1. Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day. - John Wooden
2. Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. - Marcus Tullius Cicero
3. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. - Melody Beattie
4. I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I'm praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I'm grateful that I'm heard. - Maya Angelou
5. Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light. - Albert Schweitzer
6. Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. - Aesop
7. No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. - James Allen
8. Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
9. I work very hard, and I play very hard. I'm grateful for life. And I live it - I believe life loves the liver of it. I live it. - Maya Angelou
10. It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought. - Aristotle
11. Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining - it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn't solve any problems. - Zig Ziglar
12. Look folks, we know who built this country and we know who is going to rebuild it. It's you. Instead of vilifying you, we should be thanking you. We owe you. - Joe Biden
13. I don't think you should spend your life praying for things, but I do believe you should thank God for what He's given you... but I think the scripture teaches us that we can pray for our dreams, pray for the big things... he's not a small God; this God is incredible. - Joel Osteen
14. I'm grateful for always this moment, the now, no matter what form it takes. - Eckhart Tolle
15. When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others. - Dalai Lama
16. I'm thankful for the incredible advances in medicine that have taken place during my lifetime. I almost certainly wouldn't still be here if it weren't for them. - Billy Graham
17. I'm grateful for the opportunities God gave me to minister to people in high places; people in power have spiritual and personal needs like everyone else, and often they have no one to talk to. - Billy Graham
18. Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
19. All I ever wanted really, and continue to want out of life, is to give 100 percent to whatever I'm doing and to be committed to whatever I'm doing and then let the results speak for themselves. Also to never take myself or people for granted and always be thankful and grateful to the people who helped me. - Jackie Joyner-Kersee
20. We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
21. It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
22. Never take anything for granted. - Benjamin Disraeli
23. There's no happier person than a truly thankful, content person. - Joyce Meyer
24. 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
25. Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it is censored by their elders. - Margaret Mead
26. When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. - Elie Wiesel
27. 'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding. - Alice Walker
28. Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. - William Arthur Ward
29. If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive. - Elbert Hubbard
30. I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose. - Woody Allen
31. Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life. - Robert Louis Stevenson
32. Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I know not how any man can think of the Queen of the angels, during the time that she suffered so much with the Infant Jesus, without giving thanks to St. Joseph for the services he rendered them then. - Saint Teresa of Avila
33. Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
34. 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
35. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. - Henry Ward Beecher
36. Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. - Henry Ward Beecher
37. When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around. - Willie Nelson
38. Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us. - Thomas Carlyle
39. I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. - Gilbert K. Chesterton
40. When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. - Gilbert K. Chesterton
41. Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world. - John Milton
42. I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people. - Elizabeth I
43. Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks. - Thomas Fuller
44. Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it. - Ralph Marston
45. When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself. - Tecumseh
46. I'm one of the most fortunate people in the world. - Rose Kennedy
47. 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
48. If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. - Meister Eckhart
49. I'm thankful to my family, friends, and fans for all of their support. - Serena Williams
50. Thank you, dear God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain. And for the chance to wake up in three hours and go fishing: I thank you for that now, because I won't feel so thankful then. - Garrison Keillor
51. Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors. - Josh Billings
52. Thank God we're living in a country where the sky's the limit, the stores are open late and you can shop in bed thanks to television. - Joan Rivers
53. When you are grateful - when you can see what you have - you unlock blessings to flow in your life. - Suze Orman
54. The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. - Eric Hoffer
55. 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
56. I've been giving back since I was a teen, handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving and handing out toys at toys drives for Christmas. It's very important to give back as a youth. It's as simple as helping an old lady across the street or giving up your seat on the bus for someone who is pregnant. - Queen Latifah
57. None of us got to where we are alone. Whether the assistance we received was obvious or subtle, acknowledging someone's help is a big part of understanding the importance of saying thank you. - Harvey Mackay
58. Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only. - Samuel Butler
59. I'm thankful for the ability to share my faith in a lot of different places. It's something that I take as a responsibility and an obligation to handle as best as I can. - Tim Tebow
60. I'm just thankful for everything, all the blessings in my life, trying to stay that way. I think that's the best way to start your day and finish your day. It keeps everything in perspective. - Tim Tebow
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