Ceremonies are important. But our gratitude has to be more than visits to the troops, and once-a-year Memorial Day ceremonies. We honor the dead best by treating the living well.
— Jennifer Granholm
Gratitude is one of the strongest and most transformative states of being. It shifts your perspective from lack to abundance and allows you to focus on the good in your life, which in turn pulls more goodness into your reality.
— Jen Sincero
We feel an enormous sense of gratitude towards the American people.
— Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Eight shows in six days can become very tiring - actually, a grind. It's not that I ever dreaded going to work because I always maintained a level of gratitude.
— James Snyder
If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.
— James Herriot
I acknowledge with great gratitude the peace and contentment we can find for ourselves in the spiritual cocoons of our homes, our sacrament meetings, and our holy temples.
— James E. Faust
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
— Jacques Maritain
I live by two words: tenacity and gratitude.
— Henry Winkler
Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.
— Henry Van Dyke
Perhaps nothing helps us make the movement from our little selves to a larger world than remembering God in gratitude. Such a perspective puts God in view in all of life, not just in the moments we set aside for worship or spiritual disciplines. Not just in the moments when life seems easy.
— Henri Nouwen
With faith and gratitude to Allah the almighty, I declare that tomorrow, Thursday May 1, 2014, will see the enforcement of sharia law phase one, to be followed by the other phases.
— Hassanal Bolkiah
Live a life full of humility, gratitude, intellectual curiosity, and never stop learning.
— Gza
No one ever said learning was to be easy, but it's part of the process of evolving as a human being, and we all have to go through it. When I look back, I see that each difficult time brought an important lesson. And I prefer to look at it with gratitude because I wouldn't be who I am today if I haven't gone through it all.
— Gisele Bundchen
I have had friends who have acted kindly towards me, and it has been my good fortune to have it in my power to give them substantial proofs of my gratitude.
— Giacomo Casanova
'Harry Potter' created a generation of readers in an era when kids could have disappeared into the depths of the Internet. That's no small feat. Every book series owes J.K. Rowling a debt of gratitude.
— Gary Ross
A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.
— Felix Frankfurter
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.
We love to commiserate and troubleshoot and prepare for the worst, and gratitude yanks us out of that and reminds us of the ridiculous amount of infinite blessings that are around us at all times.
Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Anyone who lives like a modern aristocracy, the last thing they exhibit is a sense of gratitude. Me, I'm very fortunate.
— James Ransone
I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don't know how I can ever express my gratitude for that, because my parents would have been a mess, you know.
— James Earl Jones
People view the police not as allies, but as antagonists, and think of them not with respect or gratitude, but with suspicion and distrust.
— James Comey
I really had no great love for shoes. I was a working First Lady; I was always in canvas shoes. I did nurture the shoes industry of the Philippines, and so every time there was a shoe fair, I would receive a pair of shoes as a token of gratitude.
— Imelda Marcos
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Whatever may be said as to our relations to some other countries, I think the relations of this country to Spain offer no ties of gratitude or of blood.
— Henry Cabot Lodge
The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy.
A smart manager will establish a culture of gratitude. Expand the appreciative attitude to suppliers, vendors, delivery people, and of course, customers.
— Harvey Mackay
Let us swell with gratitude and allow it to overwhelm us. It isn't as cliche as we make it; life truly is short. Let's spend it all lavishly wallowing in gratitude.
— Grace Gealey
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone.
— Gertrude Stein
There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
God is always coming to you in the Sacrament of the Present Moment. Meet and receive Him there with gratitude in that sacrament.
— Evelyn Underhill
If you can write any way and it's working out, just bow down in gratitude.
— Jennifer Egan
The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.
— Jeff Miller
Gratitude is one of the greatest gifts we can give. And it's not a gift we often give to children. We expect it of them, but we don't necessarily give it back.
— Jason Reynolds
All of us at Cablevision and MSG owe Dave Checketts a debt of gratitude for 10 years of service.
— James L. Dolan
As with all commandments, gratitude is a description of a successful mode of living. The thankful heart opens our eyes to a multitude of blessings that continually surround us.
Our gratitude to the American people is immense and we should never be embarrassed to express it.
— Jalal Talabani
Glenn's 1962 Mercury flight was fraught with dramatics, from his 'Zero G and I feel fine!' exultation upon entering orbit to his reentry with what was feared was a faulty heat shield. After he safely splashed down, the nation erupted with applause and gratitude not seen since Charles Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic.
— Homer Hickam
Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.
To find gratitude and generosity when you could reasonably find hurt and resentment will surprise you. It will be so surprising because you will see so much of the opposite: people who have much more than others yet who react with anger when one advantage is lost or with resentment when an added gift is denied.
— Henry B. Eyring
Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.
— Henri Frederic Amiel
The word 'gratitude' is not part of the Hollywood dictionary.
— Harry Cohn
Meekness implies a spirit of gratitude as opposed to an attitude of self-sufficiency, an acknowledgement of a greater power beyond oneself, a recognition of God, and an acceptance of his commandments.
— Gordon B. Hinckley
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
Dead white guys built this country. Show some gratitude and show some reverence. But as far as slavery, yeah. It's part of history. And you know what? It's something we should be proud of. Because we ended it.
— Gavin McInnes
The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
