A regular feature at Business Class is 10 by 10 on Tuesday. It could be 10 questions, 10 reasons, 10 lists, 10 excuses. This week it’s 10 quotes – some serious, some funny, some cynical – that provide 10 reasons to say thanks out loud or in person.
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1. “Our Quote of the Week: “So often we are depressed by what remains to be done and forget to be thankful for all that has been done.” Marian Wright Edelman
2. Silent gratitude isn’t much use for anyone.” G.B. Stearns
3 “I can live for 2 months on a good compliment.” Mark Twain
4. Some people grumble because roses have thorns. I’m thankful that thorns have roses.
5. There’s always something to be thankful for. If you can’t pay your bills, you can be thankful you’re not one of your creditors. from the internet
6. Even though we can’t have all we want, we ought to be thankful we don’t get what we deserve. from the internet
8. “The more you recognize and express gratitude for the things you have, the more things you will have two express gratitude for.” Zig Ziglar
9. “The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving.” H.V. Westermayer
10. Quote of the Week for next week: Suspense…..
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*Note: 10 by 10 on Tuesday (also know as a Quick List) is a weekly feature is for managers who don’t have time or don’t want to make time to read lengthy articles or even short paragraphs. Here you will find 10 tips or questions or steps or ways to Get 2 Goal or Be a Better Manager, etc). And it will be posted by 10 (AM – EST) on Tuesdays. Here’s our collection of Quick Lists to date
