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Inspirational Quotes About Gratitude

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Index_card_top “In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.”
 
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970);
Philosopher, Mathematician
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Index_card_top “To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.”
 
Johannes A. Gaertner (1912-1996);
Art History Professor, Theologian, Poet


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Index_card_top “When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.”
 
Willie Nelson (born 1933);
Singer, Songwriter, Poet
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Index_card_top “The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”
 
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970);
Philosopher, Mathematician
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Index_card_top “Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.”
 
Oprah Winfrey (born 1954);
American Television Host, Publisher
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Index_card_top “We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.”
 
Fredrick Koeing -


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Index_card_top “Stop thinking gratitude as a buy product of your circumstances and start thinking of it as a world view.”
 
Bryan Robles (1977-0);
Youth Minister
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Index_card_top “Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.”
 
Erich Seligmann Fromm (1900-1980);
Social Psychologist


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Index_card_top “To live a life fulfilled reflect on the things you have with gratitude.”
 
Jaren L. Davis -
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Index_card_top “What you truly acknowledge truly is yours. Invite your heart to be grateful and your thank yous will be heard even when you don't use words.”
 
Pavithra Mehta -
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Index_card_top “My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants.”
 
Joseph Brotherton (1783-1837);
Pastor, Writer


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Index_card_top “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 (1821-1881);
Philosopher, Poet, Critic
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Index_card_top “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity...Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
 
Melodie Beattie - Motivational Author
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Index_card_top “In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.”
 
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945);
Pastor, Theologian, German Resistance Fighter In World War Ii
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Index_card_top “I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.”
 
Rita Mae Brown (born 1944);
Writer
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Index_card_top “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”
 
G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936);
Writer, Poet, Essayist, Novelist
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Index_card_top “In our daily lives, we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but the gratefulness that makes us happy.”
 
Albert Clarke -


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Index_card_top “Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.”
 
Charles Dickens (1812-1870);
Novelist
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Index_card_top “If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.”
 
Meister Eckhart [Johannes Eckhart] (1260-1328);
Theologian, Mystic


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Index_card_top “Maybe being grateful means recognizing what you have for what it is. Appreciating small victories. Admiring the struggle it takes to simply be human...At the end of the day, the fact that we have the courage to still be standing is reason enough to celebrate.”
 
Meredith Grey - \Grey's Anatomy""" Character"""""


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Index_card_top “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 (1917-1963);
35th Us President
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Index_card_top “Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.”
 
Jacques Maritain (1882-1973);
Philosopher


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Index_card_top “The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.”
 
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900);
Scholar, Writer, Philosopher
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Index_card_top “When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them.”
 
Chinese Proverb -
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Index_card_top “They are not poor that have little, but they that desire much. The richest man, whatever his lot, is the one who's content with his lot.”
 
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Index_card_top “If you can't reward then you should thank.”
 
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Index_card_top “To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kind that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.”
 
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965);
Philosopher, Physician, Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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Index_card_top “Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone.”
 
G.B. [Gladys Bertha] Stern (1890-1973);
Novelist, Critic
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Index_card_top “Money matters, but less than we think and not in the way we think. Family is important. So are friends. Envy is toxic. So is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude.”
 
Eric Weiner - Author, National Public Radio Correspondent
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Index_card_top “Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.”
 
Joseph Wood Krutch (1893-1970);
Writer, Naturalist


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Index_card_top “Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.”
 
Aesop - Fabulist
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Index_card_top “You have no cause for anything but gratitude and joy.”
 
Buddha -
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Index_card_top “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”
 
Epictetus (55-135);
Stoic Philosopher
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Index_card_top “Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.”
 
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Index_card_top “The World is full of such wondrous things; we should all be as happy as kings.”
 
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Index_card_top “The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.”
 
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983);
Philosopher
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Index_card_top “The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving.”
 
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Index_card_top “The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.”
 
William James (1842-1910);
Psychologist, Philosopher, Author
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Index_card_top “Gratitude is the memory of the heart. ”
 
Jean-Baptiste Massieu (1743-1818);
Priest


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Index_card_top “Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. ”
 
W. T. Purkiser (1910-1992);
Preacher, Author


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Index_card_top “Gratitude is happiness double by wonder.”
 
G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936);
Writer, Poet, Essayist, Novelist
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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. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow. ”
 
Melodie Beattie - Motivational Author
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Index_card_top This Quote Was Our Daily Quote On: 02/03/11
“In moments of discouragement, defeat, or even despair, there are always certain things to cling to. Little things usually: remembered laughter, the face of a sleeping child, a tree in the wind-in fact, any reminder of something deeply felt or dearly loved. No man is so poor as not to have many of these small candles. When they are lighted, darkness goes away-and a touch of wonder remains.”
 
These Small Candles - Tombstone Inscription In Britain


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“...it is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.”
 
David Steindl-Rast (born 1926);
Catholic Theologian
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Index_card_top This Quote Was Our Daily Quote On: 05/31/11
“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. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
 
Melody Beattie - Author


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Index_card_top This Quote Was Our Daily Quote On: 09/05/11
“Delight in the little things.”
 
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936);
Poet, Author
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“Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude. ”
 
E.P. Powell (1833-1915);
American Author And Journalist


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