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Quotes and aphorisms on gratitude Quotes and aphorisms on gratitude, a collection of ideas to recognize emotions to express appreciation for what is important for living together gratefully. Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. Aesop Nothing more detestable does the earth produce than an ungrateful man. Decimus Magnus Ausonius 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. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. Melody Beattie Gratitude is a humble emotion. It expresses itself... not for the gifts of this day only, but for the day itself; not for what we believe will be ours in the future, but for the bounty of the past Faith Baldwin 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 He is not rich that possesses much, but he that covets no more; and he is not poor that enjoys little, but he that wants too much. Francis Beaumont Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy. Jacques Maritain A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. Henry Ward Beecher Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. Henry Ward Beecher Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude. Henry Ward Beecher Grant us brotherhood, not only for this day but for all our years - a brotherhood not of words but of acts and deeds. Stephen Vincent Benet Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. Marcus Tullius Cicero Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue. William John Bennett Whatever I am offered in devotion with a pure heart -- a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water -- I accept with joy. Bhagavad Gita You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough. William Blake There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy. Ralph H. Blum Be glad today. Tomorrow may bring tears. Be brave today. The darkest night will pass. And golden rays will usher in the dawn. Sarah Knowles Bolton Because gratification of a desire leads to the temporary stilling of the mind and the experience of the peaceful, joyful self, it's no wonder that we get hooked on thinking that happiness comes from the satisfaction of desires. This is the meaning of the old adage, 'Joy is not in things; it is in us.' Joan Borysenko Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind. Lionel Hampton Importunity is a condition of prayer. We are to press the matter, not with vain repetitions, but with urgent repetitions. We repeat, not to count the times, but to gain the prayer. We cannot quit praying because heart and soul are in it. We pray "with all perseverance." We hang to our prayers because by them we live. We press our pleas because we must have them, or die. E.M. Bounds It is only when the whole heart is gripped with the passion of prayer that the life-giving fire descends, for none but the earnest man gets access to the ear of God. E.M. Bounds When one has a grateful heart, life is so beautiful. Roy Bennett For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile. Elie Wiesel There is neither encouragement nor room in Bible religion for feeble desires, listless efforts, lazy attitudes; all must be strenuous, urgent, ardent. Flamed desires, impassioned, unwearied insistence delight heaven. God would have His children incorrigibly in earnest and persistently bold in their efforts. Heaven is too busy to listen to half-hearted prayers or to respond to pop-calls. Our whole being must be in our praying. E.M. Bounds I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. Henry David Thoreau I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. G.K. Chesterton To say prayers in a decent, delicate way is not heavy work. But to pray really, to pray till hell feels the ponderous stroke, to pray till the iron gates of difficulty are opened, till the mountains of obstacles are removed, till the mists are exhaled and the clouds are lifted, and the sunshine of a cloudless day brightens - this is hard work, but it is God's work, and man's best labor. E.M. Bounds Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation. John Ortberg Grace is available for each of us every day -- our spiritual daily bread -- but we've got to remember to ask for it with a grateful heart and not worry about whether there will be enough for tomorrow. Sarah Ban Breathnach Let's choose today to quench our thirst for the "good life" we thinks others lead by acknowledging the good that already exists in our lives. We can then offer the universe the gift of our grateful hearts. Sarah Ban Breathnach Whatever we are waiting for -- peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance -- it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart. Sarah Ban Breathnach Cold prayers shall never have any warm answers. Thomas B. Brooks Look, as a painted man is no man, and as painted fire is no fire, so a cold prayer is no prayer. Thomas B. Brooks If you want an accounting of your worth, count your friends. Merry Browne This race is never grateful: from the first, One fills their cup at supper with pure wine, Which back they give at cross-time on a sponge, In bitter vinegar. Elizabeth Barrett Browning Gratitude to benefactors is a well-recognized virtue, and to express it in some form or other, however imperfectly, is a duty to ourselves as well as to those who have helped us. Frederick Douglass What if, today, we were grateful for everything. Charlie Brown Wear gratitude like a cloak, and it will feed every corner of your life. Rumi Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings you and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you. Eileen Caddy Remember that not to be happy is not to be grateful. Elizabeth Carter Leave off wishing to deserve any thanks from anyone, thinking that anyone can ever become grateful. Galius Valerius Catullus He who receives a good turn should never forget it; he who does one should never remember it. He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows