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Thankful Quotes

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Whatever happens to you, don't fall in despair. Even if all the doors are closed, a secret path will be there for you that no one knows. You can't see it yet but so many paradises are at the end of this path...Be grateful! It is easy to thank after obtaining what you want, thank before having what you want.
Rumi

Authors on Thankful Quotes: Wallace D. Wattles Ralph Waldo Emerson Saint Basil Billy Graham Joel Osteen Oprah Winfrey Albert Schweitzer William Arthur Ward Benjamin Disraeli George Herbert Gautama Buddha Gilbert K. Chesterton Brian Tracy Walter Inglis Anderson Sarah Ban Breathnach Francois de La Rochefoucauld Louise Hay T. Harv Eker Grenville Kleiser Marcus Aurelius Adrian Peterson Robert Louis Stevenson Melody Beattie Dalai Lama Marian Wright Edelman Bertrand Russell Harbhajan Singh Yogi Ernest Hemingway Tony Robbins Joseph Addison Jim Lovell W. Clement Stone Frank A. Clark
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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

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A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
Saint Basil

'Actions speak louder than words; a benevolent act is never forgotten; he who shows courtesy reaps camaraderie, and he who sows generosity cultivates affection.'
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Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.
Marcus Aurelius

Do not yearn for possessions that you lack, but count the most important of what you do have and be grateful for them as if they were not yours.
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If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.
Mark Twain

If you rescue a famished canine and make him affluent he will not nip you. This is the primary contrast between a canine and human.
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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.
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Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.
Zig Ziglar

You can bestow and retain your pledge, a grin, and an appreciative spirit.
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Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —
William Arthur Ward

Appreciation can metamorphose mundane days into expressions of gratitude, make humdrum duties pleasurable, and transform unassuming chances into gifts.
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If I had to choose between dribbling past 5 players and scoring from 40 yards at Anfield or shagging miss world, it'd be a hard choice. Thankfully, i've done both
George Best

If I had to pick between maneuvering around 5 opponents and netting from 40 yards at Anfield or cohabitating with Miss Universe, it'd be a tough decision. Fortunately, I have experienced both.
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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

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When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.
Willie Nelson

When I began taking stock of all the good in my life, my fortunes drastically improved.
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The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.
David Steindl-Rast

The foundation of elation is appreciation...It is not delight that causes us to be thankful; it is thankfulness that begets jubilance.
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Be grateful for what you have now. As you begin to think about all the things in your life you are grateful for, you will be amazed at the never ending thoughts that come back to you of more things to be grateful for. You have to make a start, and then the law of attraction will receive those grateful thoughts and give you more just like them.
Rhonda Byrne

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Reflect upon your present blessings
Charles Dickens

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Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
Brian Tracy

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May your heart be an altar, from which the bright flame of unending thanksgiving ascends to heaven.
Mary Euphrasia Pelletier

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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

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Don't let mistakes be so monumental, don't let your love be so confidential, don't let your mind be so darn judgemental, and please let your heart be more influential. Be thankful for all that the spirit provides and be thankful for all that you see without eyes.
Michael Franti

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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

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The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
Eric Hoffer

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Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
Aldous Huxley

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Let us be grateful to people who make us happy.
Marcel Proust

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Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job.
Jim Lovell

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He who plants kindness gathers love.
Saint Basil

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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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Whenever you feel like criticizing any one... just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

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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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Always give without remembering and always receive without forgetting.
Brian Tracy

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We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.
Cynthia Ozick

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Truly, we have much to thank God for, but if we would be thankful, we must set our hearts to do it with a will. We grumble and complain without thought, but we must think to give thanks.
Samuel Logan Brengle

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No friend ever served me, and no enemy ever wronged me, whom I have not repaid in full.
Sulla

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No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.
James Allen

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Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.
Walter Anderson

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Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.
Doris Day

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Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.
Henry Clay

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Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk.
William Arthur Ward

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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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Ungrateful people breed negativity. No one gets any pleasure from giving to an ungrateful person. When you show appreciation, the object of your attention blossoms and flourishes.
Paul McCabe

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

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The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing... a grateful heart!
George Herbert

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Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.
Eckhart Tolle

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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.
Rita Mae Brown

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Work hard, don't quit, be appreciative, be thankful, be grateful, be respectful, also to never whine ever, never complain, and, always, for crying out loud, keep a sense of humor.
Michael Keaton

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The more we express our gratitude to God for our blessings, the more he will bring to our mind other blessings. The more we are aware of to be grateful for, the happier we become.
Ezra Taft Benson

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Think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flames within us.
Albert Schweitzer

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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.
Bertrand Russell

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Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
Jacques Maritain

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There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.
Ralph Blum