We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true; they ruin our dreams.  Eric Hoffer quotes The people who resist change will be confronted by the growing number of people who see that better ways...are available thanks to technology. Bill Gates quotes Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust quotes If you and your children fare well, and your affairs be to your contentment, I give very great thanks to God, having my hope in heaven. The Bible quotes Innocent amusements are such as excite moderately, and such as produce a cheerful frame of mind, not boisterous mirth; such as refresh, instead of exhausting, the system; such as recur frequently, rather than continue long; such as send us back to our daily duties invigorated in body and spirit; such as we can partake of in the presence and society of respectable friends; such as consist with and are favorable to a grateful piety; such as are chastened by self-respect, and are accompanied with the consciousness that life has a higher end than to be amused. William Ellery Channing quotes If you suffer, thank God! -- it is a sure sign that you are alive. Elbert Hubbard quotes We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers. (1 Thessalonians 1:2) The Bible quotes Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers. (Ephesians 1:16) The Bible quotes If one considers how much reason every person has for anxiety and timid self-concealment, and how three-quarters of his energy and goodwill can be paralyzed and made unfruitful by it, one has to be very grateful to fashion, insofar as it sets that three-quarters free and communicates self-confidence and mutual cheerful agreeableness to those who know they are subject to its law. Friedrich Nietzsche quotes Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf. (2 Corinthians 1:11) The Bible quotes | 
