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QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON GRATITUDE 2
My gratitude for good writing is unbounded; I'm grateful for it the way I'm grateful for the ocean.
Anne Lamott
Man needs so little... yet he begins wanting so much.
Louis L'Amour (1908-1988, American Western author)
We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864, British poet, essayist)
Too much is unwholesome.
Georg C. Lichtenberg (1742-1799, German physicist, satirist)
One can get just as much exultation in losing oneself in a little thing as in a big thing. It is nice to think how one can be recklessly lost in a daisy.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906-2001, American author)
One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay "in kind" somewhere else in life.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906-2001, American author)
How those holy men of old could storm the battlements above! When there was no way to look but up, they lifted up their eyes to God who made the hills, with unshakable confidence.
Herbert Lockyer
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.
James Russell Lowell (1819-1891, American poet, critic, editor)
Were a man to order his life by the rules of true reason, a frugal substance joined to a contented mind is for him great riches.
Lucretius (c.95-55 BC, Roman poet and philosopher)
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
Jacques Maritain (1882-1973, French philosopher)
Let me burn out for God... prayer is the great thing. Oh, that I may be a man of prayer!
Henry Martyn
What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want.
Mignon McLaughlin (1915-, American author, editor)
Fortunate are the people whose roots are deep.
Agnes Meyer
Nothing purchased can come close to the renewed sense of gratitude for having family and friends.
Courtland Milloy
There is so much in the world for us all if we only have the eyes to see it, and the heart to love it, and the hand to gather it to ourselves so much everywhere in which to delight, and for which to be thankful.
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942, Canadian novelist)
I look back on my life like a good day's work; it was done and I am satisfied with it.
Grandma Moses (1860-1961, American artist)
Let us thank God heartily as often as we pray that we have His Spirit in us to teach us to pray. Thanksgiving will draw our hearts out to God and keep us engaged with Him; it will take our attention from ourselves and give the Spirit room in our hearts.
Andrew Murray
Nothing will content him who is not content with a little.
Greek Proverb (Sayings of Greek origin)
Swift gratitude is the sweetest.
Greek Proverb (Sayings of Greek origin)
Swift gratitude is the sweetest.
Greek Proverb (Sayings of Greek origin)
When you consider everything we have is a gift from God, it's amazing how little gratitude we show. Giving to others is such a small way to say thank you.
Charles L. Overby
Gratitude -- the meanest and most sniveling attribute in the world.
Dorothy Parker (1893-1967, American humorous writer)
The good Lord has been good to me, and I am trying to return the favor. I just want to do as much good in the world as I can.
Milton Petrie
We may as well not pray at all as offer our prayers in a lifeless manner.
William S. Plumer
When I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted there would be as much generosity if he were rich.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744, British poet, critic, translator)
Half a loaf is better than none.
Australian Proverb
We never know the worth of water until the well is dry.
English Proverb (Sayings of British origin)
Ingratitude is a kind of weakness; the clever are never ungrateful.
French Proverb (Sayings of French origin)
A hungry ass keeps her kicking end down.
Irish Proverb (Sayings of Irish origin)
Get down on your knees and thank God you're still on your feet.
Irish Proverb (Sayings of Irish origin)
Better a mouse in the pot than no stew at all.
Italian Proverb (Sayings of Italian origin)
I might have lost my ring, but I still have my fingers!
Italian Proverb (Sayings of Italian origin)
Man never has what he wants, because what he wants is everything.
C.F. Ramuz
A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life to be thankful for a good one.
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Two kinds of gratitude: the sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give.
Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935, American poet)
As I study wealthy men, I can see but one way in which they can secure a real equivalent for money spent, and that is to cultivate a taste for giving where the money may produce an effect, which will be a lasting gratification.
John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937, American industrialist, philanthropist, founder Exxon)
Fear of trouble, present and future, often blinds us to the numerous small blessings we enjoy, silencing our prayers of praise and thanksgiving.
Author Unknown
We must wrestle earnestly in prayer, like men contending with a deadly enemy for life.
J.C. Ryle
See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse.
Marcus Annaeus Seneca (BC 3-65 AD, Roman philosopher, dramatist, statesman)
The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.
