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Inspirational Quotes

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“Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.”

Joseph Wood Krutch
writer, naturalist
gratitude

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.”

Jacques Maritain
philosopher
gratitude

“Money matters, but less than we think and not in the way we think. Family is important. So are friends. Envy is toxic. So is excessive thinking. Beaches are optional. Trust is not. Neither is gratitude.”

Eric Weiner
author, national public radio correspondent
gratitude

Gratitude is happiness double by wonder.”

G. K. Chesterton
writer, poet, essayist, novelist
gratitude

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.”

Henry Ward Beecher
clergyman, social reformer
compassion

“Stop thinking gratitude as a by product of your circumstances and start thinking of it as a world view.”

Bryan Robles
youth minister
gratitude

“An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.”

Carl Gustav Jung
founder of analytical psychology
teaching by example

“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”

G. K. Chesterton
writer, poet, essayist, novelist
gratitude

Gratitude is the memory of the heart. ”

Jean-Baptiste Massieu
Teacher, School founder
gratitude

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.”

John Milton
poet
foresight

“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.”

Rita Mae Brown
writer
gratitude

“In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
pastor, theologian, German Resistance fighter in World War II
gratitude

“To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kind that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.”

Albert Schweitzer
Philosopher, Physician, Nobel Peace Prize Winner
gratitude

“Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude. ”

E.P. Powell
American author and journalist
gratitude

“You have no cause for anything but gratitude and joy.”

Buddha
gratitude

“The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.”

Friedrich Nietzsche
scholar, writer, philosopher
gratitude

“Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone.”

G.B. [Gladys Bertha] Stern
novelist, critic
gratitude

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.”

Aesop
fabulist
gratitude

“To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.”

Johannes A. Gaertner
art history professor, theologian, poet
gratitude

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Not all humanitarians are well-known. Some are everyday people performing extraordinary acts of love and kindness, like Carol Donald, who served as a foster parent to 100 children with medical needs in Northern...

MOTIVATION

When 45-year-old Randy Pausch was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, he chose to focus on living rather than dying. As a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Pausch was asked to deliver a “last...




Newspaper Articles

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GRATITUDE
LET GRATITUDE MOVE YOU TO ACTION
Our modern culture tends to focus on past regrets and future uncertainty. It is the present where we need to focus, on who we are and what we can be. Something we could learn from the Ojibwe tribe in the mid-Northern states and Ontario, Canada.
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RESPECT
A CUSTOM OF RESPECT. How the Japanese soccer team brings sportsmanship to the game.
Soccer is a passionate game. It’s one of the few sports where players are free to follow the flow as they play, being less constrained by a game plan and more dependent on their ability to communicate and create opportunities.
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DON'T DRIVE DISTRACTED
THE CURSE OF TEXTING AND DRIVING. How one father turned personal tragedy into triumph for thousands of teenagers by creating the Honor Connor Scholarship Fund.
Coming of age is that time in each of our lives when we begin to see the possibilities. The world opens up in ways that matures our vision, gives us a sense of responsibility and gratitude.
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BE PRESENT
GOING DEEP TO DELIVER KINDNESS. Free-dive record holder Enzo Maiorca rescues a trapped dolphin, then watches as it gives birth.
For most of us, opportunities are just around the corner — perhaps the chance to help a neighbor. For Enzo Maiorca, his neighborhood is the sea, and the community he cares about inhabits the vastness below the surface.
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LEAD
GOING THE DISTANCE. Why top collegiate and professional athlete Dillon Shije will never stop running for his people.
Dillon Shije is soft-spoken and respectful in his conversations. He brushes off compliments on his college success with shy gratitude and moves deftly to give credit to tribal elders.
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GRATITUDE
OUR LOCAL HEROES IN SCRUBS. How health care workers saved the day.
Before the pandemic, most of us took nurses for granted. After all, we only saw them when we were about to experience some kind of pain. They were kind, reassuring, and prepped us for what was about to come. Still, many of us were too self-focused to appreciate them fully.
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MENTORING
CROSS SAFELY. How one man made sure his retirement years were spent helping kids move safely through life.
Ron had a good life as a sales rep and as a father. When retirement came around and the kids were grown, Ron looked around his community and saw a lot of aimless young boys just wandering the streets after school.
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CREATE BEAUTY, ANONYMOUSLY
MIRACLE OR MAGICIAN? Whoever created the Loretto stairs in Santa Fe was a master craftsman. To do it in 1878 with nothing but hand tools is awe-inspiring.
The Loretto Chapel, in the heart of Santa Fe, New Mexico, is built from warm earthen adobe, with a small nave and, above it, a choir loft. But at the beginning, the two weren’t connected.
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