Motivational Quotes

Gratitude

Whatever I am offered in devotion with a pure heart -- a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water -- I accept with joy.

- Bhagavad Gita

Best Quotes about Gratitude

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.

Seneca

The public have neither shame or gratitude.

Hazlitt, William

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

I don't like it when people on the street say smile or cheer up. It's a real cheap line. I'm feeling good. I'm feeling real grateful for everything. It's a solid time in my life. When people say I look sad, they're wrong.

Cage, Nicolas

There but for the grace of God go [I].

John Bradford

Remember that not to be happy is not to be grateful.

Carter, Elizabeth

Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.

Stalin, Joseph

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Gratitude is the doorman's payment.

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These days grief seems like walking on a frozen river; most of the time he feels safe enough, but there is always that danger he will plunge through.

David Nicholls

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Gratitude is the heart's memory.

Proverb, French

13.

Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend... when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present -- love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature and personal pursuits that bring us pleasure -- the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience Heaven on earth.

Breathnach, Sarah Ban

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Gratitude is born in hearts that take time to count up past mercies.

Charles E. Jefferson

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Because gratification of a desire leads to the temporary stilling of the mind and the experience of the peaceful, joyful Self it's no wonder that we get hooked on thinking that happiness comes from the satisfaction of desires. This is the meaning of the old adage, Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Borysenko, Joan

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Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Dickens, Charles

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Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.

Dyke, Henry Van

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

Jacques Maritain

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Grace is available for each of us every day -- our spiritual daily bread -- but we've got to remember to ask for it with a grateful heart and not worry about whether there will be enough for tomorrow.

Breathnach, Sarah Ban

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Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.

Bennett, William John

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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

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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

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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

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Gratitude helps you to grow and expands; gratitude brings you and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.

Caddy, Eileen

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

Seneca

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Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones -- with ingratitude.

Franklin, Benjamin

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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.

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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

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Deficiency motivation doesn't work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.

Dyer, Wayne

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Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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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.

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Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly is having to accept it.

Faulkner, William

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Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it.

Halifax, Edward F.

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There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy.

Blum, Ralph H.

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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.

Cicero

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Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.

Christiane, Northrup

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I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Gratitude can sometimes be as annoying as whininess.

Josh Lieb

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When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

Franklin, Benjamin

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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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Gratitude is a twofold love -- love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest.

Dyke, Henry Van

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Let's choose today to quench our thirst for the good life we thinks others lead by acknowledging the good that already exists in our lives. We can then offer the universe the gift of our grateful hearts.

Breathnach, Sarah Ban

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To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.

Demosthenes

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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

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It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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Our favorite attitude should be gratitude

Ziglar, Zig

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Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.

Frankfurter, Felix

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Whatever we are waiting for -- peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance -- it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.

Breathnach, Sarah Ban

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

Milloy, Courtland