One must know not just how to accept a gift, but with what grace to share it.
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One must know not just how to accept a gift, but with what grace to share it.
Not what we give, but what we share, for the gift without the giver is bare.
Trade your expectations for appreciation and the world changes instantly.
Gratitude creates the most wonderful feeling. It can resolve disputes. It can strengthen friendships. And it makes us better men and women.
Gratitude is the single most important ingredient to living a successful and fulfilled life.
There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
I always thought every day was a gift, but now I am looking for where to send the thank you note.
Pleasantest of all ties is the tie of host and guest.
Teachers teach because they care. Teaching young people is what they do best. It requires long hours, patience, and care.
Above all things I hope the education of the common people will be attended to; convinced that on their good sense we may rely with most security for the preservation of a due degree of liberty.
There is an old saying that the course of civilization is a race between catastrophe and education. In a democracy such as ours, we must make sure that education wins the race.
Gratitude takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder.
Welcome ever smiles, and farewell goes out sighing.
Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.
Don't be concerned about others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.
Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look upon them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.
Friendships begin with liking or gratitude- roots that can be pulled up.
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
A boy's will is the wind's will.
In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.
The joy I get from winning a major championship doesn't even compare to the feeling I get when a kid writes a letter saying: 'Thank you so much. You have changed my life.'
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