Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving," and the words of John Fitzgerald Kennedy tell us that, "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends... Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it - would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have.
You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink.
To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kindness that stands behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.
If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul
When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.
We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.
If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.
Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.
In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
The world has enough beautiful mountains and meadows, spectacular skies and serene lakes. It has enough lush forests, flowered fields, and sandy beaches. It has plenty of stars and the promise of a new sunrise and sunset every day. What the world needs more of is people to appreciate and enjoy it.
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.
So often we are depressed by what remains to be done and forget to be thankful for all that has been done.
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more.
It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich!
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.
The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues.
The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
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