"Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty."
— Doris Day
January 1, 1970
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Though she is quoted as saying this in a 1996 interview, she is also quoted as saying it is a maxim which she follows as a Christian Scientist; it comes from the Christian Science Hymnal, Hymn 249, "O, when we see God's mercy" by Vivian Burnett: "Our gratitude is riches, complaint is poverty."
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Though she is quoted as saying this in a 1996 interview, she is also quoted as saying it is a maxim which she follows as a Christian Scientist; it comes from the Christian Science Hymnal, Hymn 249, "O, when we see God's mercy" by Vivian Burnett: "Our gratitude is riches, complaint is poverty."