Gratitude Quotes

As we continue to fight the war on terror, we express our gratitude to our troops whose valor over the last three years provided freedom to the Iraqis, while protecting our liberty here at home.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

All Americans owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. King for his bravery and commitment to civil rights and nonviolence that changed this nation - and world - for the better.

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.

Yes, though I have nothing but gratitude for my upbringing in the church.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

The young patriots now returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan and other deployments worldwide are joining the ranks of veterans to whom America owes an immense debt of gratitude.

Please let me assure you, however, that the keen disappointment and regret which I feel in this regard serve only to enhance my profound appreciation of the great honor which you have done me; and my sincere gratitude for your generous action.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

America's fighting men and women sacrifice much to ensure that our great nation stays free. We owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers that have paid the ultimate price for this cause, as well as for those who are blessed enough to return from the battlefield unscathed.

Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it.

I extend my deepest gratitude to our Armed Forces and first responders serving both at home and abroad in the war against terrorism.

Alas, how quickly the gratitude owed to the dead flows off, how quick to be proved a deceiver.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error.

Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.

We can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures.

It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.

Some people have a knack of putting upon you gifts of no real value, to engage you to substantial gratitude. We thank them for nothing.

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.

Duty is for Kant the One and All. Out of the duty of gratitude, he claims, one has to defend and esteem the ancients; and only out of duty has he become a great man.

Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.

The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children.

One can never pay in gratitude: one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in life.

Friendship based solely upon gratitude is like a photograph; with time it fades.

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.

We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.

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.

Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.

I am of the African race, and in the colour which is natural to them of the deepest dye; and it is under a sense of the most profound gratitude to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe.