There is no such thing as gratitude unexpressed. If it is unexpressed, it is plain, old-fashioned ingratitude. ~Robert Brault

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

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. ~W.T. Purkiser

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. ~Epictetus

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#Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring. ~ #RalphWaldoEmerson

If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up. ~J.M. Power

Life's #problems wouldn't be called "hurdles" if there wasn't a way to get over them. ~Author Unknown

You must have long-range #goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-range failures. ~Charles C. Noble

Things turn out best for the people who make the# best out of the way things turn out. ~ #ArtLinkletter

The grammar stage- memorizing facts-is the beginning of a classical education and not the end. #ccpracticum

Today [our Christian heritage] can no longer be assumed, it has to be intentionally articulated and defended. #ccpracticum

The more articulate our citizens, the more productive and flourishing would be our economic and civil life. #ccpracticum

Every Family should have idioms, phrases and quotations that are definitive to the thought life of that family. #ccpracticum

If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance. ~Bern Williams

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It’s a cruel season that makes you get ready for bed while it’s light out. ~Bill Watterson

Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability. ~Sam Keen

A life without love is like a year without #summer. ~Swedish Proverb