Thanksgiving Gratitude Quotes - Page 2

Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

Henry Ward Beecher

Life, Thanksgiving, Gratitude

henry ward beecher (1858). “life thoughts,”, p.115

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An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.

Irv Kupcinet

Thanksgiving, Optimistic, Turkeys

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Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.

Melody Beattie

Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Fullness Of Life

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Let us be grateful to people who make us happy.

Marcel Proust

Thank You, Thankful, Appreciation

Marcel Proust (1957). “Pleasures and days: and other writings”

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Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.

Epicurus

Being Happy, Thankful, Hope

Epicurus (1964). “Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill”

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No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

James Allen

Thank You, Thanksgiving, Thankful

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Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.

Christiane Northrup

Thank You, Thankful, Appreciation

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Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

Aesop

Inspirational, Thanksgiving, Thankful

Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.24, Pelekanos Books

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A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things.

Plato

Thank You, Thankful, Gratitude

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When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.

Tony Robbins

Motivational, Gratitude, Powerful

Twitter post from Jan 08, 2017

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O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!

William Shakespeare

Happiness, Thanksgiving, Gratitude

1592 Henry of Queen Margaret. Henry VI PartTwo, act1, sc.1, l.19-20.

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Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

Voltaire

Inspirational, Inspiring, Christmas

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Gratitude always comes into play; research shows that people are happier if they are grateful for the positive things in their lives, rather than worrying about what might be missing.

Dan Buettner

Inspirational, Thanksgiving, Appreciation

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They do not love that do not show their love.

William Shakespeare

Love, Marriage, Valentines Day

William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Mr. Theobald (Lewis) (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.20

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Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

Franz Grillparzer

Thanksgiving, Being Thankful, Important

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The funny thing about Thanksgiving ,or any big meal, is that you spend 12 hours shopping for it then go home and cook,chop,braise and blanch. Then it's gone in 20 minutes and everybody lies around sortof in a sugar coma and then it takes 4 hours to clean it up.

Ted Allen

Thanksgiving, Lying, Home

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To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything.

Thomas Merton

Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Grateful

Thomas Merton (2011). “Thoughts In Solitude”, p.48, Macmillan

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You cannot do a kindness too soon.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Karma, Thankful, Appreciation

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There is no greater difference between men than between grateful and ungrateful people.

Reginald Horace Blyth

Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Ungrateful People

Reginald Horace Blyth (1951). “Haiku: Eastern culture”

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There is no such thing as gratitude unexpressed. If it is unexpressed, it is plain, old-fashioned ingratitude.

Robert Breault

Thankful, Gratitude, Inspirational Christmas

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There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.

Ralph Blum

Thank You, Thanksgiving, Thankful

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Gratitude goes beyond the 'mine' and 'thine' and claims the truth that all of life is a pure gift. In the past I always thought of gratitude as a spontaneous response to the awareness of gifts received, but now I realize that gratitude can also be lived as a discipline. The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy.

Henri Nouwen

Thanksgiving, Thankful, Spiritual

Henri Nouwen (2013). “The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming”, p.85, Image

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We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

Albert Schweitzer

Friendship, Thanksgiving, Thank You

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Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.

Lionel Hampton

Inspirational, Thank You, Gratitude

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.

William Jennings Bryan

Thanksgiving, Funny Thanksgiving, Happy Thanksgiving

William Jennings Bryan, Mary Baird Bryan (1909). “Speeches of William Jennings Bryan”

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