Gratitude Quotes

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. (Aesop)
Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because the regret is stronger than gratitude. View quote
Anne Frank
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. View quote
John F. Kennedy
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. View quote
Albert Schweitzer
Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect. View quote
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off. View quote
Denis Diderot
Joy is the simplest form of gratitude. View quote
Karl Barth
Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive. View quote
Edward Gibbon
Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude. View quote
Sallust
The public have neither shame or gratitude. View quote
William Hazlitt
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. (Cicero)
There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves. View quote
Montesquieu
Everything we do should be a result of our gratitude for what God has done for us. View quote
Lauryn Hill
The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire to receive even greater benefits. View quote
François de La Rochefoucauld
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors. View quote
François de La Rochefoucauld
One can never pay in gratitude: one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in life. View quote
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. View quote
William Arthur Ward
Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation. View quote
Brian Tracy
We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels through storms and mists, and increased our knowledge of the lands of ice in the South. View quote
Roald Amundsen
We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. View quote
Cynthia Ozick
Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you. (Eileen Caddy)
Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep. View quote
Felix Frankfurter
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. View quote
G. K. Chesterton
Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation you do not find it among gross people. View quote
Samuel Johnson
For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile. View quote
Elie Wiesel