Joy And Gratitude Quotes

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

  William Arthur Ward

  Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

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• Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.

  Eileen Caddy

  Life, Happiness, Thank You

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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

  Thankful, Gratitude, Appreciation

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• Whenever we are appreciative, we are filled with a sense of well-being and swept up by the feeling of joy.

  M. J. Ryan

  Gratitude, Joy, Feelings

  M.J. Ryan (2007). “Giving Thanks: The Gifts of Gratitude”, p.15, Conari Press

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• Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.

  Karl Barth

  Inspirational, Thank You, Gratitude

  "Finding the Magnificent in Lower Mundane : Extraordinary Stories About An Ordinary Place". Book by Bob Stromberg, 1994.

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• When we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present ... we experience heaven on earth.

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Gratitude, Grateful, Focus

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• When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.

  Tony Robbins

  Motivational, Gratitude, Powerful

  Twitter post from Jan 08, 2017

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

  Ralph Blum

  Thank You, Thanksgiving, Thankful

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• Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Thank You, Thanksgiving

  "How to Write a Gratitude Speech" by Peggy Epstein, bizfluent.com. September 26, 2017.

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• When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Gratitude, Live Life, Grateful

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• There are days when we can bring before God...laughter of joy and gratitude. There will be other days when we can only muster a bitter, angry complaint. Be confident that God will accept whatever we lift up before him, and he will make it serve his purpose and our good.

  Gardner C. Taylor

  God, Faith, Christian

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• Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend.

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Gratitude, Reality, Garden

  Sarah Ban Breathnach (2012). “Simple Abundance”, Random House

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• The only universal language I know of that wraps up joy and gratitude and love is laughter.

  Brené Brown

  Gratitude, Laughter, Love Is

  Interview with Chantal Pierrat, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

  Melody Beattie

  Happiness, Thanksgiving, Thank You

  Melody Beattie (2003). “The Language of Letting Go: A Meditation Book and Journal for Daily Reflections”, Hazelden Publishing

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• In whatever sense this year is a new year for you, may the moment find you eager and unafraid, ready to take it by the hand with joy and gratitude.

  Howard Thurman

  New Year, Gratitude, Hands

  Howard Thurman (2014). “Meditations of the Heart”, p.139, Beacon Press

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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

  Thankful, Gratitude, Appreciation

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Jun 26, 2014

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

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Gratitude, Memories, Being Thankful

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

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• Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little

  Gautama Buddha

  Thank You, Uplifting, Thankful

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• No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Inspirational, Thank You, Wise

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• The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy.

  Henri Nouwen

  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Discipline

  Henri Nouwen (2013). “The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming”, p.85, Image

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• Anger devours almost all other good emotions. It deadens the soul. It numbs the heart to joy and gratitude and hope and tenderness and compassion and kindness.

  John Piper

  Gratitude, Kindness, Heart

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• Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend... when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present - love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature and personal pursuits that bring us pleasure - the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience Heaven on earth.

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Happiness, Success, Gratitude

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• You have no cause for anything but gratitude and joy.

  Gautama Buddha

  Thank You, Thankful, Gratitude

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• I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Leadership, Thank You, Teacher

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations". Book by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, 1922.

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• Thanks are the highest form of thought.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Thank You, Gratitude, Appreciation

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations". Book by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, 1922.

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