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Quotes on Gratitude

"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

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

"Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul."
- Henry Ward Beecher

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is to not utter words, but to live by them."
- John F. Kennedy

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity... It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow."
- Melodie Beattie

"The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away."
- Joy J. Golliver

"It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful."
- Brother David Steindl-Rast

"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."
- William Arthur Ward

"When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears."
- Anthony Robbins

"God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say, "Thank you?"
- William A. Ward

"We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude."
- Cynthia Ozick

"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

"The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you."
- John E. Southard

"Whatever I am offered in devotion with a pure heart -- a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water -- I accept with joy."
- Bhagavad Gita

"Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before recieving a meal. It's a way to live."
- Jackie Windspear

"I feel a very unusual sensation - if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude."
- Benjamin Disraeli

"The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings."
- Eric Hoffer