Motivational Quotes

Gratitude

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

- Dostoevsky, Fyodor

Best Quotes about Gratitude

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.

Clark, Frank A.

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.

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

Jacques Maritain

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

Franklin, Benjamin

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

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

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

Frankfurter, Felix

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

Bennett, William John

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

Seneca

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

Milloy, Courtland

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Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. [Matthew]

Bible

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

Syrus, Publilius

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

Leach, Christopher

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

Dylan, Bob

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

Demosthenes

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

Gracian, Baltasar

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

Cicero

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

Charles E. Jefferson

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

Seneca

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Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.

Stalin, Joseph

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

John Bradford

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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Carter, Elizabeth

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Gratitude is the heart's memory.

Proverb, French

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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

Blum, Ralph H.

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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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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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Gratitude can sometimes be as annoying as whininess.

Josh Lieb

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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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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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The public have neither shame or gratitude.

Hazlitt, William

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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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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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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