A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.  Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. Albert Schweitzer quotes Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed. Mark Twain quotes The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Abraham Lincoln quotes Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light. Albert Schweitzer quotes Each day offers us the gift of being a special occasion if we can simply learn that as well as giving, it is blessed to receive with grace and a grateful heart. Sarah Ban Breathnach quotes Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Garrison Keillor quotes But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine. Thomas Jefferson quotes It is chiefly through books that we enjoy the communion with superior minds... In the best books, authors talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books. William Ellery Channing quotes Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart. Seneca quotes | 
