Thursday, November 02, 2006

Thank You Quotations




A hundred times a day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depends on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the full measure I have received and am still receiving.

~ Albert Einstein


What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it -- would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have. ~ Ralph Marston


I find that the more willing I am to be grateful for the small things in life, the bigger stuff just seems to show up from unexpected sources, and I am constantly looking forward to each day with all the surprises that keep coming my way! ~ Louise L. Hay





I would thank you from the bottom of my heart, but for you my heart has no bottom. ~Author Unknown


Gratitude is the memory of the heart. ~Jean Baptiste Massieu



Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. ~Mark Twain



We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. ~Thornton Wilder




Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim. ~William Feather


The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche



Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude.Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts. ~ David O. McKay


Get down on your knees and thank God you're still on your feet. ~ Irish Proverb


Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.

~ Thomas Jefferson


Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.
~ Edward Gibbon



Saying "thank you" creates love. "
~ Daphne Rose Kingma

Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind. ~ Lionel Hampton



You learn about gratitude by giving. You learn about humility by receiving, and in the pecking order of human qualities, I'd probably put humility somewhere before gratitude. ~ Jean Harris

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. ~ Epictetus



One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb



When eating a fruit, think of the person who planted the tree. ~ Vietnamese Proverb



When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude. ~ Elie Wiesel




Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot. ~ The Hausa of Nigeria




Blessed are those that can give without remembering and receive without forgetting. ~Author Unknown


No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. ~Author Unknown



Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive. Find a way to be thankful for your troubles and they can become your blessings. ~Author Unknown




Throughout history wise men and women have encouraged us to feel grateful for what we have. Why? Very simply because gratitude makes us feel good. When you're feeling grateful, your mind is clear, and therefore you have access to your greatest wisdom and common sense. You see the big picture. ~ Richard Carlson,Ph.D


A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances. A complaining soul complains even if he lives in paradise. ~ Baha'u'llah


A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. ~ Henry Ward Beecher



Every time we remember to say "thank you", we experience nothing less than heaven on earth.
~ Sarah Ban Breathnach


You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you.
~ Sarah Ban Breathnach


Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
~ Melody Beattie

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