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Gratitude
Thankfulness and appreciating what you have.
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“A grateful mind is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the other virtues”
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not”
“Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines”
“Everything harmonizes with me, which is harmonious to thee, O Universe. Nothing for me is too early nor too late, which is in due time for thee. Everything is fruit to me which thy seasons bring, O Nature”
“Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start believing in it”
“God bless us, every one!”
“Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people”
“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has”
“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual”
“I can no other answer make but thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks”
“I can't believe how fast 20 years went by... Mamba Out!”
“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder”
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks”
“Let us see to it that the recollection of those whom we have lost becomes a pleasant memory to us”
“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”
“Never say of anything, I have lost it; but, I have restored it”
“Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some”
“The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone”
“The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter”
“Think not so much of what thou hast not as of what thou hast: but of the things which thou hast select the best, and then reflect how eagerly they would have been sought, if thou hadst them not”
“We should not spoil what we have by desiring what we do not have, but remember that what we have too was the gift of fortune”
“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us”
“You've made this day a special day, by just your being you”
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others”
“He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing”
“I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing — that it was all started by a mouse”
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need”
“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous”
“Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago”
“Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful”
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Don’t get caught out
Commonly shared about gratitude — but misattributed
Popular gratitude lines that get pinned on the wrong name. If you use one, credit it correctly.
“We Can Complain Because Rose Bushes Have Thorns, or Rejoice Because Thorn Bushes Have Roses”
ReallyAlphonse Karr · not Abraham Lincoln
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift, that's why they call it the present”
ReallyAnonymous · not Eleanor Roosevelt
“Find the good and praise it”
ReallyMadison Babcock · not Alex Haley
“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”
ReallyAlbert Schweitzer · not Jim Valvano
“Comparison is the thief of joy”
ReallyUnknown — an anonymous modern aphorism · not C.S. Lewis
“Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you'll look back and realize they were the big things”
ReallyRobert Brault · not Kurt Vonnegut
“When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry”
ReallyYiddish (Jewish) folk proverb · not William Shakespeare
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love”
ReallyElbert Hubbard · not Marcus Aurelius
“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy”
ReallyBenjamin Franklin · but not in these words
“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened”
ReallyLudwig Jacobowski · not Dr. Seuss
“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory”
ReallyGeorges Duhamel · not Dr. Seuss