Words Of Gratitude Quotes - Page 2

• 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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• You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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  If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.

  Meister Eckhart

  Inspirational, Life, Thank You

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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, Thankful

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• Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

  Aesop

  Inspirational, Thanksgiving, Thankful

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.24, Pelekanos Books

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• The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.

  William Blake

  Happiness, Thank You, Thanksgiving

  William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.133, Pearson Education

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• The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Thank You, Thanksgiving, Gratitude

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.66

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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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  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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• Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Inspirational, Motivational, Thank You

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• He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

  Epictetus

  Positive, Happiness, Thank You

  Epictetus (2012). “Enchiridion”, p.48, Courier Corporation

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  Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

  Marcel Proust

  Friendship, Happiness, Happy

  Marcel Proust (1957). “Pleasures and days: and other writings”

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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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• 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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• One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

  Carl Jung

  Thank You, Education, Thankful

  Carl Gustav Jung (1970). “The development of personality”

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• Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.

  Alphonse Karr

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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• 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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• 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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• Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Thank You, Gratitude, Grateful

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• This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.

  Maya Angelou

  Attitude, Grateful, Wonderful

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Dec 16, 2010

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• You cannot do a kindness too soon.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Karma, Thankful, Appreciation

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• Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Gratitude, Philosophical, Inspirational Christmas

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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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• Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.

  Epicurus

  Being Happy, Thankful, Hope

  Epicurus (1964). “Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill”

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• A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.

  Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Prayer

  Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Ernest Bell, Andrew Moore (2009). “Minna Von Barnhelm, Or, the Soldier's Fortune”, p.34, Mondial

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