The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.
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The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.
You cannot do a kindness too soon.
'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.
I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.
In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.
You have no cause for anything but gratitude and joy.
In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy. It is necessary, then, to cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.
Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink.
The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
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.
When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.
Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.
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