The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

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The Importance of Thankfulness and Gratitude

In western societies most people face subtle expectations to get more, to achieve more, to deserve more. That makes us postponing our satisfaction to a life in future when we finally got all this. But this is a false conclusion and maybe the reason for suffering. Isn't it time to think of, what we have already got - blessings, health, friends and family - and be grateful for that?

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Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.

William Arthur Ward

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

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

Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.

Maya Angelou

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

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.

Henry Ward Beecher

We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.

John F. Kennedy

Thank you is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.

Alice Walker

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

Gratitude always comes into play; research shows that people are happier if they are grateful for the positive things in their lives, rather than worrying about what might be missing.

Dan Buettner

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.

Willie Nelson

Appreciation can change a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.

Margaret Cousins

If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.

W. Clement Stone

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

Albert Einstein

Look at everything as though you were seeing it for the first or the last time, then your time on earth will be filled with glory.

Betty Smith

When you give and carry out acts of kindness, it’s as though something inside your body responds and says, ‘Yes, this is how I ought to feel.

Rabbi Harold Kushner

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.

W.T. Purkiser

All across America, we gather this week with the people we love to give thanks to God for the blessings in our lives.

President George W. Bush

One time I semi-wrecked my uncle's truck. He told me to back it up into a ditch, but my foot slipped and I gunned it a little too much. But now I use one foot, and I do not run into stuff - at least I try not to.

RJ Mitte

My mother, twenty-two, was Harriet Gautier Brooks, named for her paternal grandmother, but always called Hallie. My father, twenty-six, was Albert Horton Foote, named for his father and great-grandfather, and I was named Albert Horton Foote, Jr.

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I enjoy writing.

Charles Cumming

The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior.

Marva Collins

I love 'Dogman' by King's X and Living Colour's 'Stain.'

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Noam Chomsky

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Martin Seligman

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Ruth Rendell

If youre lucky a cousin is there from the beginning.

Susan Bolch

Don't forget that maybe you are the lighthouse in someone's storm.

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You can't win if you're chasing the wrong problem.

Paul Wolfowitz

We know we need civilization and laws and procedures, but isn't it frustrating? Wouldn't it be great if we could just do what we needed to do?

Lee Child

Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you to where you want to go, no one else.

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The first comedy screenplay that I wrote was Animal House and I always thought I could and should be a director but no one was about to give me that opportunity on Animal House.

Harold Ramis

I don't think I'll be playing again. I'm very content and happy, doing the types of things I haven't gotten to do, be a father.

Antonio Davis

Nothing to mountaineering, just a little physical endurance, a good deal of brains, lots of practice, and plenty of warm clothing.

Annie Smith Peck

Some people care too much. I think it's called love.

A. A. Milne

If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game.

Rickey Henderson

Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.

Dorothea Lange

Toil and risk are the price of glory, but it is a lovely thing to live with courage and die leaving an everlasting fame.

Alexander the Great