Motivational Quotes

Gratitude

Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: our love to others, and others love to us.

- Traherne, Thomas

Best Quotes about Gratitude

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

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

Leach, Christopher

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

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.

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

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

Gratitude can sometimes be as annoying as whininess.

Josh Lieb

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

Frankfurter, Felix

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

Seneca

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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

Charles E. Jefferson

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Franklin, Benjamin

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Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.

Stalin, Joseph

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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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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 greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.

Cicero

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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 the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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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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The public have neither shame or gratitude.

Hazlitt, William

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

Faulkner, William

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

Dylan, Bob

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

Carter, Elizabeth

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Bennett, William John

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Our favorite attitude should be gratitude

Ziglar, Zig

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Gratitude is the doorman's payment.

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

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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

Franklin, Benjamin

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

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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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