Being Thankful Quotes - Page 11

• I did not break up the Beatles. You can't have it both ways. If you're going to blame me for breaking the Beatles up, you should be thankful that I made them into myth rather than a crumbling group.

  Yoko Ono

  Groups, Crumbling, Way

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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

  Thankful, Dream, Gratitude

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• Be someone who lifts others higher, and your life will be rich. Be someone filled with gratitude, and there will be no end to the things for which you'll be thankful.

  Ralph Marston

  Gratitude, Rich, Ends

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• The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven; and it is well it is so, since it is that which is the lot of the mass of mankind.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Family, Heaven, Firsts

  Thomas Jefferson (1855). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, contin”, p.103

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• If you count all your assets you always show a profit.

  Wilson Mizner

  Motivational, Thanksgiving, Thankful

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• Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put it in an impossible situation.

  Margaret Mead

  Family, Impossible Situations, Support

  "Culture and Commitment: A Study of the Generation Gap". Book by Margaret Mead, 1970.

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• Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

  Jacques Maritain

  Thank You, Thankful, Gratitude

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• The family - that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.

  Dodie Smith

  Funny, Family, Heart

  Dear Octopus (1938) p. 120

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• To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kindness that stands behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Inspirational, Motivational, Gratitude

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• The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Positive, Thank You

  Dalai Lama (1994). “The Path to Enlightenment”, p.105, Shambhala

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• When adversity overtakes you, it pays to be thankful it was not worse instead of worrying over your misfortune.

  Napoleon Hill

  Adversity, Worry, Over You

  Napoleon Hill (1997). “Napoleon Hill's Positive Action Plan: 365 Meditations For Making Each Day a Success”, p.94, Penguin

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• Be thankful for the thorns and thistles, which keep you from being in love with this world, and becoming an idolater.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Being In Love, World, Thorns

  Spurgeon, Charles H. “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 39: Sermons 2289-2341”, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• I must be thankful that I get to do intense dramatic roles, because it takes so much more, whereas I've been doing L'Oreal forever, and I can do that in my sleep.

  Andie MacDowell

  Sleep, Forever, Thankfulness

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• There is no such way to get much grace, as to be thankful for a little grace. He who opens his mouth wide in praise, shall have his heart lled with graces. Ingratitude stops the ear of God, and shuts the hand of God, and turns away the heart of the God of grace; and therefore we had need to be thankful for a little grace.

  Thomas Brooks

  Heart, Hands, Grace

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• I have so much to be thankful and grateful for, and I just think about my fans, who did put me to where I am. I can promise you this: my appointment at Moschino did not come from anyone but them.

  Jeremy Scott

  Grateful, Thinking, Promise

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Gratitude is our most direct line to God and the angels. If we take the time, no matter how crazy and troubled we feel, we can find something to be thankful for. The more we seek gratitude, the more reason the angels will give us for gratitude and joy to exist in our lives.

  Terry Taylor

  Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

  Terry Lynn Taylor (1996). “Angel Days”, Ballantine Books

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• We have to be thankful to the Czechs that they did their duty. The Czech Republic won, I can't believe it. It was a huge party with all the people here.

  Ruud van Nistelrooy

  Sports, Party, Believe

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• Every time we remember to say "thank you", we experience nothing less than heaven on earth.

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Thank You, Thankful, Appreciation

  Sarah Ban Breathnach (2009). “The Simple Abundance Companion: Following Your Authentic Path to Something More”, p.25, Hachette UK

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• For the great benefits of our being- our life, health, and reason-we look upon ourselves.

  Seneca the Elder

  Gratitude, Thankfulness, Looks

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• Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Gratitude, Memories, Joy

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2011). “Letters Papers from Prison”, p.79, Simon and Schuster

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• In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Inspirational, Life, Thank You

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2011). “Letters Papers from Prison”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

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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

  God, Thankful, Christian

  Samuel Logan Brengle (2013). “Take Time to Be Holy: 365 Daily Inspirations to Bring You Closer to God”, p.328, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• My dearest dearest dear Albert sat on a footstool by my side and his excessive love and affection gave me feelings of heavenly love and happiness I never could have hoped to have felt before! He clasped me in his arms and we kissed each other again and again! His beauty... his sweetness and gentleness - really how can I ever be thankful enough to have such a husband! to be called names of tenderness, I have never yet heard used to me before - was bliss beyond belief! Oh! This was the happiest day of my life! May God help me to do my duty as I ought and be worthy of such blessings.

  Queen Victoria

  Husband, Blessing, Names

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• A noble person is mindful and thankful for the favors he receives from others.

  Gautama Buddha

  Gratitude, Buddhist, Noble

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• Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with that there is

  Ernest Hemingway

  Inspirational, Motivational, Thankful

  Ernest Hemingway (2014). “The Hemingway Collection”, p.7266, Simon and Schuster

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