Quotes About Gratitude

There is no sweeter pleasure than to surprise a man by giving him more than he hopes for.

The Lord let the house of a brute to the soul of a man, And the man said, "Am I your debtor?" And the Lord--"Not yet: but make it as clean as you can, And then I will let you a better.

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.

Gratitude is a fool's word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man.

That which a man acquires by contemplation he should spend in love.

Do you know what is more hard to bear than the reverses of fortune? It is the baseness, the hideous ingratitude, of man.

A small room is enough; a small quantity of food is enough; a few clothes are enough; one lover, a very ordinary man

And yet I think of Christopher Reeve who said he would pay two million dollars to be able to feel pain again. What a courageous man! So I have to think that pain is a blessing.

A favor is to a grateful man delightful always; to an ungrateful man only once.

What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.

Not every man remembers the name of the cow which supplied him with each drop of milk he has drunk.

I cried when I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. And then I laughed REALLY hard.

Strew gladness on the paths of men-You will not pass this way again.

From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things.

A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.

What makes man most unhappy is to be deprived not of that which he had, but of that which he did not have, and did not really know.

The finished man, you know, is difficult to please; a growing mind will ever show you gratitude. --Faust 1, lines 182-3

The Christian is the most contented man in the world, but he is the least contented with the world.

To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.

Any man who does not think that what he has is more than ample, is an unhappy man, even if he is the master of the whole world.

Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm.

Can a man be poor if he is free from want, if he does not covet the belongings of others, if he is rich in the possession of God? Rather, he is poor who possesses much but still craves for more.

What I'd like is to meet a man I could take off my hat to and say: "Thank you for having got born, and the longer you live the better.

If I never do another show, I'll die a happy man.