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.

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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

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

Dalai Lama

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

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

It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note – it’s the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.

Miles Davis

I'm so adamant that being a really good parent does not mean you have to be there 24/7. I find that I'm never not thinking about where they are, but instead of it stressing me out, it comforts me to know that I'm completely aware of their schedule, and they're with someone I trust.

Brooke Shields

The thing I can say about all this stuff that's going on right now is that I appreciate it.

Josh Duhamel

Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breath more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things shall be yours.

Unknown

My wife is a vegetarian. When my wife is with me, I eat vegetarian. When she's not, I eat meat. I'm just being honest.

J. B. Smoove

Some said he couldn't take on the insurance companies that were ripping us off. But President Obama made the tough and right call to save lives, save Medicare and ensure no one goes broke just because they get sick.

Harry Reid

I don't care what party you belong to or what your background is. If you believe we are headed in the wrong direction, and believe there needs to be a check and balance on the President and Congress, then join my campaign.

Timothy Griffin

We must learn to understand humanity better so that we can create an environment that is more beneficial to people, more rewarding, more pleasant to experience.

John Portman

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Mervyn Levy

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James Frank

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Jake Johnson

If you get yourself in a hole, you dig yourself out.

Nick Nolte

The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future.

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Maximillian Degenerez

Bad guys have more fun.

David Gallagher

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Todd Rundgren

Getting hit motivates me. It makes me punish the guy more. A fighter takes a punch, hits back with three punches.

Roberto Duran

I had talked to a lot of people in Golden State's front offices before the draft. They said they liked me, but they had a lot of guards, so I didn't think that I would end up there.

Stephen Curry

I only really work when I want to.

Ned Beatty

I think of the friends of mine who were blissfully single in their 20s and 30s. Still single in their 40s and 50s, they seem to be contracting a bit.

Sandra Tsing Loh

Being a sex symbol was rather like being a convict.

Raquel Welch

I've given myself permission to say whatever's on my mind when I'm on stage.

Andy Kindler

Dad was a bus driver, and when he finished work he would repair cars.

Bruno Tonioli

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