GRATITUDE

Related Subjects: Appreciation, Debt, Forgetfulness, Obligation, Praise

1. Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.—AESOP, Androcles
   

2. He that proclaims the kindnesses he has received, shows his disposition to repay 'em if he could.—CERVANTES, Don Quixote
   

3. Gratitude to benefactors is a well recognized virtue, and to express it in some form or other, however imperfectly, is a duty to ourselves as well as to those who have helped us.—FREDERICK DOUGLASS, Autobiography
   

4. The still small voice of gratitude.—THOMAS GRAY, Ode for Music
   

5. Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.—SAMUEL JOHNSON, Tour to the Hebrides
   

6. The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits.—LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, Maxims
   

7. A grateful mind
   By owing owes not, but still pays, at once
   Indebted and discharg'd.—MILTON, Paradise Lost
   

8. Two kinds of gratitude: the sudden kind
   We feel for what we take, the larger kind
   We feel for what we give.—E. A. ROBINSON, Captain Craig
   

9. He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first instalment on his debt.—SENECA
   

10. O Lord! that lends me life,
    Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!—SHAKESPEARE, Henry VI
    

11. Evermore thanks, the ex­chequer of the poor.—SHAKESPEARE, Richard II
    

12. I can no other answer make but thanks,
    And thanks, and ever thanks.—SHAKESPEARE, Twelfth Night

13. Gratitude is but a lame sentiment; thanks, when they are expressed, are often more embarrassing than welcome.—STEVENSON, Underwoods