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Quotes About Thankfulness

That I had the kind of brother I did. One whose character challenged me to improve my own. One whose love and affection enriched my life. That my children weren't born stupid or physically deformed. That I wasn't
~ Marcus Aurelius
As for the person who is not impelled to give thanks for the procession of the stars, the alternation of day and night, the regular succession of the seasons, and the fruits which are produced for our enjoyment--how can such a person be counted as human at all?
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
So that made me happy but the part that really made me happy was that you wanted me to be happy. That's what Thank you means.
~ Margaret Atwood
But it's difficult to be grateful for the absence of an unknown quantity.
~ Margaret Atwood
There is nothing more onerous than enforced gratitude.
~ Margaret Atwood
Take what the moment offers. Don't close doors. Be thankful.
~ Margaret Atwood
Thank you for bringing me this fish. Thank you means: Thank you means you did something good for me. Or something you thought was good. And that good thing was giving me a fish. So that made me happy, but the part that really made me happy was that you wanted me to be happy. That's what Thank you means. No, you don't need to give me another fish. I am happy enough for now.
~ Margaret Atwood
I finished my tea. This was the moment, I felt, when I should thank him graciously for his kindness and leave. Otherwise we would have to exchange the stories of our lives and I was too depressed about mine to want to do that.
~ Margaret Atwood
Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect. We take what we get and are thankful it's no worse than it is.
~ Margaret Mitchell
Happiness is attained by three things: being patient when tested, being thankful when receiving a blessing, and being repentant upon sinning.
~ Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.
~ Marcus Aurelius
To be content does not mean that you don't desire more, it means you're thankful for what you have and patient for what's to come.
~ Tony Gaskins
Imaan is of two halves; half is patience (Sabr) and half is being thankful (Shukr).
~ Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
Wake up every morning with a thankful attitude. Expect something good to happen in your life today.
~ Joel Osteen
The beginning of men's rebellion against God was, and is, the lack of a thankful heart.
~ Francis Schaeffer
The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.
~ David Steindl-Rast
If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul
~ Harold S. Kushner
'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
We don't need more to be thankful for, we just need to be more thankful.
~ Carlos Castaneda
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy.
~ Marcel Proust
Life is beautiful. You have to be thankful that we are living. Wherever you look is beauty. I know about the bad things, but I look for the good things.
~ Alice Herz-Sommer
Learn to be thankful to everyone, to the entire creation, even to your enemy and also to those who insult, because they all help you to grow
~ Mata Amritanandamayi
I think one of life's great milestones is when a person can look back and be almost as thankful for the setbacks as for the victories.
~ Bob Dole
Truly, we have much to thank God for, but if we would be thankful, we must set our hearts to do it with a will. We grumble and complain without thought, but we must think to give thanks.
~ Samuel Logan Brengle