Motivational Quotes

Gratitude

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

- Cicero

Best Quotes about Gratitude

The public have neither shame or gratitude.

Hazlitt, William

Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.

Stalin, Joseph

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

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

Bennett, William John

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

Seneca

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

Dylan, Bob

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Charles E. Jefferson

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

Dyke, Henry Van

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

Franklin, Benjamin

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Gratitude can sometimes be as annoying as whininess.

Josh Lieb

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

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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Gratitude is the heart's memory.

Proverb, French

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Syrus, Publilius

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Our favorite attitude should be gratitude

Ziglar, Zig

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

Seneca

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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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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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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Faulkner, William

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

John Bradford

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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 the most exquisite form of courtesy.

Jacques Maritain

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

Carter, Elizabeth

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

Parker, Dorothy