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Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
Sep 10, 2025
Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.
No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has escaped the kingdom of night.
In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.
The world has enough beautiful mountains and meadows, spectacular skies and serene lakes. It has enough lush forests, flowered fields, and sandy beaches. It has plenty of stars and the promise of a new sunrise and sunset every day. What the world needs more of is people to appreciate and enjoy it.
No matter who you are, no matter where you are, no matter what your circumstances or desires, if you make a gratitude list every day of the things you’re grateful for, you will see your life take off! GRATITUDE is your MAGIC WAND! Whatever you point gratitude at increases, expands, and escalates, but you have to pick up that magic wand, and use it! Got it?
Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.
...I learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my life!
Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
Joy attracts more joy. Happiness attracts more happiness. Peace attracts more peace. GRATITUDE attracts more GRATITUDE. Kindness attracts more kindness. Love attracts more love. Your job is an inside one. To change your world, all you have to do is change the way you feel inside. How easy is that?
The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.
Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but wise men appreciate and are grateful. Wise men try to express their appreciation and gratitude by some return of kindness, not only to their benefactor, but to everyone else
You have no cause for anything but gratitude and joy.
Life holds so many simple blessings, each day bringing its own individual wonder.
Take just ONE minute today and look around you and within you and try for just that minute to understand the utterly amazing miracle and incredible perfection and beauty you are experiencing and observing!
For me, giving thanks is a sign of appreciation and gratitude that also brings about a deep sense of peace.
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.
Appreciation and gratitude are a must if you choose to become the architect of increased happiness and your own fulfillment.
Every time we remember to say "thank you", we experience nothing less than heaven on earth.
The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.
Appreciation can make a day - even change a life.
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more.
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.
I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
Never let a day pass without looking for the good, feeling the good within you, praising, appreciating, blessing, and being grateful. Make it your life commitment, and you will stand in utter awe of what happens in your life.
Without gratitude and appreciation for what you already have, you’ll never know true fulfillment.
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
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.
Warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
Thanks are the highest form of thought.
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks.
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
I am saying that out of a spirit of appreciation and gratitude, and a sense of duty, you ought to make whatever adjustment is necessary to give a little of your time-as little as two years-consecrating your strength, your means, your talents to the work of sharing with others the gospel, which is the source of so much of the good that you have. I promise that if you will do so, you will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.
You cannot do a kindness too soon.
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
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.
Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.
When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.
The more frequently you focus on your appreciation and gratitude for each breath, the greater will be your sense of daily gratitude... Now say, 'I am joyfully grateful for each and every breath.' If you have any doubt of your gratitude, just imagine the alternative for a moment - not being able to breathe!