Home / Topics / Gratitude Quotes

Gratitude Quotes

Browse 3721 quotes about Gratitude.

Gratitude Quotes

“Because gratification of a desire leads to the temporary stilling of the mind and the experience of the peaceful, joyful Self, it's no wonder that we get hooked on thinking that happiness comes from the satisfaction of desires. This is the meaning of the”

Thinking Mind Self Happiness Desire Wonder Gratitude Satisfaction Peaceful Temporary Joyful Gratification Hooked

Author:Joan Z. Borysenko

“Prescription for Life-long Happiness: Purpose enough for satisfaction; Work enough for sustenance; Sanity enough to know when to play and rest; Wealth enough for basic needs; Affection enough to like many and love a few; Self-respect enough to love yourself; Charity enough to give to others in need; Courage enough to face difficulties; Creativity enough to solve problems; Humor enough to laugh at will; Hope enough to expect an interesting tomorrow; Gratitude enough to appreciate what you have; Health enough to enjoy life for all its worth.”

“Every man who becomes heartily and understandingly a channel of the Divine beneficence is enriched through every league of his life. Perennial satisfaction springs around and within him with perennial verdure. Flowers of gratitude and gladness bloom all along his pathway, and the melodious gurgle of the blessings be bears is echoed back by the melodious waves of the recipient stream.”

Men Divine Flower Bears Gratitude Blessing Spring Wave Satisfaction Every Man League Streams Evangelism Pathways Benevolence Gladness Beneficence

Author:Bill Vaughan

“Desire happiness, aspire to gratitude, long for health, crave compassion, seek satisfaction, lust after God, however & whatever you perceive God to be, want to love yourself, others & everything around you more and more each day”

Want Long Desire Compassion Love You Gratitude Satisfaction Lust Perceive Each Day Love Yourself Aspire Crave

Author:Peter McWilliams

“When those who give charity do so without any sense of self-satisfaction and without any thought of reward, even a small gift is great. When those who aid others calculate their own sacrifice and demand gratitude and recompense, even a great gift is small.”

Giving Self Sacrifice Gratitude Demand Charity Rewards Satisfaction Aids Taoism Sense Of Self Great Gifts Self-satisfaction Recompense Small Gifts

Author:Zicheng Hong

“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.”

Men Jesus Christ Grace Gratitude Calling Jesus Christ Satisfaction Awakening Oneness Guarantees Behalf Representing Hope And Love Mediators Faith In Love

Book:The Humanity of God

Source: The Humanity of God

“Be grateful for the joy of life. Be glad for the privilege of work. Be thankful for the opportunity to give and serve. Good work is the great character-builder, the sweetener of life, the maker of destiny. Let the spirit of your work be right, and whether your task be great or small you will then have the satisfaction of knowing it is worth while.”

Source: Inspiration and Ideals: Thoughts for Every Day

“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”

Mind Duty Exercise Gratitude Performances Satisfaction Inward Thank You Thankful Being Thankful Thankful Gratitude Inspirational Christmas Thank You Gratitude Great Gratitude

Book:The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison

Source: The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison

“If you knew the satisfaction of performing such a duty, as well as the gratitude to God which the missionary must always feel, in being chosen for so noble, so sacred a calling, you would have no hesitation in embracing it.”

Ifs Feels Wells Duty Gratitude Calling Sacred Satisfaction Missions Noble Chosen Performing Missionary Hesitation Gratitude To God

Author:David Livingstone

“Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation. [However disappointment can always be removed if we remember it could have turned out worse.]”

Ifs Giving Remember Desire Answers Gratitude Expectations Disappointment Satisfaction Disappoint

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld