“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
"谢意是受到恩惠后的内心感觉，感恩是渴望表达这感觉的自然反应，感恩节就是为这反应要生的。”
“thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. thankfulness may consist merely of words. gratitude is shown in acts.” — henri frederic amiel
"感恩始于感谢之心，谢意正好完成了感恩。感恩也许只是一堆言语文字，感谢却要以行动去表逹。”
it isn’t what you have in your pocket that makes you thankful, but what you have in your heart.
令你感恩的，不是你口袋裡的，而是在你心中的。
为何要感恩?
“to educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kind that will stand behind the action. nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.” — albert schweitzer
"学习感恩即是要明白没有东西是理所当然的，经常寻求和重视行动的背后。没有东西是奉旨的，一切都源于为你好。必须训练自己不要延迟表达谢意。”
“to live a life of gratitude is to open our eyes to the countless ways in which we are supported by the world around us. such a life provides less space for our suffering because our attention is more balanced. we are more often occupied with noticing what we are given, thanking those who have helped us, and repaying the world in some concrete way for what we are receiving.” — gregg krech
"感恩之心有无数的方法打开我们的眼睛，让我们看清周围的世界是多麽支持我们的。感恩的生活容不下痛楚，因为我们的注意力会集中在我们所拥有的，感谢身边帮忙过我们的人，并以实际行动回馈。”
不懂感恩的后果?
“if a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful for what he’s going to get.” — frank a. clark
"如果一个家伙不为所拥有的感恩，他不可能会为自己将来所拥有的感恩。”
“you won’t be happy with more until you’re happy with what you’ve got.” — viki king
"若你对现在拥有的不感到高兴，你将不会因为得到更多而感到快乐。”
不幸的人如何感恩?
“i thank god for my handicaps, for, through them, i have found myself, my work, and my god.” — helen keller
【感恩的名言】
1：do as you would be done by (己所不欲，勿施于人)
2：we should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received. (自己的好事别去提，别人的恩惠要铭记。 )
3：gratitude is the sign of noble souls. (感恩是精神高尚的标志。)
感恩的故事：
1：落叶在空中盘旋，谱写着一曲感恩的乐章，那是大树对滋养它大地的感恩;白云在蔚蓝的天空中飘荡，绘画着那一幅幅感人的画面，那是白云对哺育它的蓝天的感恩。因为感恩才会有这个多彩的社会，因为感恩才会有真挚的友情。因为感恩才让我们懂得了生命的真谛。
in the deciduous circled in the air, composed of a movement of thanksgiving, it was a tree on the earth's thanksgiving nourish it; white clouds in the blue sky around, painting paintings zhao na touching the screen, which is feeding on the white clouds blue sky thanksgiving. thanksgiving is because we have made this colorful community, because thanksgiving will be sincere friendship. thanksgiving because it let us know the true meaning of life.
2： when we put a small piece of alum into muddy water, we can see the alum can soon make the water clear. if each of us has an attitude of being grateful, we’ll be able to get rid of impulse, upset, dissatisfaction and misfortune. being grateful can bring us a better and more beautiful life.
把一小块明矾放入混沌的水中，我们发现，水很快就澄清了。如果人人都有一颗感恩的心，就能沉淀许多的浮躁和不安，消融许多的不满和不幸。感恩能让我们的生活变得更加美好。
3： once president roosevelt’s house was broken into and lots of things were stolen.hearing this, one of roosevelt’s friends wrote to him and advised him not to take it to his heart so much. president roosevelt wrote back immediately, saying,”dear friend, thank you for your letter to comfort me. i’m all right now. i think i should thank god. this is because of the following three reasons: firstly, the thief only stole things from me but did not hurt me at all; secondly, the thief has stolen some of my things instead of all my things; thirdly, most luckily for me, it was the man rather than me who became a thief…”
美国总统罗斯福的家曾经失窃，财物损失严重。朋友闻此消息，就写信来安慰他，劝他不必把这件事放在心上。罗斯福总统很快回信说：“亲爱的朋友，谢谢你来信安慰我，我一切都很好。我想我应该感谢上帝，因为：*一，我损失的只是财物，而人却毫发未损;第二，我只损失了部分财物，而非所有财产;第三，很幸运的是，做小偷的是那个人，而不是我……”