1900.

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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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• 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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• Giving is an expression of gratitude for our blessings.

  Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

  Thank You, Appreciation, Blessing

  "Worship Through Giving, Part 2" by Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 20, 2011.

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• Christ himself wrote nothing, but furnished endless material for books and songs of gratitude and praise.

  Philip Schaff

  Song, Book, Christ

  Philip Schaff (1885). “The History of the Christian Church (Complete)”, p.182, Library of Alexandria

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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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• A Christian people who have for two hundred years kept a race in bondage, deprived of the advantages of civilization and religion, owe them a debt of gratitude which it would seem ungenerous to withhold.

  Nelson A. Miles

  Christian, Race, Years

  NELSON A. MILES (1911). “SERVING THE REPUBLIC”

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• What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what gets you out if bed in the mornings, what you do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything.

  Pedro Arrupe

  Falling In Love, Morning, Heart

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• Gratitude is a feeling of fullness, a recognition of the heart of what we are receiving in this moment.

  M. J. Ryan

  Heart, Feelings, Receiving

  M.J. Ryan (2002). “Attitudes of Gratitude in Love: Creating More Joy in Your Relationship”, p.36, Conari Press

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• Humility and Gratitude are the twin characteristics of happiness.

  Richard C. Edgley

  Humility, Twins, Characteristics

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• Mindfully practicing authenticity during our most soul-searching struggles is how we invite grace, joy and gratitude into our lives.

  Brené Brown

  Struggle, Joy, Grace

  Brené Brown (2010). “The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are”, p.64, Simon and Schuster

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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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• The children to whom we read simple stories may or may not show gratitude, but each boon we give strengthens the pillars of the world.

  Maya Angelou

  Children, Simple, Giving

  Maya Angelou (2011). “Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now”, p.10, Bantam

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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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