Quotations on Gratitude

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

~ Marcus Tullius Cicero

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man.

~ Mark Twain

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

~ Henry Ward Beecher

There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.

~ Seneca

Gratitude is the heart's memory.

~ Proverbs

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.

~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Nothing tires a man more than to be grateful all the time.

~ Ed Howe

Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it.

~ Lord Halifax

Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.

~ Felix Frankfurter