Motivational Quotes

Gratitude

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

- Bennett, William John

Best Quotes about Gratitude

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

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

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

Gracian, Baltasar

Our favorite attitude should be gratitude

Ziglar, Zig

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

Willis, Nathaniel P.

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

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

Leach, Christopher

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

Jacques Maritain

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

Carter, Elizabeth

10.

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.

11.

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

Dyke, Henry Van

12.

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

Blum, Ralph H.

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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 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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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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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.

18.

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

19.

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

Seneca

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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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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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Gratitude is the heart's memory.

Proverb, French

24.

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

25.

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

Syrus, Publilius

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

Bennett, William John

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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 a sickness suffered by dogs.

Stalin, Joseph

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

Cicero

31.

Gratitude is the doorman's payment.

32.

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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

Parker, Dorothy

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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

John Bradford

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

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

Charles E. Jefferson

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Gratitude can sometimes be as annoying as whininess.

Josh Lieb

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

Frankfurter, Felix

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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

Dickens, Charles