“Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.”

—  Doris Day

Though she is quoted as saying this in a 1996 interview, she is quoted as saying it is a maxim which she follows as a Christian Scientist, and it seems to come from words of a Christian Science Hymn. It does come from Hymn 249 in the Christian Science Hymnal
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American actress, singer, and animal rights activist 1922–2019

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