Motivational Quotes

Gratitude

Gratitude can sometimes be as annoying as whininess.

- Josh Lieb

Best Quotes about Gratitude

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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

Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness.

Willis, Nathaniel P.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Leach, Christopher

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

Demosthenes

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

Dickens, Charles

10.

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

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

Blum, Ralph H.

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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

13.

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

Franklin, Benjamin

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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

20.

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

John Bradford

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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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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Beecher, Henry Ward

23.

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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The public have neither shame or gratitude.

Hazlitt, William

25.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

27.

Gratitude can sometimes be as annoying as whininess.

Josh Lieb

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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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Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.

Stalin, Joseph

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

31.

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

Carter, Elizabeth

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

Frankfurter, Felix

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

Dylan, Bob

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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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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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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 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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Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

Jacques Maritain

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

Syrus, Publilius

44.

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

Bennett, William John

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Faulkner, William

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

Charles E. Jefferson

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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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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