“Without compassion, true gratitude is an impossibility. If we are to feel gratitude towards another for their deeds, then we must have compassion for the suffering and self-sacrifice which they endured in carrying out those deeds. If their actions were free of suffering or sacrifice, then are they truly deserving of gratitude?” IfsLifeFeelsSelfActionSufferingCompassionSacrificeGratitudeDeedsImpossibilityDeservingSelf Sacrifice Author:Derek R. Audette
“When we ponder that vast throng who have died honorably defending home and hearth, we contemplate those immortal words, 'Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.' The feelings of heartfelt gratitude for the supreme sacrifice made by so many cannot be confined to a Memorial Day, a military parade, or a decorated grave.” MenMadeFeelingsHomeGreaterSacrificeMilitaryGratitudeDiedLaysSupremeGravesImmortalContemplatingMemorialConfinedPonderingHeartfeltParadesMemorial DayGreater LoveHeartfelt Gratitude Author:Thomas S. Monson
“We can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures.” HeartSacrificeGratitudeSizeSpendingDefenseBudgetsGesturesThank YouVeteranMemorial DayVeterans DayOur VeteransVeterans Day Thank YouThank A VeteranThank You VeteranVeterans Day PoemsVeteran AppreciationFunny Veterans DayVeterans Day AppreciationUs VeteransThanking Our VeteransVeterans BraveryPatriotic VeteranDefense Spending Author:Jennifer Granholm
“Standing by the crib of one's own baby, with that world - old pang of compassion and protectiveness toward this so little creature that has all its course to run, the heart flies back in yearning and gratitude to those who felt just so toward one's self. Then for the first time one understands the homely succession of sacrifices and pains by which life is transmitted and fostered down the stumbling generations of men.” MenWorldFirstsHeartLittlesSelfRunningPainLife IsCoursesFeltCompassionGenerationsSacrificeBabyGratitudeCreaturesFirst TimeStandingYearningSuccessionStumblingHomelyProtectiveness Book:Mince Pie: Adventures on the Sunny Side of Grub Street Source: Mince Pie: Adventures on the Sunny Side of Grub Street
“The heart that delights in God and longs only to see His glory advance will seldom be conscious of sacrifice. God in His wisdom asks that we first love Him and then live in keeping with that core value. He does not want His people to think of what they do as sacrificial, even though from the world's point of view it may be just that. Gratitude for grace of God will always be found near the center of the Biblical Christian's most powerful motivations.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantFirstsHeartMayDoeChristianMotivationValuesAsksFoundViewsPowerfulGraceSacrificeGratitudeGloryConsciousDelightPoint Of ViewCoreGods WillMost PowerfulBiblicalFirst LoveGrace Of GodCore Values Author:Max Anders
“It is time to acknowledge the extraordinary sacrifice of all of our veterans. While many Massachusetts soldiers served our nation in a period technically dubbed 'peacetime,' they restored American pride in the wake of Vietnam and helped bring a successful end to the Cold War. The service of these men and women was not without cost. There are countless stories of soldiers who served with great distinction only to be denied veteran status after returning home. Every man and woman who volunteered to serve this country should be treated with the same degree of respect, gratitude and dignity.” MenShouldWarEndsCountryStoriesHomeNationsSuccessfulSacrificePrideColdPeriodsGratitudeCostDegreesMen And WomenDignityExtraordinarySoldierEvery ManTreatedAcknowledgeDistinctionVietnamDeniedCold WarVeteranMassachusettsOur VeteransReturning Home Author:Mitt Romney
“When those who give charity do so without any sense of self-satisfaction and without any thought of reward, even a small gift is great. When those who aid others calculate their own sacrifice and demand gratitude and recompense, even a great gift is small.” GivingSelfSacrificeGratitudeDemandCharityRewardsSatisfactionAidsTaoismSense Of SelfGreat GiftsSelf-satisfactionRecompenseSmall Gifts Author:Zicheng Hong
