Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness receiv... -Henry Van Dyke

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 , Poet
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What we do belongs to what we are; and what we are is what becomes of us....
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Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live....

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