Grateful Quotes - Page 39

• Being grateful is the bridge between the world of nightmares and the world where we are free to say no. It's the bridge between the world of delusions and the world of creativity.
  It's the power that brings death back to life, the power that turns poverty to wealth and anger to compassion.

  James Altucher

  Creativity, Compassion, Bridges

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• By directing combat and war pieces, I could experience catharsis and successfully avoid committing a murder in real life. In this sense, I'm really grateful for that because I was conscious that I had such homicidal traits, to be honest.

  Yoshiyuki Tomino

  Real, War, Catharsis

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• How grateful I am that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has from its beginnings stood strongly against racism in any of its malignant manifestations.

  Alexander B. Morrison

  Jesus, Racism, Church

  “No More Strangers” by Alexander B. Morrison, www.lds.org. September 2000.

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• Guys always think tears are a sign of weakness. They’re a sign of FRUSTRATION. She’s only crying so she won’t cut your throat in your sleep. So make nice and be grateful.

  Donna Barr

  Nice, Sleep, Cutting

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• I am grateful to realize that my desires do not entitle me to add to another's suffering.

  Zoe Weil

  Suffering, Desire, Add

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• We can be resentful of our age, or we can be grateful for having attained it.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Lynching, Choices

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• I am grateful for the gifts of intelligence, love, wonder and laughter. You can't say it wasn't interesting.

  Roger Ebert

  Laughter, Interesting, Wonder

  "I do not fear death" by Roger Ebert, www.salon.com. September 15, 2011.

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• We can set our deeds to the music of a grateful heart, and seek to round our lives into a hymn — the melody of which will be recognized by all who come in contact with us, and the power of which shall not be evanescent, like the voice of the singer, but perennial, like the music of the spheres.

  William Mackergo Taylor

  Heart, Hymns, Voice

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". P. 290. Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.

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• A grateful heart is like a sponge that soaks up God's goodness.

  Joel Osteen

  God, Faith, Thankful

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• When you focus on gratitude, positive things flow in more readily, making you even more grateful.

  Lissa Rankin

  Gratitude, Focus, Flow

  Lissa Rankin (2013). “Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof You Can Heal Yourself”, p.172, Hay House, Inc

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• I'm looking forward to the future, and feeling grateful for the past.

  Mike Rowe

  Past, Feelings, Looking Forward

  "A Turkey Without a Pardon: Bidding Farewell to Dirty Jobs" by Mike Rowe, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 21, 2012.

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• We are honored to have had the opportunity to serve our country under difficult circumstances. We are profoundly grateful to our Commander-in-Chief and to our nation for this day. God bless America.

  Jeremiah Denton

  Country, Opportunity, America

  National POW/MIA Recognition Day speech, www.afoutreach.af.mil. 2003.

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• A dog is grateful for what is, which I am finding to be the soundest kind of wisdom and very good theology.

  Carrie Newcomer

  Dog, Kind, Very Good

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• Every night before I go to sleep I say out loud three things that I am grateful for, all the significant, insignificant, extraordinary, ordinary stuff of my life. It is s small practice and humble, and yet, I find I sleep better holding what lightens and softens my life every so briefly at the end of the day.

  Carrie Newcomer

  Humble, Sleep, Night

  "A Permeable Life: Poetry and Essays". Book by Carrie Newcomer, onbeing.org. March 17, 2014.

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• It's important to be grateful for the gifts we have

  Sarah Weeks

  Important, Be Grateful

  Sarah Weeks (2011). “Pie”, p.21, Scholastic Inc.

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• Every time I fall in love with a book, I just feel grateful and thrilled to have it in my life.

  Glen Hirshberg

  Falling In Love, Book, Feels

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• THANKS: Be Grateful for what God has given you GIVING: Be Faithful with what God has given you.

  Kerry Shook

  Giving, Faithful, Thanks

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• The book it reminded me of most is Henry Miller’s The Books in My Life. Like Miller, Shields manages to convey his affection for and admiration of literature, and that, the enthusiasm and admiration, can revitalize the reader’s love for the art form. I’m grateful for How Literature Saved My Life because the book has made me think again – and for the first time in a while – 'Well, what is it we do when we read?' It’s a damned annoying question, but it needs to be asked now and then, and Shields has asked it in a way I find resonant and moving.

  Andre Alexis

  Art, Book, Moving

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• I glance back in the mirror to the concrete bridge, the one I've boldly driven straight across without second thought, and I see truth reflecting back at me: Every time fear freezes and worry writhes, every time I surrender to stress, aren't I advertising the unreliability of God? That I really don't believe? But if I'm grateful to the Bridge Builder for the crossing of a million strong bridges, thankful for a million faithful moments, my life speaks my beliefs and I trust Him again.

  Ann Voskamp

  Strong, Stress, Believe

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• The question is grateful to who?  You would think grateful to Allah, but Allah didn’t mention Himself.  So it could be grateful to Allah, grateful to your parents, grateful to your teachers, grateful for your health, grateful to friends.  Grateful to anyone who’s done anything for you.  Grateful to your employer for giving you a job.  Appreciative.  Grateful is not just an act of saying Alhamdulilah.  Grateful is an attitude, it’s a lifestyle, it’s a way of thinking. You’re constantly grateful.

  Nouman Ali Khan

  Teacher, Jobs, Attitude

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• I am grateful that my one talent, flying, was useful to my country.

  Cornelia Fort

  Country, Flying, Talent

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• I am so happy and grateful now - that money comes to me in increasing quantities through multiple sources on a continuous basis.

  Bob Proctor

  Source, Multiple, Bases

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• In that inevitable, excruciatingly human moment, we are offered a powerful choice. This choice is perhaps one of the most vitally important choices we will ever make, and it determines the course of our lives from that moment forward. The choice is this: Will we interpret this loss as so unjust, unfair, and devastating that we feel punished, angry, forever and fatally wounded-- or, as our heart, torn apart, bleeds its anguish of sheer, wordless grief, will we somehow feel this loss as an opportunity to become more tender, more open, more passionately alive, more grateful for what remains?

  Wayne Muller

  Death, Powerful, Grief

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• In an experiment by Dr. Robert Emmons at the University of California–Davis, people who kept a ‘gratitude journal,’ a weekly record of things they felt grateful for, enjoyed better physical health, were more optimistic, exercised more regularly, and described themselves as happier than a control group who didn’t keep journals.

  Marci Shimoff

  Gratitude, Optimistic, California

  Marci Shimoff, Carol Kline (2009). “Happy for No Reason: 7 Steps to Being Happy from the Inside Out”, p.126, Simon and Schuster

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• Those who cling to worthless idols
  turn away from God’s love for them.
  9 But I, with shouts of grateful praise,
  will sacrifice to you.
  What I have vowed I will make good.
  I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the Lord.’

  Jonah

  Sacrifice, Idols, Praise

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