"A
thankful
heart is not only the greatest
virtue, but the parent of all
other virtues." - Cicero |
"Gratitude
makes sense of our past, brings
peace for today, and creates
a vision for tomorrow"
- Melody Beattie |
"None
is more impoverished than the
one who has no gratitude. Gratitude
is a currency that we can mint
for ourselves, and spend without
fear of bankruptcy." -
Fred De Witt Van Amburgh |
"The
roots of all goodness lie in
the soil of appreciation for
goodness." - The
Dalai Lama: Appreciation
Sayings |
"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 |
"No
one who achieves success does
so without acknowledging the
help of others. The wise
and confident acknowledge this
help with gratitude."
- Author Unknown |
"If
the only prayer you said in
your whole life was, "thank
you," that would suffice."
- Meister Eckhart |
"Gratitude
is the best attitude. There
is not a more pleasing exercise
of the mind than gratitude.
It is accompanied with such
an inward satisfaction that
the duty is sufficiently rewarded
by the performance." -
Joseph Adisson |
"As
we express our gratitude, we
must never forget that the highest
appreciation is not to utter
words, but to live by them."
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy |
"Feeling
gratitude and not expressing
it is like wrapping a present
and not giving it."
- William Arthur Ward |
"One
can pay back the loan of gold,
but one dies forever in debt
to those who are kind."
- Malayan Proverb |
"I
can no other answer make, but,
thanks, and thanks."
- William Shakespere |
"The
smallest act of kindness is
worth more than the grandest
intention." - Oscar
Wilde
|
"Kindness
is the language which the deaf
can hear and the blind can see."
- Mark Twain |
"No
duty is more urgent than that
of returning thanks." -
James Allen |
"Appreciation
is a wonderful thing.
It makes what is excellent in
others belong to us as well."
- Voltaire |
"What
we have done for ourselves alone
dies with us; what we have done
for others and the world remains
and is immortal." - Albert
Pike |
"Wherever
there is a human being, there
is an opportunity for a kindness."
- Seneca |
Kindness,
like a boomerang, always returns."
- Author Unknown |
"Those
who bring sunshine to the lives
of others cannot keep it from
themselves." - James
Matthew Barrie |