Thankful Quotes - Page 6

• I think one of life's great milestones is when a person can look back and be almost as thankful for the setbacks as for the victories.

  Bob Dole

  Thank You, Thinking, Victory

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• If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Inspiring, Dog

  Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 16, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" (1894)

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• Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you.

  Ralph Marston

  Friendship, Thank You, Thanksgiving

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• Be thankful, but be careful that you don't become so enamored of God's good gifts that you fail to worship the giver.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  God, Christian, Religious

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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, Gratitude, Crazy

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

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• Work hard, don't quit, be appreciative, be thankful, be grateful, be respectful, also to never whine ever, never complain, and, always, for crying out loud, keep a sense of humor.

  Michael Keaton

  Motivational, Moving On, Respect

  "Michael Keaton Gave An Incredibly Personal Acceptance Speech About His Tough Childhood" by Kirsten Acuna, www.businessinsider.com. January 12, 2015.

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• If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.

  Frank A. Clark

  Motivational, Thanksgiving, Gratitude

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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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• 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, Being Thankful, World

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

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• The Spirit of prayer makes us so intimate with God that we scarcely pass through an experience before we speak to Him about it, either in supplication, in sighing, in pouring out our woes before Him, in fervent requests, or in thanksgiving and adoration.

  Ole Hallesby

  Prayer, Pouring, Woe

  Ole Hallesby (1975). “Prayer”, Augsburg Fortress Publishing

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• Be grateful for what you have now. As you begin to think about all the things in your life you are grateful for, you will be amazed at the never ending thoughts that come back to you of more things to be grateful for. You have to make a start, and then the law of attraction will receive those grateful thoughts and give you more just like them.

  Rhonda Byrne

  Encouraging, Wisdom, Encouragement

  Rhonda Byrne (2006). “The Secret”, p.78, Simon and Schuster

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• Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Happiness, Being Happy, Wisdom

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

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• The more we express our gratitude to God for our blessings, the more he will bring to our mind other blessings. The more we are aware of to be grateful for, the happier we become.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Happiness, Gratitude, Grateful

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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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• We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Friendship, Thanksgiving, Thank You

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• If I had to choose between dribbling past 5 players and scoring from 40 yards at Anfield or shagging miss world, it'd be a hard choice. Thankfully, i've done both

  George Best

  Past, Player, Decision

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• I do not think that we have a “right” to happiness. If happiness happens, say thanks.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Happiness, Happy, Thank You

  "Marlene Dietrich's ABC: Wit, Wisdom, & Recipes".

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• Thank you, always say thank you; it's the greatest gift you can give someone; because thank you is what you say to God.

  Maya Angelou

  Giving, Saying Thank You, Greatest Gifts

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Feb 12, 2014

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• He who sows courtesy reaps friendship.

  Saint Basil

  Kindness, Tree, Deeds

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• Never take anything for granted.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Inspirational, Thank You, Fake Friends

  Benjamin Disraeli, (1992). “The Sayings of Disraeli”, p.25, Gerald Duckworth & Co

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• For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Appreciation

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• I live in a loving, abundant, harmonious universe, and I am grateful.

  Louise Hay

  Love, Inspirational, Positive

  FaceBook post by Louise Hay from Aug 21, 2013

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• There is no such thing as gratitude unexpressed. If it is unexpressed, it is plain, old-fashioned ingratitude.

  Robert Breault

  Gratitude, Inspirational Christmas, Old Fashioned

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• Today, let's set our minds and hearts on feeling more thankful for what we are than guilty for what we're not. Let's cut the threads of guilt with grace.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Heart, Cutting, Feelings

  FaceBook post by Lysa TerKeurst from May 14, 2014

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• Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Gratitude, Secret, Favors

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