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title: "4 Choice Grateful Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 4 Choice Grateful quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Choice Grateful sayings and thoughts."
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> [“It’s up to us to make the choice to be grateful even when things aren’t going well. Nouwen calls that the “discipline…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-rodham-clinton/it-s-up-to-us-to-make-the-choice-to-be-grateful-even-when-things-aren/)

[Hillary Rodham Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-rodham-clinton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/871/hillary-rodham-clinton-890_good-thing_it-s-up-to-us-to-make-the-choice-to-be-g_779544.jpg)

> [“Being joyful is more a state of mind. It’s a choice to be grateful… to be content with what we have and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sterling-jaquith/being-joyful-is-more-a-state-of-mind-it-s-a-choice-to-be-grateful-to/)

[Sterling Jaquith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sterling-jaquith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c01/sterling-jaquith-37220_happiness_being-joyful-is-more-a-state-of-mind-it_1644188.jpg)

> [“It’s up to us to make the choice to be grateful even when things aren’t going well.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-rodham-clinton/it-s-up-to-us-to-make-the-choice-to-be-grateful-even-when-things-aren-2/)

[Hillary Rodham Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-rodham-clinton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fb/hillary-rodham-clinton-890_grateful_it-s-up-to-us-to-make-the-choice-to-be-g_1959864.jpg)

> [“Life is a web of intersections and choices. Your 1st choice is to recognize an intersection. Your 2nd choice is to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-lilly/life-is-a-web-of-intersections-and-choices-your-1st-choice-is-to/)

[Ryan Lilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-lilly/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/ryan-lilly-9302_choice_life-is-a-web-of-intersections-and-choic_3167504.jpg)

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