I do not think of all the misery, but of the glory that remains. Go outside into the fields, nature, and the sun, go out and seek happiness in yourself and in God. Think of the beauty that again and again discharges itself within and without you and be happy.

––Anne Frank

On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.

––William Jennings Bryan

Do not get tired of doing what is good. Don’t get discouraged and give up, for we will reap a harvest of blessings at the appropriate time.

 ––Galatians 6:9

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.

––W.T. Purkiser

To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted but to always seek out and value the kind that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.

 ––Albert Schweitzer

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

––John F. Kennedy

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.

––Cicero

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.

––Oprah Winfrey

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

 ––William Arthur Ward

Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don’t unravel.

––Anonymous

One can never pay in gratitude; one can pay “in kind” somewhere else in life.

––Anne Morrow Lindbergh

No longer forward or behind / I look in hope and fear; / But, grateful, take the good I find, / The best of now and here.

––John Greenleaf Whittier

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