Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
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Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness,
even while receiving it.
[Lat., Qui read more
Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness,
even while receiving it.
[Lat., Qui gratus futurus est statim dum accipit de reddendo
cogitet.]
It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one read more
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.
Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.
Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.
Let but the commons hear this testament,
Which (pardon me) I do not mean to read,
And read more
Let but the commons hear this testament,
Which (pardon me) I do not mean to read,
And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds
And dip their napkins in his sacred blood;
Yea, beg a hair of him for memory,
And dying, mention it within their wills,
Bequeathing it as a rich legacy
Upon their issue.
A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
Gratitude is the memory of the heart.
[Fr., La reconnaissance est la memoire du coeur.]
Gratitude is the memory of the heart.
[Fr., La reconnaissance est la memoire du coeur.]
Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what read more
Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give.
The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving
greater benefits.
The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving
greater benefits.
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to read more
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
