Words Of Gratitude Quotes - Page 2

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.

Meister Eckhart

Inspirational, Life, Thank You

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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.

Frank A. Clark

Motivational, Thanksgiving, Thankful

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I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Leadership, Thank You, Teacher

"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations". Book by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, 1922.

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The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!

Henry Ward Beecher

Thank You, Thanksgiving, Gratitude

Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.66

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Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

Melody Beattie

Happiness, Thanksgiving, Thank You

Melody Beattie (2003). “The Language of Letting Go: A Meditation Book and Journal for Daily Reflections”, Hazelden Publishing

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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.

Melody Beattie

Inspirational, Life, Change

Melody Beattie (2013). “Melody Beattie 4 Title Bundle: Codependent No More and 3 Other Best Sellers by Melody Beattie: A collection of four Melody Beattie best sellers”, Hazelden Publishing

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Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.

Henri Frederic Amiel

Inspirational, Motivational, Thank You

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No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

James Allen

Thank You, Thanksgiving, Thankful

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You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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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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Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

Marcel Proust

Friendship, Happiness, Happy

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

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Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.

Melody Beattie

Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Fullness Of Life

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Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.

Alphonse Karr

Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

Carl Jung

Thank You, Education, Thankful

Carl Gustav Jung (1970). “The development of personality”

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Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

Epicurus

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

Epictetus

Positive, Happiness, Thank You

Epictetus (2012). “Enchiridion”, p.48, Courier Corporation

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When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Gratitude, Live Life, Grateful

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Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Gratitude, Philosophical, Inspirational Christmas

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Every time we remember to say "thank you", we experience nothing less than heaven on earth.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

Thank You, Thankful, Appreciation

Sarah Ban Breathnach (2009). “The Simple Abundance Companion: Following Your Authentic Path to Something More”, p.25, Hachette UK

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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.

W. T. Purkiser

Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

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This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.

Maya Angelou

Attitude, Grateful, Wonderful

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Dec 16, 2010

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Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.

Marcus Aurelius

Thank You, Gratitude, Grateful

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A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Prayer

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Ernest Bell, Andrew Moore (2009). “Minna Von Barnhelm, Or, the Soldier's Fortune”, p.34, Mondial

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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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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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