“Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.”
“A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.”
“Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness.”
“Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: our love to others, and others love to us.”
“Nothing purchased can come close to the renewed sense of gratitude for having family and friends.”
“Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones -- with ingratitude.”
“Gratitude is a twofold love -- love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest.”
“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.”
“Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give.”
“Do you realize what this means? The fact of being alive... I still find it staggering that I am here at all.”
“... maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly all the time, is having to accept it.”
“Whatever I am offered in devotion with a pure heart -- a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water -- I accept with joy.”
“When the insects take over the world we hope they will remember, with gratitude, how we took them along on all our picnics.”
“Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”
“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.”
“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. -”
“To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.”
“Gratitude helps you to grow and expands; gratitude brings you and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.”
“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.”
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”
“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.”
“It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.”
“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]”
“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.”
“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.”