it should never remember it. Pierre Cbarron Non-cooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet. Julia Child Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life. Northrup Christiane No one who achieves success does so without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. Alfred North Whitehead There is no quality I would rather have, and be thought to have, than gratitude. For it is not only the greatest virtue, but is the mother of all the rest. Marcus T. Cicero 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. Dietrich Bonhoeffer 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 All good things of this world are no further good than as they are of use; and whatever we may heap up to give others, we enjoy only as much as we can make useful to ourselves and others, and no more. Daniel Defoe To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach. Demosthenes Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. Charles Dickens Glee! The great storm is over! Emily Dickinson There is no better excess in the world than the excess of gratitude. Jean de La Bruyère Deficiency motivation doesn't work. It will lead to a lifelong pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are. Wayne Dyer Gratitude is a twofold love -- love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest. Henry Van Dyke Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. Cicero Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything. Bob Dylan If the only prayer you say in your whole life is "Thank you," that would suffice. Meister Eckhart I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new. Ralph Waldo Emerson Sufficiency's enough for men of sense. Euripides Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. Epicurus Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly is having to accept it. William Faulkner Gratitude opens the door to the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe. You open the door through gratitude. Deepak Chopra Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep. Felix Frankfurter Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones -- with ingratitude. Benjamin Franklin When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it. Benjamin Franklin Eaten bread is soon forgotten. Thomas Fuller Express gratitude for the greatness of small things. Richie Norton The more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for. Norman Vincent Peale Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse. Henry Van Dyke To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven. Johannes A. Gaertner Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul. Amy Collette Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive. Edward Gibbon That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg. Samuel Goldwyn That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg. Samuel Goldwyn If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share. W. Clement Stone Every dog has its day, but it's not every dog that knows when he's having it. Winifred Gordon Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one. Baltasar Gracian Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity … it makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow. Melody Beattie For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude. Clarence E. Hodges Of all the people in the world, those who want the most are those who have the most. David Grayson After my mother's death, I began to see her as she had really been.... It was less like losing someone than discovering someone. Nancy Hale Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it. Edward F. Halifax It is not only blessed to give thanks; it is also of vital importance to our prayer life in general. If we have noted the Lord's answers to our prayers and thanked Him for what we have received of Him, then it becomes easier for us, and we get more courage, to pray for more. 0. Hallesby When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands. Maria Shriver It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. Charles Spurgeon Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust Jesus is moved to happiness every time He sees that you appreciate what He has done for you. Grip His pierced hand and say to Him, "I thank Thee, Savior, because Thou hast died for me." Thank Him likewise for all the other blessings He has showered upon you from day to day. It brings joy to Jesus. 0. Hallesby The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. William Blake ‘Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say. Alice Walker Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. Eckhart Tolle I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new. Ralph Waldo Emerson We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives. John F. Kennedy When we succeed in truly thanking God, we feel good at heart. The reason is that we have been created to give glory to God, now and forever more. And every time we do so, we feel that we are in harmony with His plans and purposes for our lives. Then we are truly in our element. That is why it is so blessed. 