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> [Gratitude goes beyond the 'mine' and 'thine' and claims the truth that all of life is a pure gift. In the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/gratitude-goes-beyond-the-mine-and-thine-and-claims-the-truth-that/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“... I can see it in the looking back, how this daily practice of the discipline of gratitude is the way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/i-can-see-it-in-the-looking-back-how-this-daily-practice-of-the/)

[Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/)

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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/)

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> [The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-nouwen/the-discipline-of-gratitude-is-the-explicit-effort-to-acknowledge/)

[Henri Nouwen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-nouwen/)

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> [“Fortunately, there’s a way to lessen the impact of spiritual amnesia. It’s found in practicing the discipline of gratitude, the habit of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-osborne/fortunately-there-s-a-way-to-lessen-the-impact-of-spiritual-amnesia/)

[Larry Osborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-osborne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2a/larry-osborne-34110_discipline_fortunately-there-s-a-way-to-lessen-the_2885348.jpg)

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