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

Algernon Charles Swinburne Poems and Ballads: First Series (1866)

Do not let the empty cup be your first teacher of the blessings you had when it was full. Do not let a hard place here and there in the bed destroy your rest. Seek, as a plain duty, to cultivate a buoyant, joyous sense of the crowded kindnesses of God in your daily life.

Alexander Maclaren

The still small voice of gratitude.

Thomas Gray

I’ve heard it said that sometimes, in return for the gifts of the earth, gratitude is enough. It is our uniquely human gift to express thanks, because we have the awareness and the collective memory to remember that the world could well be otherwise, less generous than it is. But I think we are called to go beyond cultures of gratitude, to once again become cultures of reciprocity.

Robin Wall Kimmerer Braiding Sweetgrass (2013)

Eradication of envy: gratitude.

Giannina Braschi United States of Banana (2011)

As we give thanks for the Earth, will we live in such a way that the Earth can be grateful for us? (2015)

Robin Wall Kimmerer

If hush'd the loud whirlwind that ruffled the deep,
The sky if no longer dark tempests deform;
When our perils are past shall our gratitude sleep?
No! Here's to the pilot that weather'd the storm!

George Canning

While expressing gratitude seems innocent enough, it is a revolutionary idea. In a consumer society, contentment is a radical proposition. Recognizing abundance rather than scarcity undermines an economy that thrives by creating unmet desires. Gratitude cultivates an ethic of fullness, but the economy needs emptiness.

Robin Wall Kimmerer Braiding Sweetgrass (2013)

Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.

Joseph Stalin The Memoirs of Stalin's former secretary (1992)

Be grateful for the highs — and be grateful for the lows — 'cause it's in the lows where you learn.

Suzanne Somers

Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.

William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell History of the Anti-Corn Law League (1853)

Gratitude is the vision of the Gives, not of the gift-it comes from God Himself.

Al-Qushayri The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2002)

In the last 30 years, Croatia managed to achieve great things and Russia was always there when it was necessary, so thank you once again for that.

Gordan Grlić-Radman Gordan Grlić-Radman (2022)

There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude...we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.

Montesquieu Lettres Persanes (1721)

I'd like to thank my parents for providing me with a high IQ & I'd like to thank my grams for encouraging me not to be a self absorbed idiot

Frances Bean Cobain

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "Thank You," that would suffice.

Meister Eckhart Disputed

We can set our deeds to the music of a grateful heart, and seek to round our lives into a hymn — the melody of which will be recognized by all who come in contact with us, and the power of which shall not be evanescent, like the voice of the singer, but perenninal, like the music of the spheres.

William Mackergo Taylor Attributed Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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