“It's hard to anticipate. I can tell you what I'm feeling right now is that I'm busier than I expected these last two weeks. A great deal of emotion around the people that I've worked with and the gratitude I feel for the sacrifices they've made on behalf of the American people, but also on behalf of me personally.” PeopleFeelsMadeI CanTwoHardFeelingsLastsDealsEmotionSacrificeWeekGratitudeRight NowExpectedBehalfAnticipateTwo WeeksBusier Author:Barack Obama
“The U.S. liberated Iraq from a tyrant. I think the Iraqi people owe the American people a huge debt of gratitude, and I believe most Iraqis express that. I mean, the people understand that we've endured great sacrifice to help them. That's the problem here in America. They wonder whether or not there is a gratitude level that's significant enough in Iraq.” PeopleThinkingBelieveMeanEnoughHelpingProblemI BelieveWonderSacrificeGratitudeSignificantGreat Sacrifice Author:George W. Bush
“The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.” CountryAmericaSacrificeGratitudeOur CountryLastingWillingnessThanksgivingVeteranMemorialMemorial DayOne LinerVeterans DayOur VeteransHonoring VeteransMemorial Day PoemsAmerican MilitaryHonoring Our VeteransVeterans Day Thank YouGreat Veterans DayThank A VeteranHonoring Veterans Memorial DayThank You VeteranVeterans Day InspirationalHappy Memorial DayVeterans Day PoemsHappy Veterans DayVeteran AppreciationHonoring Memorial DayFunny Veterans DayVeterans Day AppreciationAmerican VeteransArmisticeGreat Memorial DayUs VeteransMemorial Day MessagesMilitary MemorialMemorial Day Thank YouVeterans Day RemembranceChristian Veterans DayThanking Our VeteransVeterans BraveryArmistice DayPatriotic VeteranWillingness To Sacrifice Author:Jeff Miller
“America's fighting men and women sacrifice much to ensure that our great nation stays free. We owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers that have paid the ultimate price for this cause, as well as for those who are blessed enough to return from the battlefield unscathed.” MenWellsEnoughAmericaFightingNationsCausesLossSacrificeReturnGratitudeMen And WomenUltimatePaidBlessedSoldierDebtBattlefieldsGreat NationsMilitary ServiceDebt Of Gratitude Author:Allen Boyd
“Western elites - the beneficiaries of 60 years of peace and prosperity achieved by the sacrifices to defeat fascism and Communism - are unhappy in their late middle age, and show little gratitude for, or any idea about, what gave them such latitude. If they cannot find perfection in history, they see no good at all.” IfsYearsLittlesIdeasShowsAgeHistorySacrificeMiddleGratitudeLatePerfectionWesternDefeatProsperityUnhappyCommunismFascismElitesMiddle AgesLatitudeBeneficiaries Author:Victor Davis Hanson
“Whatever you have received more than others-in health, in talents, in ability, in success, in a pleasant childhood, in harmonious conditions of home life-all this you must not take to yourself as a matter of course. In gratitude for your good fortune, you must remember in return some sacrifice of your own life for another life.” MatterHelpingHomeRememberCoursesAbilitySacrificeChildhoodConditionsTalentReturnGratitudeFortuneHelping OthersPleasantGood FortuneHarmoniousAnother LifeHome Life Author:Albert Schweitzer
“When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food.” ShouldHandsSacrificeGratitudeMembersBillsProfoundHospitalsHospitalityExpressing GratitudePersonal Sacrifice Author:Barbara Boxer
“And this, and many other like blessings, we enjoy daily. And for most of them, because they be so common, most men forget to pay their praises: but let not us, because it is a sacrifice so pleasing to Him that made that sun and us, and still protects us, and gives us flowers, and showers, and stomachs, and meat, and content, and leisure to go a-fishing.” GivingStillsEnjoyForgetCommonPaySacrificeFlowerGratitudeBlessingProtectPraiseMeatShowers Author:Izaak Walton