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Thankfulness

Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Whatever happens, give thanks...--I Thessalonians 5:16-18 (God's Word Version)
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.--John F. Kennedy
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
Blessings are oftentimes not valued till they are gone.--Thomas Fuller
Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou are not so unkind
As man's ingratitude.--William Shakespeare (As You Like It)
The day I acquired the habit of consciously pronouncing the words "thank you," I felt I had gained possession of a magic wand capable of transforming everything.--Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
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.--Brian Tracy
Each moment a blessing of abundance, each breath a prayer of thanksgiving.--Michael Rawls
An easy thing, O Power Divine,
To thank thee for these gifts of Thine,
For summer's sunshine, winter's snow,
For hearts that kindle thoughts that glow...--Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Eaten bread is forgotten.--Thomas Fuller
Everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.--G. K. Chesterton
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.--William Arthur Ward
For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude.--Clarence E. Hodges
For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received.--Storm Jameson (Journey from the North, v.2)
Give thanks for all things. All things great and small, good, bad, for all things are for a purpose.--Ann Herbstreith
Giving thanks is one course from which we never graduate.--Valerie Anders
God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you?"--William A. Ward
God has need for our worship. It is we who need to show our gratitude for what we have received.--Thomas Aquinas
A grateful thought toward Heaven is itself a prayer.--Rudolph Block
Gratefulness is the poor man's payment.--English Proverb
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.--Cicero
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul and the heart of man knoweth none more fragrant.--Hosea Ballou
Gratitude is the memory of the heart.--Massieu
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.--Jacques Maritain (Reflectinons on America)
Gratitude is what opens the spiritual doors to all the blessings. Everything becomes clear, you see, you feel, you live.--Omraam M. Aivanhov
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.--Melody Beattie
Gratitude takes three forms: a feeling in the heart, an expression in words, and a giving in return.--John Wanamaker
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.--Eric Hoffer
He who receives a benefit with gratitude repays the first installment of his debt.--Seneca
Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don't unravel.--Anonymous
I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness - it's right in front of me if I'm paying attention and practicing gratitude.--Brene Brown (interview with Gretchen Rubin, July 15, 2011)
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.--G. K. Chesterton
If one could only learn to appreciate the little things...
A song that takes you away, for there are those who cannot hear.
The beauty of a sunset, for there are those who cannot see.
The warmth and safety of your home, for there are those who are homeless.
Time spent with good friends for there are those who are lonely.
A walk along the beach for there are those who cannot walk.
The little things are what life is all about.
Search your soul and learn to appreciate.--Shadi Souferian
If "thank you" is the only prayer you say, that will be enough.--Meister Eckhart
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 Kushner
If you never learned the lesson of thankfulness, begin now. Sum up your mercies; see what provision God has made for your happiness, what opportunities for your usefulness, and what advantages for your success.--Ida S. Taylor
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.--Albert Schweitzer
Ingratitude is the soul's enemy... Ingratitude is a burning wind that dries up the source of love, the dew of mercy, the streams of grace.—-Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (" Concerning the Flowers and Apples: Sermon 51 on The Song of Songs")
It is impossible to be negative while we are giving thanks.--Donald Curtis
Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change our perspective of your day and your life.--Oprah Winfrey
Let's make it our goal to be "present moment" people. Let's practice gratitude, especially when worry tries to take over our hearts. Life will become simpler, easier and less cluttered.--Susan K. Rowland (Make Room for God: Clearing Out the Clutter)
The more we thank God for the blessings we receive, the more we open the way for further blessings.--Betty J. Eadie
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.--Saint Ambrose
No longer forward nor behind
I look in hope or fear;
But, grateful, take the good I find,
The best of now and here.--John Greenleaf Whittier
No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night.--Elie Wiesel
None is more impoverished than the one who has no gratitude. Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy.--Fred De Witt Van Amburgh
