Michael Josephson Quotes About Gratitude

Quotes about: Gratitude

• The world has enough beautiful mountains and meadows, spectacular skies and serene lakes. It has enough lush forests, flowered fields, and sandy beaches. It has plenty of stars and the promise of a new sunrise and sunset every day. What the world needs more of is people to appreciate and enjoy it.

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  Motivational, Beautiful, Gratitude

• Gratitude is most treasured when it is unexpected. When we expect, even demand gratitude, we treat it simply as payment due for some service we rendered and we squeeze any good feeling out of it.

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  Gratitude, Being Thankful, Feelings

• Gratitude is a feeling not statement. It is so easy to say we are grateful that I often don't stop to really, really take the time to experience gratitude. Saying the words doesn't mean a thing without the feeling and it takes a moment of genuine reflection to summon that feeling. This Thanksgiving don't shortchange yourself with hollow words.

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  Gratitude, Grateful, Mean

• I am grateful for all those people who said no. It is because of them that I did it myself. Practice an attitude of gratitude. You can either be miserable dwelling on the troubles you have or grateful for the ones you don't have. Your troubles don't care but it makes a huge difference in your life.

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  Gratitude, Attitude, Grateful

• At home, be grateful. At work, be appreciative. Gratitude is a gift we give ourselves. Appreciation is a gift we give to others.

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  Gratitude, Appreciation, Grateful

• Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on the many things we have to be thankful for, not so we feel guilty about what we have that others don't, but to be genuinely grateful for our blessings.

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  Gratitude, Grateful, Blessing

• The best way to show true gratitude for all our blessings is to be genuinely happy.

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  Gratitude, Blessing, Way

• Gratitude is not a payment for a kindness but another form of gift.

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  Gratitude, Kindness, Being Thankful

• When was the last time you wrote a thank you note? When was the last time you went beyond a mechanical "thank you" to express authentic gratitude? We can enrich the lives of others and ourselves by making it a habit to express genuine appreciation for what others have done for us.

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  Gratitude, Appreciation, Being Thankful

• It is easier to be grateful for the things we have than to the people who have helped us get them.

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  Gratitude, Grateful, People

• Our obligation to others and a gift to ourselves is to acknowledge and authentically express genuine appreciation for courtesies, caring and concern others have given us.

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  Gratitude, Appreciation, Caring

• For many of us gratitude to others comes with a sense of debt that can never be fully paid and therefore the things we are thankful for are never really ours.

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  Gratitude, Being Thankful, Debt

• It is not enough that we express our gratitude, we must experience it. We truly honor the must think about our blessings, separately and cumulatively It is not enough to count our blessings and express our gratitude if we don't truly feel grateful.

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  Gratitude, Grateful, Blessing

• Never do anything for another with the expectation of gratitude. The expectation itself turns the gift into an exchange and suggests a debt is owed you.

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  Gratitude, Expectations, Being Thankful

• Discipline yourself to start each day identifying something to be grateful about. The world opens to those who approach it with a grateful heart.

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  Gratitude, Grateful, Heart

• One problem with gratitude is that it competes with the sense of pride, self-reliance and accomplishment we have. We want to think what we have is the result of our efforts rather than the gifts, good turns and opportunities provided us by others.

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  Gratitude, Pride, Opportunity

• Expressed gratitude encourages further giving; ingratitude drains vitality out of the spirit of generosity.

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  Gratitude, Generosity, Giving

• Authentic gratitude is much more rare and precious than expressions of gratitude which are often empty courtesies or simply tactical ploys to encourage further gifts or kindnesses.

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  Gratitude, Kindness, Expression

• Gratitude should be felt and experienced sincerely, expressed generously and received graciously.

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  Gratitude, Being Thankful, Should

• Gratefulness is a payment everyone can afford.

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  Gratitude, Being Thankful, Gratefulness

• Our expectation of the gratitude of others for what we've done for them is sometimes exaggerated because of our deep desire for appreciation and approval. When our good work or good deeds go unrewarded by hoped for praise, we feel like failures so we treat those who denied us our due as betrayers.

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  Gratitude, Appreciation, Expectations

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