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

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

Carter, Elizabeth

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

Demosthenes

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.

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Gratitude is the doorman's payment.

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

Leach, Christopher

Many times a day I realize how much my own life is built on the labors of my fellowmen, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received.

Einstein, Albert

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

10.

This race is never grateful: from the first, One fills their cup at supper with pure wine, Which back they give at cross-time on a sponge, In bitter vinegar.

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

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

Seneca

12.

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

John Bradford

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

Bhagavad Gita

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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

Seneca

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

Syrus, Publilius

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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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Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.

Stalin, Joseph

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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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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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A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Parker, Dorothy

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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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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

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

Bennett, William John

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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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To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.

Gaertner, Johannes A.

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He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.

Gracian, Baltasar

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Gratitude can sometimes be as annoying as whininess.

Josh Lieb

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

Charles E. Jefferson

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

Jacques Maritain

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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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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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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Blum, Ralph H.

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

Franklin, Benjamin

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

Franklin, Benjamin

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Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything.

Dylan, Bob

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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

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo