Gratitude Quotes And Sayings

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“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” 
– Epictetus

“The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.” 
– Eric Hoffer

“Thank God I have seen an orange sky with purple clouds. How easy it is to forget that we have the privilege of living in God’s art gallery.”
– Erica Goros

“Who does not thank for little will not thank for much.” 
– Estonian Proverb

“Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.” 
– Felix Frankfurter

“Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.”
– François de La Rochefoucauld

“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.” 
– Frank A. Clark

“Gratitude is the heart‘s memory.”
– French Proverb

“The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.” 
– Friedrich Nietzsche

“You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink.”
– G. K. Chesterton

“Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anyone.” 
– G.B. Stern

“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” 
– G.K. Chesterton

“When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time.  Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?” 
– G.K. Chesterton

“You say grace before meals.  All right.  But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink.” 
– G.K. Chesterton

“When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?” 
– George Canning

“Praise the bridge that carried you over.” 
– George Colman

“If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness.  It will change your life mightily.”
– Gerald Good

“It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through exertion, the value of rest.”
– Greek Proverb

“In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.” 
– H.L. Mencken

“The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts.  No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving.”
– H.U. Westermayer

“Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.” 
– Henri Frederic Amiel

“Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.” 
– Henry Clay

“The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.”
– Henry Miller

“Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.” 
– Henry Van Dyke

“Gratitude is a two fold love – love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest. ”
– Henry Van Dyke

“The unthankful heart… discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!” 
– Henry Ward Beecher

“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.” 
– Henry Ward Beecher

“Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.” 
– Horace

“Grace isn’t a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It’s a way to live. ”
– Jackie Windspear

“Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.” 
– Jacques Maritain

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