A Commonplace Book

Category: congratulation...

  • congratulating yourself every time you successfully reduce your anger and control your reactions
  • picking out one thing you did well for the day and congratulating yourself
  • sending congratulatory notes to others
  • congratulation coming from Latin congratulationem, from congratulari "wish joy," "together express joy"
  • Self-blame usually has an undertone of self-congratulation. (M. Cooley)
  • All nature is your congratulation, and you have cause momentarily to bless yourself. (HD Thoreau)
  • congratulate is a term based on the meaning of rejoicing along with another (con- "with" and gratulari "manifest one's joy")
  • Well done!

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