Motivational Quotes

Gratitude

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

- Beecher, Henry Ward

Best Quotes about Gratitude

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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

Charles E. Jefferson

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

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

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

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

Dickens, Charles

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

10.

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

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Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

Jacques Maritain

12.

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

Faulkner, William

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

Syrus, Publilius

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

Seneca

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Gratitude is the heart's memory.

Proverb, French

17.

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

Carter, Elizabeth

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

Seneca

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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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

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

Frankfurter, Felix

29.

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

Milloy, Courtland

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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.

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

Dylan, Bob

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

Demosthenes

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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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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 fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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Gratitude can sometimes be as annoying as whininess.

Josh Lieb

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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 memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness.

Willis, Nathaniel P.

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

Franklin, Benjamin

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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

Cicero

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

Parker, Dorothy

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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 doorman's payment.

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Our favorite attitude should be gratitude

Ziglar, Zig