“Half the ingratitude and complacency in the world down to how slowly and imperceptibly most good and bad things unfold.”
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JFK
2 quotes“We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.”
Eckhart Tolle
2 quotes“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.”
Joseph Addison
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Oprah
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Epicurus
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Stephen Hawking
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Seneca
2 quotes“Greed's worst point is its ingratitude.”
Dean Koontz
1 quote“...I stood there, inexpressibly grateful that my life, for all its terrors, is so filled with moments of grace.”
Dick Cheney
1 quote“I wake up every morning literally with a smile on my face, grateful for another day I never thought I'd see.”
Maya Angelou
1 quote“This a a wonderful day. I've never seen this one before.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
1 quote“In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude th...”