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Gratitude Quotes
"Man is fond of reckoning up his troubles, but does not count his joys."
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"I thank you for calling them off, young ser. I promise you, they would have found me indigestible."
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"How would you like a friend or loved one talking to you only when they needed something? That's kind of how most use prayer or meditation. Since there is ALWAYS something for which to be grateful, how about praying or meditating on that?"
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"Gratitude is medicine for a heart devastated by tragedy. If you can only be thankful for the blue sky, then do so."
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"Thank the past for all the lessons it taught you, anticipate the future for all the blessings it has in store for you."
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"If not for him, I would never have become the man I am today. I ask that you not hold it against him. He meant well."
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"You are silent now who once stood on battlefields ravaged by destruction unimaginable, holding in those desperate places the line of freedom for others you would never know, and who would never know you. And being one of those you never knew, I would give all I have to clasp your hand one single time, look into eyes that witnessed the bloodied carnage that results when freedom refuses to bow to chains of any kind, and simply say 'thank you."
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"Because the moon is not jealous of the sun, it benefits from its light."
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"My gratitude for good writing is unbounded, I'm grateful for it the way I'm grateful for the ocean."
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"I appreciate the gratitude every day."
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"The only way to get an understanding of the true wealth in your life is to acknowledge all the things you have to be grateful for."
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"Even if you don't have all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don't have that you don't want (Bob Dylan's dad)"
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"This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before."
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"For what is writing besides capturing thoughts that belong to all of us, so that we can recognize ourselves, undestand ourselves, and perhaps, each other. Every thoughtful book about love makes us better lovers, I think. It opens the gates of perception."
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"I'll be back with the sandwiches, she said. "But I had some leftover seven-layer dip."Yum. Percy dug in with a tortilla chip. "She's kinda famous for this, guys.Sally ruffled his hair. "There's guacamole, sour cream, refried beans, salsa-"Seven layers? I looked up in wonder. "You knew seven is my sacred number? You invented this for me?Sally wiped her hands on her apron. "Well, actually, I can't take credit-"You are too modest! I tried some of the dip. It tasted almost as good as ambrosia nachos. "You will have immortal fame for this, Sally Jackson!"
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"I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute."
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"I have lived pain, and my life can tell: I only deepen the wound of the world when I neglect to give thanks the heavy perfume of wild roses in early July and the song of crickets on summer humid nights and the rivers that run and the stars that rise and the rain that falls and all the good things that a good God gives."
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"What are you thinking?" he asks.I know Gage hates it when I cry - he is completely undone by the sight of tears - so I blink hard against the sting. "I'm thinking how thankful I am for everything," I say, "even the bad stuff. Every sleepless night, every second of being lonely, every time the car broke down, every wad of gum on my shoe, every late bill and losing lottery ticket and bruise and broken dish and piece of burnt toast."His voice is soft. "Why, darlin'?""Because it all led me here to you."
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"Thank God for today's grace."
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"When you want something and you don't have it, it may be a cause of stress to you. However, if we reflect on how we came to have things that were not there originally, we can be excited, delighted, and grateful that we want something even before we have it. Seen from this perspective, wanting something-or more specifically, being able to want something while it is not there yet-is already a gift in itself. !is is why we offer gratitude."
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"The real problem of life is never a lack of time. The real problem of life - in my life - is lack of thanksgiving."
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"Rethink Your Success Mindset: Gratitude is the attitude, fuel and catalyst that transforms life's challenges into wisdom."
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"Stop counting your losses and start counting your blessings. Only then will you discover that losses are always easier to point out and count than blessings. And that your blessings will always outnumber your losses, for they are truly immeasurable."
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"We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts."
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"In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it's wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices."
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"Thanksgiving-giving thanks in everything-prepares the way that God might show us His fullest salvation in Christ."
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"Experiences were what you got when you couldn't get what you wanted."
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"The brave who focus on all things good and all things beautiful and all things true, even in the small, who give thanks for it and discover joy even in the here and now, they are the change agents who bring fullest Light to all the world."
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"Gratitude goes beyond saying 'thank you'. Feelings complete the blessing."
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"Eucharisteo-thanksgiving-always precedes the miracle."
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