0. Hallesby It’s a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack. Germany Kent Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. Melody Beattie How few are our real wants, and how easy is it to satisfy them! Our imaginary ones are boundless and insatiable. Julius Charles Hare 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 Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind. Lionel Hampton Gratitude will shift you to a higher frequency, and you will attract much better things. Rhonda Byrne The public have neither shame or gratitude. William Hazlitt Find gratitude in the little things and your well of gratitude will never run dry. Antonia Montoya The past with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, its punishments, is there for each of us forever, and it should be. Lillian Hellman True thanksgiving means that we need to thank God for what He has done for us, and not to tell Him what we have done for Him. George R. Hendrick Thou who has given so much to me, give one thing more: a grateful heart. George Herbert Who covets more is evermore a slave. Robert Herrick Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other. Randy Pausch Enough is as good as a feast. John Heywood There is satiety in all things, in sleep, and love-making, in the loveliness of singing and the innocent dance. Homer Let him who has enough wish for nothing more. Horace To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going down on one's knees and thanking him. Soren Kierkegaard Every professional athlete owes a debt of gratitude to the fans and management, and pays an installment every time he plays. He should never miss a payment. Bobby Hull The average man is rich enough when he has a little more than he has got. Dean William R. Inge There must be fired affections before our prayers will go up. William Jenkyn A harbor, even if it is a little harbor, is a good thing.... It takes something from the world, and has something to give in return. Sarah Orne Jewett Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed. Samuel Johnson There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain. Samuel Johnson Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude. Ralph Waldo Emerson So much has been given to me; I have no time to ponder over that which has been denied. Helen Keller I've had an exciting life; I married for love and got a little money along with it. Rose F. Kennedy Gratitude is a useless word. You will find it in a dictionary but not in life. Francois De La Rochefoucauld In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors. Francois De La Rochefoucauld Do you realize what this means? The fact of being alive... I still find it staggering that I am here at all. Christopher Leach One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines. Francois De La Rochefoucauld The gratitude of most men is nothing more than a secret desire of receiving even greater benefits. Francois De La Rochefoucauld There is a certain kind of lively gratitude that not only releases us fro benefits we received, but also becomes a return payment to our friend that makes them become indebted to us. Francois De La Rochefoucauld Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. Melody Beattie Too great a hurry to discharge an obligation is a kind of ingratitude. Francois De La Rochefoucauld We find very few ungrateful people when we are able to confer favors. Francois De La Rochefoucauld My gratitude for good writing is unbounded; I'm grateful for it the way I'm grateful for the ocean. Anne Lamott Man needs so little... yet he begins wanting so much. Louis L'Amour We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love. Walter Savage Landor Too much is unwholesome. Georg C. Lichtenberg One can get just as much exultation in losing oneself in a little thing as in a big thing. It is nice to think how one can be recklessly lost in a daisy. Anne Morrow Lindbergh Gratitude is a divine emotion: it fills the heart, but not to bursting; it warms it, but not to fever. Charlotte Brontë One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay "in kind" somewhere else in life. Anne Morrow Lindbergh How those holy men of old could storm the battlements above! When there was no way to look but up, they lifted up their eyes to God who made the hills, with unshakable confidence. Herbert Lockyer Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not. James Russell Lowell Were a man to order his life by the rules of true reason, a frugal substance joined to a contented mind is for him great riches. Lucretius Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy. Jacques Maritain Let me burn out for God... prayer is the great thing. Oh, that I may be a man of prayer! Henry Martyn What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want. Mignon McLaughlin Fortunate are the people whose roots are deep. Agnes Meyer Nothing purchased can come close to the renewed sense of gratitude for having family and friends. Courtland Milloy There is so much in the world for us all if we only have the eyes to see it, and the heart to love it, and the hand to gather it to ourselves so much everywhere in which to delight, and for which to be thankful. Lucy Maud Montgomery I look back on my life like a good day's work; it was done and I am satisfied with it. Grandma Moses Let us thank God heartily as often as we pray that we have His Spirit in us to teach us to pray. Thanksgiving will draw our hearts out to God and keep us engaged with Him; it will take our attention from ourselves and give the Spirit room in our hearts. Andrew Murray Nothing will content him who is not content with a little. Greek Proverb Swift gratitude is the sweetest. Greek Proverb Reflect that life like every other blessing, derives its value from its use alone. Samuel Johnson Swift gratitude is the sweetest. Greek Proverb When you consider everything we have is a gift from God, it's amazing how little gratitude we show. Giving to others is such a small way to say thank you. Charles L. Overby Gratitude - the meanest and most sniveling attribute in the world. Read the full article

However we were made, and whyever we exist, we are each a small part of a magical universe. Small, but a part nonetheless, magic as much as the beauty of the stars, and the waves of the ocean. The way we love, the things we need, the people who's lives we touch, the emotions we feel, all exist inside our fascinating universe. When we have hardship or pain it's easy to wish for a different kind of magic, to be someone we aren't, to have things we don't or to change life around. There is still beauty and magic in what is, though, and focusing on the good makes our lives richer and the magic of living more apparent.

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