Quotes about gratitude

"The public have neither shame or gratitude."

Hazlitt, William on gratitude   

"True thanksgiving means that we need to thank God for what He has done for us, and not to tell Him what we have done for Him. -"

Hendrick, George R. on gratitude   

"For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude."

Hodges, Clarence E. on gratitude
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"Every professional athlete owes a debt of gratitude to the fans and management, and pays an installment every time he plays. He should never miss a payment."

Hull, Bobby on gratitude   

"There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain."

Johnson, Samuel on gratitude   

"We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De on gratitude   

"In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De on gratitude   

"Do you realize what this means? The fact of being alive... I still find it staggering that I am here at all."

Leach, Christopher on gratitude   

"One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay in kind somewhere else in life."

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow on gratitude   

"Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not."

Lowell, James Russell on gratitude
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"Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy."

Maritain, Jacques on gratitude   

"Nothing purchased can come close to the renewed sense of gratitude for having family and friends."

Milloy, Courtland on gratitude   

"Gratitude -- the meanest and most sniveling attribute in the world."

Parker, Dorothy on gratitude   

"Gratitude is the heart's memory."

Proverb, French on gratitude
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"Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give."

Robinson, Edwin Arlington on gratitude   

"Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect."

Rousseau, Jean Jacques on gratitude
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"There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it."

Seneca on gratitude
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"It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so."

Seneca on gratitude   

"See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse."

Seneca on gratitude
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"I hate ingratitude more in a person; than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness, or, any taint of vice whose strong corruption inhabits our frail blood. [Twelfth Night]"

Shakespeare, William on gratitude
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"He receives comfort like cold porridge."

Shakespeare, William on gratitude   

"Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs."

Stalin, Joseph on gratitude   

"One ungrateful person, does an injury to all needy people."

Syrus, Publilius on gratitude   

"Gratitude is our most direct line to God and the angels. If we take the time, no matter how crazy and troubled we feel, we can find something to be thankful for. The more we seek gratitude, the more reason the angels will give us for gratitude and joy to exist in our lives."

Taylor, Terry Lynn on gratitude
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"Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: our love to others, and others love to us."

Traherne, Thomas on gratitude
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"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man."

Twain, Mark on gratitude
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"Our favorite attitude should be gratitude"

Ziglar, Zig on gratitude
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"Gratitude is the doorman's payment."

Unknown, Source on gratitude   

"When the insects take over the world we hope they will remember, with gratitude, how we took them along on all our picnics."

Vaughan, Bill on gratitude   

"God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart."

Walton, Izaak on gratitude
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"Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness."

Willis, Nathaniel P. on gratitude