Famous Quotes & Sayings

Queen Elizabeth II

I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect.

Pythagoras

You will know that wretched men are the cause of their own suffering, who neither see nor hear the good that is near them, and few are the ones who know how to secure release from their troubles.

Pythagoras

He is not rich, that enjoyeth not his own goods.

Maggie Stiefvater

I couldn't remember the last time I hadn't had to fake gratitude for a gift, and now that I actually was grateful, thank you didn't seem to cut it.

Harbhajan Singh

Ever since Sourav became the captain, I do not feel like a youngster in the team any more. Everybody is treated equally and Sourav himself is extremely approachable and a pillar of strength. Sourav stood by me when I was struggling. I owe a great deal to him for standing by me at the most important time. I can't express my gratitude to him in words.

Hans Selye

Gratitude is the most important of all human emotions.

Hans Selye

Gratitude conserves the vital energies of a person more than any other attitude tested.

Hans Selye

The healthiest of all human emotions is gratitude.

Gustave Flaubert

Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. The ordinary person today lives better than a king did a century ago but is ungrateful!

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Gratitude, being nearly the greatest of human duties, is also nearly the most difficult.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

The worst moment for an atheist is when he feels a profound sense of gratitude and has no one to thank.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

John Dryden

Errors like straws upon the surface flow, Who would search for pearls to be grateful for often must dive below.

John Dryden

If you have lived, take thankfully the past. Make, as you can, the sweet remembrance last.

John Maynard Keynes

The power to become habituated to his surroundings and therefore to no longer be grateful for what is good in it is a marked characteristic of mankind and needs to be fought against if a person is to be happy.

John Lancaster Spalding

Whoever has freed himself from envy and bitterness may begin to try to see things as they are.

Julie Andrews

Once in a while I experience an emotion onstage that is so gut-wrenching, so heart-stopping, that I could weep with gratitude and joy. The feeling catches and magnifies so rapidly that it threatens to engulf me.

Judith Orloff

Adopting the behaviors and habits of surrendered people helps us improve our relationships, feel love and gratitude, get healthier, give up destructive people and behavior patterns, and become more successful and influential in our lives and careers. And that's just the tip of the iceberg as far as benefits go.

Judith Martin

the obligation to express gratitude deepens with procrastination. The longer you wait, the more effusive must be the thanks.

Judith Martin

Generosity and gratitude are inseparably linked.

Joseph Hall

...Covetousness, looking more at what we would have than at what we have.

Kathe Kollwitz

There are moments on most days when I feel a deep and sincere gratitude, when I sit at the open window, and there is a blue sky or moving clouds.

Katherine Heigl

So much about living life, to me, is about humility and gratitude. And I've tried very hard to have those qualities and be that person and I'm just so disappointed in myself that I allowed it to slip.

Karen Armstrong

We are what we are because of the hard work, insights and achievements of countless others.

Joyce Meyer

Perhaps we could enjoy ordinary, everyday life more if we learned to celebrate the ordinary.

Leonard Cohen

Except for a couple of hours in the morning which I passed in the company of a sage I stayed in bed without food only a few mouthfuls of water “you are a fine looking old man” I said to myself in the mirror “and what is more you have the correct attitude You don’t care if it ends or if it goes on And as for the women and the music there will be plenty of that in Paradise” Then I went to the Mosque of Memory to express my gratitude

John Keats

Their woes gone by, and both to heaven upflown, To bow for gratitude before Jove's throne.

Julie Garwood

Go and change your gown, Mary," Daniel interjected. "I'm partial to gold. If you've a gown in that color, wear it to please me. If not, white will do well enough. I'm wedding you, Lady Mary." Lord Daniel Ferguson caught Lady Mary before she hit the floor. He wasn't at all irritated that his intended had just fainted dead away, and he actually let out a full burst of laughter as he swept Mary up into his arms and held her against his chest. "She's overcome with gratitude, Alec," Daniel called out to his friend. "Aye, Daniel, I can see she is," Alec answered.

Joyce Brothers

Feeling gratitude isn't born in us-it's something we are taught, and in turn, we teach our children.

Jules Renard

If I had my life to live over again, I would ask that not a thing be changed, but that my eyes be opened wider.

Karl Barth

Grace and gratitude go together like heaven and earth.

Karl Barth

Thus in this oneness Jesus Christ is the Mediator, the Reconciler, between God and man. Thus He comes forward to MAN on behalf of GOD calling for and awakening faith, love and hope, and to GOD on behalf of MAN, representing man, making satisfaction and interceding. Thus He attests and guarantees to God's free GRACE and at the same time attests and guarantees to God man's free GRATITUDE.

Ouida

It needs a great nature to bear the weight of a great gratitude.