Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: It must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.

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""It’s a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can’t eat for eight hours; he can’t drink for eight hours; he can’t make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work.""

- William Faulkner

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"You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore."

- William Faulkner

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"You cannot swim for new horizons until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore."

- William Faulkner

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"Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world…would do this, it would change the Earth."

- William Faulkner

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"Given a choice between grief and nothing, I'd choose grief."

- William Faulkner

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"When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love."

- Marcus Aurelius

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"To get happier, try gratitude, giving back, savoring, encouraging your optimism, and celebrating progress."

- Jonathan Harnum

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"Be thankful for everything that happens in your life; it’s all an experience."

- Roy T. Bennett

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"Sometimes the little things in life mean the most."

- Ellen Hopkins

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"The two words that will change your life are 'thank you'. Like a candle that can light a thousand more without shortening its own life, appreciation is a gift that, when given, can set the whole world aglow."

- Stacey Lee

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