Gratitude Quotes & Sayings
These famous gratitude quotes and gratitude sayings from our inspirational words of wisdom 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
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
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