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I wouldn't change anything. I've made mistakes, but thanks to those mistakes, I've learned.

Enrique Iglesias

Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.

William Bennett

Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.

Josh Billings

God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.

Izaak Walton

Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.

Alan Cohen

I don't need a holiday or a feast to feel grateful for my children, the sun, the moon, the roof over my head, music, and laughter, but I like to take this time to take the path of thanks less traveled.

Paula Poundstone

When you are grateful - when you can see what you have - you unlock blessings to flow in your life.

Suze Orman

The simple act of saying 'thank you' is a demonstration of gratitude in response to an experience that was meaningful to a customer or citizen.

Simon Mainwaring

Immensely grateful, touched, proud, astonished, abashed.

Boris Pasternak

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.

John Milton

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.

Alphonse Karr

Should it happen tomorrow, I would fall to my knees to give thanks to God for such a career.

Placido Domingo

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

Aesop

Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it.

Ralph Marston

When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.

Dalai Lama

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.

Woody Allen

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

William Arthur Ward

The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low.

Richard Carlson

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

James Allen

I've been giving back since I was a teen, handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving and handing out toys at toys drives for Christmas. It's very important to give back as a youth. It's as simple as helping an old lady across the street or giving up your seat on the bus for someone who is pregnant.

Queen Latifah

From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.

Algernon Charles Swinburne

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

Eric Hoffer

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.

Melody Beattie

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Henry Ward Beecher

It's been quite a roller coaster ride, but I've grown and learned a lot about myself. The greatest thing is being able to interact with fans and touch people's lives... for that I give thanks.

Christina Aguilera

When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.

Elie Wiesel

The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!

Henry Ward Beecher

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

Henri Frederic Amiel

I'm thankful for the ability to share my faith in a lot of different places. It's something that I take as a responsibility and an obligation to handle as best as I can.

Tim Tebow

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.

Aristotle

Never take anything for granted.

Benjamin Disraeli

Of all the characteristics needed for both a happy and morally decent life, none surpasses gratitude. Grateful people are happier, and grateful people are more morally decent.

Dennis Prager

Thankfully, dreams can change. If we'd all stuck with our first dream, the world would be overrun with cowboys and princesses.

Stephen Colbert

I'm very thankful to be doing what I'm doing. I feel very blessed.

Justin Timberlake

At Thanksgiving, I always start at the top of my list and say I'm grateful for friends, family, and good health. Then I get more superficial... like being thankful for my Louboutins.

Christie Brinkley

I'm grateful for the opportunities God gave me to minister to people in high places; people in power have spiritual and personal needs like everyone else, and often they have no one to talk to.

Billy Graham

The first thing I do when I start my day is, I get down on my hands and knees and give thanks to God. Whenever I go outside of my house, the first thing I do is stop at the church.

Mark Wahlberg

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.

Meister Eckhart

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

Henry Ward Beecher

Thanksgiving is a time when the world gets to see just how blessed and how workable the Christian system is. The emphasis is not on giving or buying, but on being thankful and expressing that appreciation to God and to one another.

John Clayton

Well, there's not a day goes by when I don't get up and say thank you to somebody.

Rod Stewart

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

Albert Schweitzer

None of us got to where we are alone. Whether the assistance we received was obvious or subtle, acknowledging someone's help is a big part of understanding the importance of saying thank you.

Harvey Mackay

If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.

Elbert Hubbard

Every one of our greatest national treasures, our liberty, enterprise, vitality, wealth, military power, global authority, flow from a surprising source: our ability to give thanks.

Tony Snow

I believe that if you don't derive a deep sense of purpose from what you do, if you don't come radiantly alive several times a day, if you don't feel deeply grateful at the tremendous good fortune that has been bestowed on you, then you are wasting your life. And life is too short to waste.

Srikumar Rao

The brave who focus on all things good and all things beautiful and all things true, even in the small, who give thanks for it and discover joy even in the here and now, they are the change agents who bring fullest Light to all the world.

