“The best way to be thankful is to use the goods the gods provide you.”

— Anthony Trollope, The Last Chronicle of Barset (1867), Vol. I, Ch. 32

About Anthony Trollope

1815 – 1882

English novelist, author of the Chronicles of Barsetshire.

“Those who have courage to love should have courage to suffer.”

“No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.”

“Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.”

“Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more.”

“To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing.”

“O Lord, that lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!”

“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.”

“Thanks are justly due for things got without purchase.”

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“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”