Marcus Annaeus Seneca (BC 3-65 AD, Roman philosopher, dramatist, statesman)
There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
Marcus Annaeus Seneca (BC 3-65 AD, Roman philosopher, dramatist, statesman)
What is the proper limit for wealth? It is, first, to have what is necessary; and, second, to have what is enough.
Marcus Annaeus Seneca (BC 3-65 AD, Roman philosopher, dramatist, statesman)
He receives comfort like cold porridge.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
I hate ingratitude more in a person than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness, or any taint of vice whose strong corruption inhabits our frail blood.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor) Source: Twelfth Night
We can no other answer make but thinks, and thanks and ever thanks.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
Independence may be found in comparative as well as in absolute abundance; I mean where a person contracts his desires within the limits of his fortune.
William Shenstone (1714-1763, British poet)
Our Father, let the spirit of gratitude so prevail in our hearts that we may manifest thy Spirit in our lives.
W.B. Slack
One never hugs one's good luck so affectionately as when listening to the relation of some horrible misfortunes which has overtaken others.
Alexander Smith (1830-1867, Scottish poet, author)
How many things there are which I do not want.
Socrates (BC 469-399, Greek philosopher of Athens)
If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies.
Nadine Stair (1904-1991, American poet)
Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.
Joseph Stalin (1879-1953, Georgian-born Soviet leader)
I am because my little dog knows me.
Gertrude Stein (1874-1946, American author)
I have come to understand that every day is something to cherish.
Kerri Strug
One ungrateful man does an injury to all who stand in need of aid.
Publilius Syrus (85 BC- 43BC, Roman writer)
One ungrateful man does an injury to all who stand in need of aid.
Publilius Syrus (85 BC- 43BC, Roman writer)
One ungrateful person, does an injury to all needy people.
Publilius Syrus (85 BC- 43BC, Roman writer)
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Psalms 95:2
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.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)
Ingratitude is treason to mankind.
James Thomson (1700-1748, Scottish poet)
Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: our love to others, and others love to us.
Thomas Traherne (1636-1674, British clergyman, poet, mystic)
Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: our love to others, and others love to us.
Thomas Traherne (1636-1674, British clergyman, poet, mystic)
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
Mark Twain (1835-1910, American humorist, writer)
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 (1835-1910, American humorist, writer)
A person doesn't know how much he has to be thankful for until he has to pay taxes on it.
Author Unknown
Even though we can't have all we want, we ought to be thankful we don't get all we deserve.
Author Unknown
God deserves far more praise than any of us could ever give Him.
Author Unknown
God receives little thanks, even for his greatest gifts.
Author Unknown
Gratitude is the doorman's payment.
Author Unknown
Gratitude is the music of the heart, when its chords are swept by the breeze of kindness.
Author Unknown
He has enough who is contented with little.
Author Unknown
If you can't be thankful for what you receive, be thankful for what you escape.
Author Unknown
One day of pleasure is worth two of sorrow.
Author Unknown
Our favorite attitude should be gratitude
Author Unknown
She is not rich that possesses much, but she that is content with what she has.
Author Unknown
There is always, always, always something to be thankful for.
Author Unknown
There is nothing that can have a more powerful effect on your mental health than the spirit of thankfulness.
George E. Vandeman
When the insects take over the world we hope they will remember, with gratitude, how we took them along on all our picnics.
Bill Vaughan (1915-1977, American author, journalist)
God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.
Izaak Walton (1593-1683, British writer)
Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgiving, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.
William A. Ward
It made me gladsome to be getting some education, it being like a big window opening.
Mary Webb (1881-1927, British novelist)
As the dew to the blossom, the bud to the bee; As the scent to the rose, are those memories to me.
Amelia C. Welby
Bear up the hands that hang down, by faith and prayer; support the tottering knees. Storm the throne of grace and persevere therein, and mercy will come down.
John Wesley (1703-1791, British preacher, founder of Methodism)
I take it as a prime cause of the present confusion of society that it is too sickly and too doubtful to use pleasure as a test of value.
Rebecca West (1892-1983, British author)
Whoever is not in his coffin and the dark grave, let him know he has enough.
Walt Whitman (1819-1892, American poet)
Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.
Marianne Williamson (1952-, American author, lecturer on spirituality)
Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness.
Nathaniel P. Willis (1806-1867, Polish American poet, writer, editor)
Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change your perspective of your day and your life.
Oprah Winfrey (1954-, American TV personality, producer, actress, author)
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