Thanksgiving Gratitude Quotes - Page 5

• We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Positive, Leadership

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• It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich!

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Thank You, Thankful, Gratitude

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

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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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• You say, 'If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.' You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Thanksgiving, Being Happy, 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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• At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Friendship, Basketball, Thank You

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• We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.

  Albert C. Barnes

  Thanksgiving, Thankful, Dark

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• Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.

  A. A. Milne

  Motivational, Thank You, Thankful

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  Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.

  Melody Beattie

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  Melody Beattie (2013). “Melody Beattie 4 Title Bundle: Codependent No More and 3 Other Best Sellers by Melody Beattie: A collection of four Melody Beattie best sellers”, Hazelden Publishing

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• There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.

  O. Henry

  Thanksgiving, One Day, Biscuits

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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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  Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

  Epicurus

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Heart

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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, Thankful, Gratitude

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• When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.

  Maya Angelou

  Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

  Maya Angelou (2011). “Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now”, p.11, Bantam

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• Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.

  George Herbert

  Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

  George Herbert (1850). “Beauties of George Herbert: with Selections from “The Synagogue.””, p.14

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• Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

  Horace

  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Being Thankful

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• Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy -- because we will always want to have something else or something more.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Love, Life, Happiness

  "A Place Where Happiness Is Truly Supreme" by Ed and Deb Shapiro, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 2, 2012.

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• Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.

  William Faulkner

  Thank You, Thanksgiving, Gratitude

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Friendship, Good Morning, Thank You

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1848). “Essays, Lectures and Orations”, p.103

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• Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Thankful

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• You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Inspirational, Thanksgiving, Thankful

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  Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Positive, Thank You, Thanksgiving

  FaceBook post by Oprah Winfrey from Oct 03, 2011

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• We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.

  Thornton Wilder

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Thornton Wilder (1958). “The Cabala ; The Woman of Andros”

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• If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul

  Harold S. Kushner

  Life, Thank You, Thankful

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