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Meekness implies a spirit of gratitude as opposed to an attitude of self-sufficiency, an acknowledge...

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Sometimes, it is true, a sense of isolation enfolds me like a cold mist as I sit alone and wait at l...

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It has been said that life has treated me harshly; and sometimes I have complained in my heart becau...

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Perhaps nothing helps us make the movement from our little selves to a larger world than remembering...

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Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and ap...

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Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express...

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Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express...

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The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some hea...

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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express...

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Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express...

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Gratitude is not a virtue I believe in, and to me it seems hypocritical to expect it from a child.

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Hermann HesseDemian. Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend

Natales grate numeras?(Do you count your birthdays with gratitude?)

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HoraceEpistles Book II and Epistle to the Pisones

Got no checkbooks, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks - I've got the sun in the morni...

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For a wise man, I have been told, once said, ‘Gratitude is best and most effective when it does not ...

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Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better of...

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James HerriotAll Creatures Great and Small

For whatever trauma came with service in tough circumstances, we should take what we learned - take ...

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It was gratitude; gratitude, not merely for having once loved her, but for loving her still well eno...

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What had she to wish for? Nothing, but to grow more worthy of him whose intentions and judgment had ...

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What had she have to wish for? Nothing but to grow more worthy of him whose intentions and judgment ...

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Mrs. Norris had been talking to her the whole way from Northampton of her wonderful good fortune, an...

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It was gratitude; gratitude, not merelyfor having once loved her, but for loving her still well enou...

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No one would argue that we owe a debt of gratitude to the Goliath Corporation. They helped us to reb...

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

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

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter word...

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Let Us Be GratefulToday we give our thanks most of all, for the ideals of honor and faith we inherit...

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As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter word...

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We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.

Gratitude bestows reverence.....changing forever how we experience life and the world.

A grateful mind by owing owes not, but still pays, at once indebted and discharged; what burden then...

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The fight for joy is first and always a fight to see.

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John Piper (artist)When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight for Joy

The fight for joy is first and always a fight to see.

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John Piper (artist)When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight for Joy

The fight for joy is first and always a fight to see.

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John Piper (theologian)When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight for Joy

The fight for joy is first and always a fight to see.

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John Piper (theologian)When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight for Joy

No one can obtain felicity by pursuit. This explains why one of the elements of being happy is the f...

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Josef PieperHappiness and Contemplation

Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.

Feeling gratitude isn't born in us - it's something we are taught, and in turn, we teach our childre...

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Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors.

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Jules VerneTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.

No one can become and remain a theologian unless he is compelled again and again to be astonished at...

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Karl BarthEvangelical Theology: An Introduction

He thought about his long life and gave thanks for all the bounty and joy that he had been given. To...

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I was a chemistry major, but I'm always winding up as a teacher in English departments, so I've brou...

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Everything we do should be a result of our gratitude for what God has done for us.

At the age of 18, I made up my mind to never have another bad day in my life. I dove into a endless ...

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Beth ceased to fear him from that moment, and sat there talking to him as cozily as if she had known...

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I think, with never-ending gratitude, that the young women of today do not and can never know at wha...

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If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than ...

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Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker a...

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Think not so much of what you lack as of what you have: but of the things that you have, select the ...

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When you have a good friend that really cares for you and tries to stick in there with you, you trea...

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If my words don't flow out of a heart that rests in God's control, sovereignty, then they come out o...

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Mark DriscollReal Marriage: The Truth About Sex

We are like poor people, who have nothing but each other, and are happy.

Thanks for being the kind of person who likes to pick up a book. That's a genuinely great thing. I m...

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Gratitude gets us through the hard stuff...Gratitude always leaves us looking at God and away from d...

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Max LucadoYou'll Get Through This: Hope and Help for Your Turbulent Times

This a a wonderful day. I've never seen this one before.

When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.

Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the br...

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Maya AngelouCelebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer

The day after we returned from Iorn Fist I woke up and I want either one of them anymore. Somewhere ...

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Michael A. StackpoleThe Official Star Wars Adventure Journal

They have to leave their mark. They can't just watch. They can't just appreciate. They can't just fi...

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We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the te...

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Our love, our gratitude, our admiration for our men and women in uniform, our veterans and their fam...

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Joy is the net of love by which we can capture souls. God loves the person who gives with joy. Whoev...

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Mother TeresaThe Love of Christ: Spiritual Counsels

When we learn to read the story of Jesus and see it as the story of the love of God, doing for us wh...

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The power of the bleeding love of God is stronger than the power of Caesar, of the law, of Mars, Mam...

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We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.

True forgiveness is when you can say, "Thank you for that experience.

Emotion is not simply an overplus of feeling; it is life lived at white-heat, a state of wonder. To ...

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Someone who seems doddery is perhaps not doddery at all but only an older person absorbed in squinti...

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Paul TherouxThe Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari

Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks con...

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For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night,For health and food, for love ...

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Never lose the childlike wonder. Show gratitude... Don't complain just work harder... Never give up....

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Gratitude is a species of love, excited in us by some action of the person for whom we have it, and ...

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Every day, tell at least one person something you like, admire, or appreciate about them.

Every day, tell at least one person something you like, admire, or appreciate about them.

We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels th...

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You can't believe what a lovely planet we have until you see her from outside.

Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.

Gratitude is pure happiness.Happiness is sure perfection.

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Sri ChinmoyThe Jewels of Happiness: Inspiration and Wisdom to Guide Your Life-Journey

True gratitude can never comeFrom the mind.It has to flow from the heartTo the mind, vital and bodyU...

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Sri ChinmoyThe Jewels of Happiness: Inspiration and Wisdom to Guide Your Life-Journey

My heart's gratitudeIs My life's plenitude.

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Sri ChinmoyThe Jewels of Happiness: Inspiration and Wisdom to Guide Your Life-Journey

Gratitude is the creative force, the mother and father of love. It is in gratitude that real love ex...

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Sri ChinmoyThe Jewels of Happiness: Inspiration and Wisdom to Guide Your Life-Journey

When your heart's gratitude comes to the fore, when you become all gratitude, this gratitude is like...

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Sri ChinmoyThe Jewels of Happiness: Inspiration and Wisdom to Guide Your Life-Journey

Gratitude is the sweetest thing in a seeker's life- in all human life. If there is gratitude in your...

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Sri ChinmoyThe Jewels of Happiness: Inspiration and Wisdom to Guide Your Life-Journey

If you have true gratitude, it will express itself automatically. It will be visible in your eyes, a...

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Sri ChinmoyThe Jewels of Happiness: Inspiration and Wisdom to Guide Your Life-Journey

The things that most deserve our gratitude we just take for granted. Without air we cannot live for ...

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Sri ChinmoyThe Jewels of Happiness: Inspiration and Wisdom to Guide Your Life-Journey

The most important and most significant good quality in our human life is gratitude. Unfortunately, ...

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Sri ChinmoyThe Jewels of Happiness: Inspiration and Wisdom to Guide Your Life-Journey

My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a b

My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.", Decemb...

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And perhaps the greatest blessing was that we never knew how short the time was.

When it was done and I went to sleep, I lay awake and listened to the clock on your nightstand and t...

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I think that real friendship always makes us feel such sweet gratitude, because the world almost alw...

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Open for sun, closed for rain, that's the poor man's weathervane.

Your father... doesn't work late for you to pinch his dinner.

O Light Invisible, we praise Thee! Too bright for mortal vision. O Greater Light, we praise Thee for...

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Rain don't fall on a with if she doesn't want it to, although personally I prefer to get wet and be ...

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Terry PratchettA Hat Full of Sky