Quotes about Gratitude

There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.

A kindness received should be returned with a freer hand.

When a person finds themselves predisposed to complaining about how little they are regarded by others, let them reflect how little they have contributed to the happiness of others.

Showing kindness to others is one of the nicest things we can do for ourselves.

If what must be given is given willingly the kindness is doubled.

He who acknowledges a kindness has it still, and he who has a grateful sense of it has requited it.

When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all.

There is no duty more indispensible than that of returning a kindness.

Small kindnesses often, unintentionally, produce the biggest payoffs.

No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night. We know that every moment is a moment of grace, every hour an offering; not to share them would mean to betray them. Our lives no longer belong to us alone; they belong to all those who need us desperately.

When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude." ? Elie Wiesel

Single life may be only a stage of a life's journey, but even a stage is a gift. God may replace it with another gift, but the receiver accepts His gifts with thanksgiving. This gift for this day. The life of faith is lived one day at a time, and it has to be lived—not always looked forward to as though the "real" living were around the next corner. It is today for which we are responsible. God still owns tomorrow.