As we finish up the Thanksgiving week I couldn’t help but think about gratitude. I’ve done my best over this week to focus on what I’m grateful for each day. In the good and in the bad, there is always a reason to be grateful. I’ve collected 11 quotes on gratitude for this week’s blog. I hope they lift your spirits as they’ve lifted mine.

“ Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. —ROBERT BRAULT

“ When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around. —WILLIE NELSON

“ The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated. —WILLIAM JAMES

“ It is not happy people who are thankful. It is thankful people who are happy. —UNKNOWN

“ There is always, always, always a reason to be grateful. —CHEREE R. PETERSON

“ Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, it is the parent of all the others. —CICERO

“ Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. —AESOP

“ Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty. —DORIS DAY

“ Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy. —JACQUES MARITAIN

“ Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. —WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD

See you all next week!

Grateful for you all,
Russ

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Russ Peterson Jr. is the co-founder and Managing Director of iSpeak, Inc. – An award-winning professional development training company. Russ is a speaker, international trainer, and published author on Professional Sales Communication and Business Communication. He delivers workshops, keynotes, and personal communication coaching services to business professionals in the US and around the world. You can connect with Russ directly through Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.