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Inspirational Quotes About Gratitude
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“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.”
Philosopher, Mathematician
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“To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant,
to enact gratitude is generous and noble,
but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.”
Art History Professor, Theologian, Poet
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“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.”
Singer, Songwriter, Poet
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“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”
Philosopher, Mathematician
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“Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.”
American Television Host, Publisher
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“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.”
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“Stop thinking gratitude as a buy product of your circumstances and start thinking of it as a world view.”
Youth Minister
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“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.”
Social Psychologist
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“To live a life fulfilled reflect on the things you have with gratitude.”
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“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.”
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“My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants.”
Pastor, Writer
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“Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.”
Philosopher, Poet, Critic
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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 into order, confusion into clarity...Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
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“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.”
Pastor, Theologian, German Resistance Fighter In World War Ii
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“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.”
Writer
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“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”
Writer, Poet, Essayist, Novelist
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“In our daily lives, we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but the gratefulness that makes us happy.”
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“Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.”
Novelist
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“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.”
Theologian, Mystic
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“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.”
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“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”
35th Us President
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“Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.”
Philosopher
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“The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.”
Scholar, Writer, Philosopher
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“When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them.”
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“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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“If you can't reward then you should thank.”
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“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.”
Philosopher, Physician, Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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“Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone.”
Novelist, Critic
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“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.”
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“Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.”
Writer, Naturalist
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“Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.”
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“You have no cause for anything but gratitude and joy.”
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“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”
Stoic Philosopher
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“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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“The World is full of such wondrous things; we should all be as happy as kings.”
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“The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.”
Philosopher
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“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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“The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.”
Psychologist, Philosopher, Author
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“Gratitude is the memory of the heart. ”
Priest
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“Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. ”
Preacher, Author
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“Gratitude is happiness double by wonder.”
Writer, Poet, Essayist, Novelist
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