"I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate."

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"I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate."

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"Most humbling of all is to comprehend the lifesaving gift that your pit crew of people has been for you, and all the experiences you have shared, the journeys together, the collaborations, births and deaths, divorces, rehab, and vacations, the solidarity you have shown one another. Every so often you realize that without all of them, your life would be barren and pathetic. It would be Death of a Salesman, though with e-mail and texting."

Anne Lamott, American Author

Gratitude, Life, Gift, Support, People

"Don't be like those who only remember God when they are in desperate need of something. He definitely deserves to be praised in good and bad times."

Edmond Mbiaka, American Author

Gratitude, Faith, God, Prayer

"We seldom think of what we have but always of what we lack."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Gratitude, Desire, Values, Focus

"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."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

Gratitude, Grace, Art, Life

"Today, I don't want to ask for anythingI just want to give thanks for Everything I already have."

Nikki Rowe, American Writer

Gratitude, Life, Appreciation, Peace

"Dear friends, do you know that you are lucky people? You don't have any cows to lose."

Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Poet

Gratitude, Perspective, Contentment, Happiness

"The thanks of a weak one are but of little value," he muttered, "but you have them, for truly, in this past week, little but scraps have come my way- and for all my body is small, yet is my appetite unseemly great."

Isaac Asimov, American Scientist

Gratitude, Hunger, Humility, Kindness

"Be thankful for the blessings already on their way. And don't be surprised if one of your blessings is to be the blessing for which someone else is thankful."

Charles F. Glassman, American Author

Gratitude, Blessing, Faith, Hope

"Just remember to say THANK YOU sometimes, for all of these everyday extraordinary gifts."

Scott Stabile, American Author

Gratitude, Thankfulness, Life, Appreciation

"A warm feeling fell over the boy. A mix of security and comfort, as if a blanket were wrapping its soft layers around his heart and nuzzling him snuggly. Gavin loved his mother, and he would be forever grateful to his father for protecting her. The whole mystery behind it made him itch with curiosity, however."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Gratitude, Love, Happiness, Truth, Inspirational

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"Don't be like those who only remember God when they are in desperate need of something. He definitely deserves to be praised in good and bad times."

"We seldom think of what we have but always of what we lack."

"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."

"Today, I don't want to ask for anythingI just want to give thanks for Everything I already have."

"Dear friends, do you know that you are lucky people? You don't have any cows to lose."

"The thanks of a weak one are but of little value," he muttered, "but you have them, for truly, in this past week, little but scraps have come my way- and for all my body is small, yet is my appetite unseemly great."

"Be thankful for the blessings already on their way. And don't be surprised if one of your blessings is to be the blessing for which someone else is thankful."

"Just remember to say THANK YOU sometimes, for all of these everyday extraordinary gifts."

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"Men are punished by their sins, not for them."

"Don't lose faith in humanity: think of all the people in the United States who have never played you a single nasty trick."

"The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination."

"In order to have friends, you must first be one."

"Business, to be successful, must be based on science, for demand and supply are matters of mathematics, not guesswork."

"The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia."

"It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree."

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