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.--W. T. Purkiser
Now thank we all our God,
With hearts and hands and voices,
Who wondrous things hath done,
In whom his world rejoices...--Johann Cruger (Nun danket alle Gott tr. by Winkworth)
Of all the "attitudes" we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important and by far the most life-changing.--Zig Ziglar (Zig Ziglar's Little Book of Big Quotes)
One can never pay in gratitude; one can pay "in kind" somewhere else in life.--Anne Morrow Lindbergh
One of life's gifts is that each of us, no matter how tired and downtrodden, finds reasons for thankfulness.--J. Robert Maskin
Part of growing up spiritually is learning to be grateful for all things, even our difficulties, disappointments, failures and humiliations.--Mike Aquilina (Love in the Little Things: Tales of Family Life)
The people who are successful are those who are grateful for everything they have.--Alan Cohen
The person who has stopped being thankful has fallen asleep in life.--Robert L. Stevenson
Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.--A. A. Milne (Winnie-the-Pooh)
The Pilgrims came to America not to accumulate riches but to worship God, and the greatest wealth they left unborn generations was their heroic example of sacrifice that their souls might be free.--Harry Moyle Tippett
The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of Thanksgiving.--H. U. Westmayer
Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.--Henry Ward Beecher
The private and personal blessings we enjoy ... deserve the thanksgiving of a whole life.--Jeremy Taylor
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.--Charles Dickens
Seeds of discouragement will not grow in the thankful heart.--Anonymous
A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably.--John Bunyan
Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.--Gertrude B. Stein
So often we dwell on the things that seem impossible rather than on the things that are possible. So often we are depressed by what remains to be done and forget to be thankful for all that has been done.--Marian Wright Edelman
Somebody saw something in you once - and that is partly why you're where you are today. Find a way to thank them.--Don Ward
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
Sweet is the breath of vernal shower,
The bee's collected treasures sweet,
Sweet music's melting full, but sweeter yet
The still small voice of gratitude.--Thomas Gray
Take full account of the excellencies which you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.--Marcus Aurelius
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.--John Wooden
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.—Cicero
Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action.--W. J. Cameron (William John)
Thanksgiving is a sure index of spiritual health.--Maurice Dometz
Thanksgiving was never meant to be shut up in a single day.--Robert C. Linter
There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way.--Jim Rohn (Jim Rohn's Weekly E-zine, May 20, 2003)
There is nothing that can have a more powerful effect on your mental health than the spirit of thankfulness.--George Vandeman
There’s always something to be thankful for.--Charles Dickens
Thou has given me so much... Give me one thing more, a grateful heart.--George Herbert
Unconditional gratitude is a powerful activity allowing ourselves to be grateful for whatever happens in our life.--Jesse Jennings
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
We give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.--Sacred ritual chant
We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction.--H. A. Ironside
When eating fruit, think of the person who planted the tree.--Vietnamese proverb
When I fail to say "thank you" and see only what is not, instead of what is, lead me to gather all the big and little aspects of my life that have blessed me with comfort, hope, love, inner healing, strength, and courage.--Joyce Rupp & Macrina Wiederkehr (The Circle of Life: The Heart’s Journey Through the Seasons)
When something does not insist on being noticed, when we aren't grabbed by the collar or struck on the skull by a presence or an event, we take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.--Cynthia Ozick
When we are grateful for the good we already have, we attract more good into our life. On the other hand, when we are ungrateful, we tend to shut ourselves off from the good we might otherwise experience.--Margaret Stortz
... when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present--love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature, and personal pursuits that bring us pleasure--the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience heaven on earth.--Sarah Ban Brethnach
When we have forgotten the language of gratitude, we are no longer on speaking terms with happiness.--Old Saying
When you look at life through the eyes of gratitude, the world becomes a magical and amazing place.--Jennifer Gayle
Who does not thank for little will not thank for much.--Estonian Proverb
Wise men count their blessings; fools their problems.--Unknown
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.--Sarah Breathnach