Gratitude Sayings & Quotes
These gratitude sayings, quotes and quotations are from our famous and inspiring Just-Quotes collection.The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. - Gilbert Keith Chesterton
There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain. - Samuel Johnson
That possession which we gain by the sword is not lasting; gratitude for benefits eternal. [La., Non est diuturna possessio in quam gladio ducimus; beneficiorum gratia sempiterna est.] - Curtius Rufus Quintus
Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up. - George Eliot
Ingratitude is treason to mankind. - James Thomson
That name descending with all time, spreading over the whole earth, and uttered in all the languages belonging to all tribes and races of men, will forever be pronounced with affectionate gratitude by everyone in whose breast there shall arise an aspiration for human rights and liberty. - Daniel Webster
Sadness is not an evil. Complain not; what seem to be sufferings and obstacles are often in reality the mysterious efforts of nature to help you in your work if you can manage them properly. Look upon all circumstances with the gratitude of a pupil. All complaint is a rebellion against the law of progress. - Helena Petrova Blavatsky
A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him. - Samuel Johnson
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] - William Shakespeare
To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kindness that stands behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude. - Albert Schweitzer
Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our race. He brought death into the world. - Mark Twain