“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…