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Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.

I have had friends who have acted kindly towards me, and it has been my good fortune to have it in my power to give them substantial proofs of my gratitude.

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

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.

Whenever we have thanked these men and women for what they have done for us, without exception they have expressed gratitude for having the chance to help - because they grew as they served.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

I am full of gratitude for my life - and for this house.

Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.

I extend my deepest gratitude to our Armed Forces and first responders serving both at home and abroad in the war against terrorism.

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.

All Americans owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. King for his bravery and commitment to civil rights and nonviolence that changed this nation - and world - for the better.

In the New Testament, religion is grace and ethics is gratitude.

I feel, as never before, how justly, from the dawn of history to the present time, men have paid the homage of their gratitude and admiration to the memory of those who nobly sacrifice their lives, that their fellow-men may live in safety and in honor.

Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly is having to accept it.

Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.

The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children.

Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.

We need to thank all of our troops, and particularly those for whom we can never express enough gratitude for they have given their lives so that all of us may be free and that our democracy can be a shining light for the rest of the world.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it.