Quotes and Sayings About Gratitude
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Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.
-- A. A. Milne -
Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much. For on the smiles, the thanks we give, our little gestures of appreciation, our neighbors build their philosophy of life.
-- A.J. Cronin -
As for herself, every morning on waking she gives thanks to the God she doesn't disbelieve in. Although she can't credit him with saving her, she needs this outlet for her gratitude.
-- A.S.A. HarrisonSource : A.S.A. Harrison (2013). “The Silent Wife”, p.242, Hachette UK
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This bread and wine are the simple but eloquent monument to the infinite love of the Son of God, around which we gather with tender, tearful gratitude, because He loved us'so, and because we know that our garlands of affection and consecration are pleasing to Him.
-- Abbott Eliot KittredgeSource : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p.371, 1895.
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In honor of Oprah Winfrey: Even greater than the ability to inspire others with hope is the power to motivate them to give as much to the lives of others as they would give to their own; and to empower them to confront the worst in themselves in order to discover and claim the best in themselves.
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The young women of today, free to study, to speak, to write, to choose their occupation, should remember that every inch of this freedom was bought for them at a great price. It is for them to show their gratitude by helping onward the reforms of their own times, by spreading the light of freedom and of truth still wider. The debt that each generation owes to the past it must pay to the future.
-- Abigail Scott DuniwaySource : "Westward the Women". Book by Nancy Wilson Ross, Mar 15, 2016.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
-- Abraham Joshua HeschelSource : Abraham Joshua Heschel (1997). “Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays”, p.264, Macmillan
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It is safe to assert that no government proper ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination.
-- Abraham Lincoln -
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(Some people) have a wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder, and even ecstasy.
-- Abraham Maslow -
One of the bitterest ironies of life is that one truly appreciates a blessing only after having been deprived of it or imagining that.
-- Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi -
Our lives are filled with meeting wonderful people. Make sure those that have become a part of your life hear your words of appreciation.
-- Ace Antonio Hall -
Sorrow is only one of the lower notes in the oratorio of our blessedness.
-- Adoniram Judson GordonSource : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 555), 1895.
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Gratitude is the appreciation of what is, of life, of existence, of anybody and anything, for just the way it is.
-- Adyashanti -
He that is hard to please, may get nothing in the end.
-- Aesop -
To see someone you love, in a bad setting, is one of the great barometers of gratitude.
-- Aimee Bender -
Life is precious. We should not take anything for granted. Living every moment as if it was our first and last is a genuine life of gratitude, acceptance and wisdom.
-- Akiane Kramarik -
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We ought to approach this challenge [of global warming] with a sense of profound joy and gratitude: that we are the generation about which, a thousand years from now, philharmonic orchestras and poets and singers will celebrate by saying, they were the ones that found it within themselves to solve this crisis and lay the basis for a bright and optimistic human future.
-- Al Gore -
Paying tax should be framed as a glorious civic duty worthy of gratitude - not a punishment for making money.
-- Alain de Botton -
Rather than getting more spoilt with age, as difficulties pile up, epiphanies of gratitude abound.
-- Alain de Botton -
Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.
-- Alan Cohen -
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Appreciation empowers not just money transactions, but all interactions. Gratitude is one of the greatest meditations of a lifetime, the fastest attitude uplifter I know. Be grateful for all the good in your life and your good will only increase, along with your happiness.
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Gratitude, like faith, is a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it grows, and the more power you have to use it on your behalf. If you do not practice gratefulness, its benefaction will go unnoticed, and your capacity to draw on its gifts will be diminished. To be grateful is to find blessings in everything, This is the most powerful attitude to adopt, for there are blessings in everything.
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Gratitude incorporates both the heart and mind, and instantly paves the shortest road to happiness.
-- Alan Cohen -
Gratitude, like faith, is a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it grows.
-- Alan Cohen -
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Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
-- Albert Camus -
There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night.
-- Albert CamusSource : Albert Camus (2012). “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.123, Vintage
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No one who lives in the sunlight of gratitude that things aren't worse makes a failure of his or her life.
-- Albert Camus -
My profession lent itself nicely to my vocation for heights. It freed me of any bitterness towards my fellow men, who were alwaysin my debt, without my owing them anything. It placed me above the judge whom, I in turn judged, above the defendant whom I forced into gratitude.
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The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contemptible.
-- Albert Einstein -
And we will move forward to our work, not howling out regrets like slaves whipped to their burdens, but with gratitude for a task worthy of our strength, and thanksgiving to Almighty God that He has marked us as His chosen people, henceforth to lead in the regeneration of the world.
-- Albert J. BeveridgeSource : Maiden speech in the Senate. "Congressional Record", Senate, 56th Congress, 1st session, pp. 704-712, en.wikisource.org. January 09, 1900.
