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    “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” ~ William Arthur Ward

      “If a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful for what he’s going to get.” ~ Frank A. Clark

        “It isn’t what you have in your pocket that makes you thankful, but what you have in your heart.” ~ Unknown

          “Every day I’ve got to be thankful that I am alive, and you never know – the cliche is, I guess, you could get hit by a bus tomorrow, so you’d better be at peace with whatever you got going at the moment.” ~ Joseph Gordon-Levitt

            “No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.” ~ James Allen

              “Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.” ~ Alphonse Karr

                “When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.” ~ Tecumseh

                  “Most people use two totally different sets of criteria for judging themselves versus others. We tend to judge others according to their actions. It’s very cut-and-dried. However, we judge ourselves by our intentions. Even if we do the wrong thing, if we believe our motives were good, we let ourselves off the hook. And we are often willing to do that over and over before requiring ourselves to change.” ~ John C. Maxwell, Leadership Gold

                    “In my organizations I don’t have employees; I have teammates. Yes, I do pay people and offer them benefits. But people don’t work for me. They work with me. We are working together to fulfill the vision. Without them, I cannot succeed. Without me, they cannot succeed. We’re a team. We reach our goals together. We need each other. If we didn’t, then one of us is in the wrong place.” ~ John C. Maxwell, Leadership Gold

                      “One is too small a number to achieve greatness. No accomplishment of real value has ever been achieved by a human being working alone.” ~ John C. Maxwell, Leadership Gold

                        “If you are in a leadership position, do not rely on your title to convince people to follow you. Build relationships. Win people over. Do that and you will never be a lonely leader.” ~ John C. Maxwell, Leadership Gold

                          “A great leader never sets himself above his followers except in carrying responsibilities.” ~ Jules Ormont

                            “The purpose of leadership is to take others to the top. And when you take others who might not make it to the top otherwise, there’s no other feeling like it in the world. To those who have never had the experience, you can’t explain it. To those who have, you don’t need to.” ~ John C. Maxwell, Leadership Gold

                              “If you are leading others and you’re lonely, then you’re not doing it right.  Think about it.  If you’re all alone, that means nobody is following you.  And if nobody is following you, you’re not really leading!” ~ John C. Maxwell, Leadership Gold

                                “Wanting to win isn’t enough. You have to go through a process to improve. That takes patience, perseverance, and intentionality.” ~ John C. Maxwell, Leadership Gold

                                  “Commiting a great truth to memory is admirable; commiting it to life is wisdom.” ~ William A. Ward

                                    “There’s only one thing more painful than than learning from experience, and that is not learning from experience.” ~ Archibald MacLeish, Poet

                                      “The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher

                                        “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one…just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

                                          “In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.” ~ Mortimer J. Adler