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• I shall always be grateful for this curious love of history, allowing me to spend a lifetime looking back into the past, allowing me to learn from these large figures about the struggle for meaning for life.

  Doris Kearns Goodwin

  Struggle, Grateful, Past

  "Doris Kearns Goodwin: Living With the Presidents". Interview with Susan Sarfati, www.pcmaconvene.org. January 1, 2014.

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• Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

  Franz Grillparzer

  Thanksgiving, Being Thankful, Important

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• This is my real secret to being a joyful person: I make my life easy. I spend more time being grateful for what I have instead of focusing on what isn't working. I no longer believe that people have to do things my way and that I have to be perfect.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Real, Believe, Grateful

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• Wants and needs are closely connected. And all our needs, even the ones we're not completely aware of yet, will be met. Be grateful that God knows more about what we need than we do. Sometimes when we pray, we get what we want. Sometimes we get what we need. Accept both answers-the yes's and the something else's-with heartfelt gratitude. Then look around and see what your lesson and gift is.

  Melody Beattie

  Gratitude, Prayer, Grateful

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• I have no absolute right to my wealth; it comes from my ancestors, my parents and from the billions of people who have worked before me to learn, to develop, to create the foundations and wealth of this planet. It is my turn to contribute to the progress of humanity. I will be grateful for anything I am paid in return.

  Robert Muller

  Grateful, People, Parent

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• Few things are more agreeable than the spectacle of a man who loses his temper; we should be grateful to such people for providing us with moments of often unsullied delight.

  Harold Nicolson

  Grateful, Men, People

  Harold Nicolson (1960). “Good Behaviour”

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• I'm thankful for every moment.

  Al Green

  Thanksgiving, Thankfulness, Moments

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• The skills you acquire can always be effectively redeployed. You will look back on setbacks and be grateful for the catalyst that came not a moment too soon.

  Tom Freston

  Grateful, Skills, Looks

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• Look, if I ever stop being grateful for gigs, I just need to stop. Because this business is... you know, it's just so kind of job-to-job, and the fact that I've continued working... I'm just incredibly thankful for it. And I never, ever take it for granted.

  Tony Hale

  Jobs, Grateful, Looks

  "Veep's Tony Hale talks about Arrested Development and creeping out James Van Der Beek". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. April 27, 2012.

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• Be grateful for what you already have, and you will attract more good things.

  Rhonda Byrne

  Grateful, Good Things

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• We need to set goals for ourselves. Start today...if you don't have any goals, make your first goal getting some goals. You probably won't start living happily ever after, but you may start living happily, purposefully, and with gratitude...Goals are gratitude in action. They give us the opportunity to build on what we already have. While achieving goals can be a lengthy process, we can learn to be grateful for each stage in the process of setting and meeting goals.

  Melody Beattie

  Happiness, Gratitude, Grateful

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• We need to be grateful for many things that didn't happen.

  C.J. Langenhoven

  Gratitude, Grateful, Needs

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• I cannot tell you ... how to be rich. But I can tell you how to feel rich, which is far better, let me tell you firsthand, than being rich. Be grateful... It is the only totally reliable get rich quick scheme.

  Ben Stein

  Gratitude, Grateful, Rich

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• Whatever life throws at me I'll take it and be grateful for it as well.

  Tom Felton

  Grateful, Wells

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• Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Inspirational, Thank You, Thanksgiving

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• Thank you for life, and all the little ups and downs that make it worth living.

  Travis Barker

  Thank You, Thanksgiving, Littles

  "In A Brief Post On His MySpace Blog, Travis Barker Writes, 'Thank You For Life, And All The Little Ups And Downs That Make It Worth Living. My Best To Everyone.'". MySpace Blog post, www.aceshowbiz.com. November 29, 2008.

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• Well, there's not a day goes by when I don't get up and say thank you to somebody.

  Rod Stewart

  Thank You, Thanksgiving, Get Up

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• If some lives form a perfect circle, other take shape in ways we cannot predict or always understand. Loss has been part of my journey. But it has also shown me what is precious. So has love for which I can only be grateful.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Grateful, Loss, Journey

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• If we become uncomfortable in any given moment, we can look at a flower, a pebble in the street or the tire on our car and be grateful. We can gaze at a person in the distance or at a cloud in the sky and be appreciative. We can smile at a stranger, hug someone we know or tidy a disorganized shelf and be thankful for the opportunity. If we choose gratitude, we will be happy!

  Barry Neil Kaufman

  Happiness, Success, Gratitude

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• Gratitude is one of the sweet shortcuts to finding peace of mind and happiness inside. No matter what is going on outside of us, there's always something we could be grateful for.

  Barry Neil Kaufman

  Gratitude, Sweet, Grateful

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• I can’t touch him. (Jared) Well, don’t you suck. (Stryker) Oh, believe me, I couldn’t agree more. Just be grateful it’s not contagious. (Jared)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Believe, Grateful, Contagious

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• Hey, just be grateful I’m old. When an Arcadian first starts time-walking, we only have about a three percent chance of success. I once ended up on Pluto. (Sebastian) Are you serious? (Channon) They’re not kidding about it being the coldest planet. (Sebastian)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Grateful, Three, Hey

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• I just don’t see how anyone can be so cold. (Kiara) And you should be grateful, little girl, to whatever god you worship, that you can say that. In the world we come from, I don’t understand how anyone can be anything but cold. (Syn)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Girl, Grateful, World

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2016). “The League: Nemesis Rising, Books 1-3: Born of Night, Born of Fire, Born of Ice”, p.265, Macmillan

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• I think people who want to use genetic technologies to gain a competitive edge for their children are engaging in a kind of overreaching that could really undermine our appreciation of children as gifts for which we should be grateful and, instead, to view them as products or instruments that are there to be molded and directed.

  Michael Sandel

  Appreciation, Children, Grateful

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• summer, after all, is a time when wonderful things can happen to quiet people. for those few months, you’re not required to be who everyone thinks you are, and that cut-grass smell in the air and the chance to dive into the deep end of a pool give you a courage you don’t have the rest of the year. you can be grateful and easy, with no eyes on you, and no past. summer just opens the door and lets you out.

  Deb Caletti

  Summer, Quiet People, Grateful

  FaceBook post by Deb Caletti from Jul 20, 2015

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