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"All the same don't forget that you're young — blessedly young; be glad of it on the contrary and live up to it. Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life."
"A man is not hurt so much by what happens, as by his opinion of what happens."
"Bankers are lynxes. To expect any gratitude from them is equivalent to attempting to move the wolves of the Ukraine to pity in the middle of winter."
"Gratitude isn't a burdening emotion."
"Beth ceased to fear him from that moment, and sat there talking to him as cozily as if she had known him all her life, for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride."
"Dan clung to her in speechless gratitude, feeling the blessedness of mother love, — that divine gift which comforts, purifies, and strengthens all who seek it."
"I pretty much always feel gratitude. I thank God throughout the day."
"For a wonderful physical tie binds the parents to the children; and - by some sad, strange irony - it does not bind us children to our parents. For if it did, if we could answer their love not with gratitude but with equal love, life would lose much of its pathos and much of its squalor, and we might be wonderfully happy."
"When we develop a right attitude of compassion and gratitude, we take a giant step towards solving our personal and international problems"
"The fact that there is always a positive side to life is the one thing that gives me a lot of happiness."
"On this Thanksgiving, as we spend time with our family and friends, let's all reflect on what we're thankful for in our own lives. And let's remember those who cannot be with their loved ones because they're serving overseas. But let's also do our part to help those who have no place to go for a meal. I encourage all Americans to do what they can to help those in need-because the best way to show our gratitude for what we have is by doing our part for those who have less."
"He [Pliny the Elder] used to say that 'no book [etc] was so bad but some good might be got out of it'."
"Who gives an empire, by the gift defeats All end of giving; and procures contempt Instead of gratitude."
"Amid my list of blessings infinite, stands this the foremost, "that my heart has bled.""
"The exchange of sympathy for gratitude is the most princely thing!"
"I remember, when I was a child and wrote poems in little clasped books, I used to kiss the books and put them away tenderly because I had been happy near them, and take them out by turns when I was going from home, to cheer them by the change of air and the pleasure of the new place. This, not for the sake of the verses written in them, and not for the sake of writing more verses in them, but from pure gratitude."
"I don't really ever live my life in fear. I really live my life in gratitude and feeling positive for the most part."
"And then--a Day as huge As Yesterdays in pairs, Unrolled its horror in my face-- Until it blocked my eyes"
"Appreciation is the purest vibration that exists on the planet today."
"I loathe a friend whose gratitude grows old, a friend who takes his friend's prosperity but will not voyage with him in his grief"
