1. God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you?" ~William A. Ward
2. Silent gratitude isn't much use to
anyone. ~G.B. Stern
3. There is no such thing as gratitude
unexpressed. If it is unexpressed, it is plain, old-fashioned
ingratitude. ~Robert Brault
4. The only people with whom you should try
to get even are those who have helped you. ~John E. Southard
5. You say grace before meals. All
right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before
the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before
sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and
grace before I dip the pen in the ink. ~G.K. Chesterton
6. 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
7. He is a wise man who does not grieve for
the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
~Epictetus
8. We can only be said to be alive in those
moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. ~Thornton Wilder
9. If you want to turn your life around, try
thankfulness. It will change your life mightily. ~Gerald Good
10. There is no greater difference between
men than between grateful and ungrateful people. ~R.H. Blyth
11. Who does not thank for little will not
thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
12. Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry
scorns common things. ~Horace
13. Feeling gratitude and not expressing it
is like wrapping a present and not giving it. ~William Arthur Ward
14. Gratitude can transform common days into
thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities
into blessings. ~William Arthur Ward
15. There is a calmness to a life lived in
gratitude, a quiet joy. ~Ralph H. Blum
16. Reflect upon your present blessings, of
which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have
some. ~Charles Dickens
17. 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 Shweitzert
18. Develop an attitude of
gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that
every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than
your current situation ~Brian Tracy
19. Gratitude helps you to grow and
expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of
all those around you ~Eileen Caddy
20. Gratitude is not only the
memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness ~Nathaniel Parker
Willis
22. I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder ~Gilbert K. Chesterton