"Duty is for Kant the One and All. Out of the duty of gratitude, he claims, one has to defend and esteem the ancients; and only out of duty has he become a great man."

Gratitude, Duty, Man

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"Duty is for Kant the One and All. Out of the duty of gratitude, he claims, one has to defend and esteem the ancients; and only out of duty has he become a great man."

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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."

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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."

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

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

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"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

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

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"Gratitude is only expressed and appreciated in proportion to your understanding of grace."

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

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"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

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"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

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"Let Us Be GratefulToday we give our thanks most of all, for the ideals of honor and faith we inherit from our forefathers - for the decency of purpose, steadfastness of resolve and strength of will, for the courage and the humility, which they possessed and which we must seek every day to emulate. As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them."

John F. Kennedy, American President

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