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“In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.”

“The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.”

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

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

“Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.”

“... because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.”

“I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.”

“To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kindness that stands behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.”

“Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much. For on the smiles, the thanks we give, our little gestures of appreciation, our neighbors build their philosophy of life.”

“Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality.”

“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.”

“Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.”

“What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it - would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have.”

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

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

“No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.”

“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude.”

“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.”

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

“Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.”

“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.”

“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.”

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.”

“Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.”

“Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.”

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

“Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing... a grateful heart!”

“A grateful heart, then, comes through expressing gratitude to our Heavenly Father for His blessings and to those around us for all that they bring into our lives. This requires conscious effort-at least until we have truly learned and cultivated an attitude of gratitude. Often we feel grateful and intend to express our thanks but forget to do so or just don't get around to it. Someone has said that "feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."”

“Appreciation can make a day - even change a life.”

“You cannot do a kindness too soon.”

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.”

“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.”

“It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich!”

“O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!”

“He who thanks but with the lips. Thanks but in part; the full, the true Thanksgiving. Comes from the heart.”

“For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends... Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”

“Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving," and the words of John Fitzgerald Kennedy tell us that, "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”

“Every time we remember to say "thank you", we experience nothing less than heaven on earth.”

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

“You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you.”

“A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things.”

“'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say.”