“He who receives a good turn should never forget it; he who does one should never remember it.” — Charron
“Gratitude is the heart’s memory.” — French Proverb
“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
“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” — Epictetus
“For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, For love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say ‘thank you?'” — William A. Ward
“No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night.” — Elie Wiesel
“Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin and an antiseptic.” — John Henry Jowett
“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.” — Christiane Northrup
“Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.” — Margaret Cousins
“The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.” — Eric Hoffer
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” — William Arthur Ward
“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.” — Buddha
“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.” — Albert Schweitzer
“Let’s be grateful for those who give us happiness; they are the charming gardeners who make our soul bloom.” — Marcel Proust
“Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality.” — Alfred Painter
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.” — The Bible, Phil 4:6
“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
“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, ‘thank you,’ that would suffice.” – Meister Eckhart
“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” — G.K. Chesterton
“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
“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.” — Henry Ward Beecher
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