“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” — Marcus Tulles Cicero
“Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.” — Henry Van Dyke
“I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” — Epictetus
“Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.” — Alphonse Karr
“Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.” — Miguel de Cervantes
“Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.” — Booker T. Washington
“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.” — Henry Ford
“In the final analysis it is not what you do for your children but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human beings.” — Ann Landers
“Teach your child to hold his tongue; he’ll learn fast enough to speak.” — Benjamin Franklin
“Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.” — George Washington
“Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others with out getting a few drops on yourself.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“When you have read the Bible, you will know it is the word of God, because you will have found it the key to your own heart, your own happiness, and your own duty.” — Woodrow Wilson
“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.” — Thomas Jefferson
“The hearts of great men can be changed.” — Homer
“A man’s fortune must first be changed from within.” — Chinese proverb
“There are people who want to be everywhere at once, and they get nowhere.” — Carl Sandburg
“It is only possible to live happily-ever-after on a day-to-day basis.” — Margaret Bonanno