Motivational Quotes

Gratitude

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

- La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

Best Quotes about Gratitude

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

Frankfurter, Felix

The public have neither shame or gratitude.

Hazlitt, William

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

Seneca

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

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

Franklin, Benjamin

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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 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

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

Charles E. Jefferson

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

Parker, Dorothy

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

Dyke, Henry Van

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

Gracian, Baltasar

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

Willis, Nathaniel P.

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

Syrus, Publilius

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

Cicero

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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 doorman's payment.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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Gratitude can sometimes be as annoying as whininess.