Ann Voskamp

Every Thanksgiving, we all write down three things we're thankful for and put them in a hat. Then we pass the hat around the dinner table and everyone has to guess who wrote what!

Debby Ryan

I'm just thankful for everything, all the blessings in my life, trying to stay that way. I think that's the best way to start your day and finish your day. It keeps everything in perspective.

Tim Tebow

Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

I feel grateful because I have a lot of love in my life. I found the person I'm sharing my life with. I have a good man.

Gisele Bundchen

Many of our prayers were not answered, and for this we are now grateful.

William Feather

I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day.

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Dear Lord, I'm so grateful I'm still loved.

Vivien Leigh

Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job.

Jim Lovell

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Thanksgiving is a time when the world gets to see just how blessed and how workable the Christian system is. The emphasis is not on giving or buying, but on being thankful and expressing that appreciation to God and to one another.

John Clayton

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.

Willie Nelson

I'm thankful for the incredible advances in medicine that have taken place during my lifetime. I almost certainly wouldn't still be here if it weren't for them.

Billy Graham

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

Samuel Butler

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Take heed, then, often to come together to give thanks to God, and show forth His praise. For when you assemble frequently in the same place, the powers of Satan are destroyed, and the destruction at which he aims is prevented by the unity of your faith.

Ignatius of Antioch

Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

Thank you for life, and all the little ups and downs that make it worth living.

Travis Barker

I'm thankful to have Jesus as my Savior. My relationship with God has always been one to where I'm talking to him all day, every day, about anything and everything. It's just a continuous ongoing conversation that I have with the Lord, and I feel like that's brought me closer to Him.

Josh Turner

I'm so thankful for the active obedience of Christ. No hope without it.

John Gresham Machen

I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I'm praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I'm grateful that I'm heard.

Maya Angelou

When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.

Tecumseh

I'm thankful to be breathing, on this side of the grass. Whatever comes, comes.

Ron Perlman

Look folks, we know who built this country and we know who is going to rebuild it. It's you. Instead of vilifying you, we should be thanking you. We owe you.

Joe Biden

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.

John Wooden

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining - it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn't solve any problems.

Zig Ziglar

I give all the glory to God. It's kind of a win-win situation. The glory goes up to Him and the blessings fall down on me.

Gabby Douglas

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

Jacques Maritain

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

Melody Beattie

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

Albert Schweitzer

I'm grateful for my brokenness. I'm grateful for my humility.

James McGreevey

Whatever life throws at me I'll take it and be grateful for it as well.

Tom Felton

I'd like to say to all my fans out there, thanks for the support. And to all my doubters, thank you very much because you guys have also pushed me.

Usain Bolt

Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.

Thomas Carlyle

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.

Charles Kuralt

By and large, the gospel of grace is neither proclaimed, understood, nor lived.

Brennan Manning

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

Alfred North Whitehead

There's no happier person than a truly thankful, content person.

Joyce Meyer

I was given such a great gift. It's a miracle that never stops amazing me and reminding me to give thanks, every day. Having a wife and daughter gives me a lot more purpose. I was much more selfish before, but now I think about what kind of role model I'll be. I just want to be a better man.

Jake Owen

'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

I'm thankful to my family, friends, and fans for all of their support.

Serena Williams

I'm thankful for serendipitous moments in my life, where things could've gone the other way.

Rick Springfield

Such lovely warmth of thought and delicacy of colour are beyond all praise, and equally beyond all thanks!

Marie Corelli

I'm grateful for always this moment, the now, no matter what form it takes.

Eckhart Tolle

Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Thank you, dear God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain. And for the chance to wake up in three hours and go fishing: I thank you for that now, because I won't feel so thankful then.

Garrison Keillor

Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors?

Saint Basil

Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.

Thomas Fuller

Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.

Karl Barth