"Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors."
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"Their woes gone by, and both to heaven upflown, To bow for gratitude before Jove's throne."
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"I was thinking about the universe wanting to be noticed, and how I had to notice it as best I could. I felt that I owed a debt to the universe that only my attention could repay, and also that I owed a debt to everybody who didn’t get to be a person anymore and everyone who hadn’t gotten to be a person yet."
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"The ship of my life may or may not be sailing on calm and amiable seas. The challenging days of my existence may or may not be bright and promising. Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude. If I insist on being pessimistic, there is always tomorrow. Today I am blessed."
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"My personal prayer is simply my joy to be alive, and to live in gratitude and generosity."
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"Every single human being on this earth make a difference on this planet earth but each one of us make a different contribution and it will be a better contribution when we have more gratitude and more generosity, when we love more."
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"Ten years ago, if you asked me where I'd be now, I'd have said F-ing dead. But I'm not dead. I have an awesome life. And I'm just very grateful. That's the one thing I try to convey. Gratitude."
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"Love is perhaps no more than gratitude for pleasure."
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"Ignore the awful times, and concentrate on the good ones."
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"I have noticed that the Universe loves Gratitude. The more Grateful you are, the more goodies you get"
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"Gratitude is not a virtue I believe in, and to me it seems hypocritical to expect it from a child."
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"It's hard to anticipate. I can tell you what I'm feeling right now is that I'm busier than I expected these last two weeks. A great deal of emotion around the people that I've worked with and the gratitude I feel for the sacrifices they've made on behalf of the American people, but also on behalf of me personally."
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"An attitude of entitlement is inversely related to one of gratitude."
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"Don't kneel to me, that is not right. You must kneel to God only, and thank Him for the liberty you will hereafter enjoy."
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"The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it."
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"When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it."
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"Mother's Day is coming up soon. If you're lucky enough to still have your mother, tell her you're grateful to her [...] at some point, we must forgive each other for being flawed human beings. Many of us have trouble putting love or gratitude into words, but keep in mind that out actions always reveal our feelings. Always."
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"I don't feel any vulgar gratitude to you[for helping me]. I almost feel as if You ought to be grateful to ME, for giving you the opportunity of enjoying the luxury of generosity. . . I may have come into the world expressly for the purpose of increasing your stock of happiness. I may have been born to be a benefactor to you, by giving you an opportunity of assisting me."
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"The human mind is never better disposed to gratitude and attachment than when softened by fear."
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"I look forward to seeing Christ and bowing down before Him in praise and gratitude for all He has done for us, and for using me on this earth by His grace-just as I am."
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