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A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.
Bernard Meltzer
A genuine companion is someone who perceives you as an admirable individual despite knowing your imperfections.
2.
So shines a good deed... in a weary world.
Gene Wilder
Thus, a beneficial action radiates cheerfulness in an exhausted world.
3.
A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others.
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
A beneficial instructor is like a beacon - it sacrifices itself to show the path for others.
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One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
Carl Jung
5.
God is in control, and therefore in EVERYTHING I can give thanks - not because of the situation but because of the One who directs and rules over it.
Kay Arthur
I am thankful for all circumstances that arise, knowing that the Almighty is directing and governing them.
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Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.
Douglas MacArthur
7.
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.
Meister Eckhart
If the only utterance you ever give in your lifespan is gratitude, it will suffice.
8.
When you ask God for a gift, Be thankful if he sends, Not diamonds, pearls or riches, but the love of real true friends.
Helen Steiner Rice
When you implore the Almighty for a blessing, be grateful if He grants you not gems, pearls or wealth, but the affection of authentic and genuine companions.
9.
Times are bad.
Children no longer obey their parents,
and everyone is writing a book.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Circumstances are unfavorable. Kids no longer heed their guardians, and everybody is composing a tome.
10.
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Melody Beattie
Appreciation elucidates our history, brings serenity in the present, and establishes a prospect for the future.
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Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting.
Elizabeth Bibesco
Fortunate are those who give without recollecting and receive without forgetting.
12.
I want a man who's kind and understanding. Is that too much to ask of a millionaire?
Zsa Zsa Gabor
I desire someone who is gentle and compassionate. Is this too much to anticipate from an affluent person?
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The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it.
Ralph Marston
15.
The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
William Blake
The appreciative recipient reaps a bountiful bounty.
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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.
John F. Kennedy
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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.
Epictetus
18.
If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul
Harold S. Kushner
19.
God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'
William Arthur Ward
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In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.
Mark Twain
21.
Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
Karl Barth
22.
'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.
Alice Walker
23.
Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.
A. A. Milne
24.
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
Eric Hoffer
25.
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
William Arthur Ward
26.
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy.
Marcel Proust
27.
All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
Abraham Lincoln
28.
There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.
Fred Rogers
29.
Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one's self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another.
Thomas Hughes
30.
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.
Oprah Winfrey
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I think one of life's great milestones is when a person can look back and be almost as thankful for the setbacks as for the victories.
Bob Dole
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As a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, I understand both the gravity of giving the order, and the challenge of carrying it out.
Allen West
33.
Thank you, people who say 'Wow, you're really photogenic,' for not saying what you really mean: 'Wow, you're really ugly in person.'
Jimmy Fallon
35.
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.
W. T. Purkiser
36.
No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.
Alfred North Whitehead
37.
Ladies and gentlemen, my mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you!
George M. Cohan
38.
Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare.
Ed Asner
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We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.
Cynthia Ozick
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Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.
Margaret Cousins
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No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.
James Allen
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I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.
e. e. cummings
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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues,
but the parent of all the others.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
44.
I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself.
Mae West
45.
Thank you so much for breaking my heart because you got me four Grammys.
Sam Smith
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I do not think that we have a “right” to happiness. If happiness happens, say thanks.
Marlene Dietrich
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Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
Garrison Keillor
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You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
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True forgiveness is when you can say, "Thank you for that experience.
Oprah Winfrey
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At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
Albert Schweitzer