Sometimes it’s easy to forget all the gifts and blessings we have received in our lives, and then it’s good to remind ourselves how much we have to be thankful for. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” -Voltaire. Billy Graham, “Peace has victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, “The willingness of America’s veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.” – Jeff Miller, “My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place — police, firefighters, and members of our armed forces.” – Sidney Sheldon, “How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!” – Maya Angelou, “Never was so much owed by so many to so few.” – Winston Churchill, “America’s veterans embody the ideals upon which America was founded more than 229 years ago.” – Steve Buyer, “A true hero isn’t measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart.” – Zeus in, “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” – Joseph Campbell, “I can no other answer make but thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks.” – William Shakespeare, “We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” – Cynthia Ozick, “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” – John F. Kennedy, “Appreciation is a wonderful thing: it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” – Voltaire, “The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.” – Dalai Lama, “Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don’t unravel.” – Unknown, “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” – G.K. Chesterton, “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” – William Arthur Ward, “Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.” – Eckhart Tolle, “If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. Appreciating small victories. The distance is far, but you are always in my heart. You guys are wonderful! Or it could just be a simple expression of gratitude for the coffee he dropped off when you were tired. I feel a very unusual sensation—if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude. Even when you don’t feel like you have much to be thankful for, realize that there’s someone out there in this world of 6 billion people who would look at your life and trade places with you in a heartbeat.