Gratitude

Compassion for our parents is the true sign of maturity.

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought , and attended to my answer.

Of all crimes that human creatures are capable of committing, the most horrid and unnatural is ingratitude, especially when it is committed against parents.

Too great haste in paying off an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.

Ingratitude is surely the chief of the intellectual sins of man.

Most people return small favors, acknowledge middling ones, and repay great ones with ingratitude.

Our gratitude to most benefactors is the same as our feeling for dentists who have pulled our teeth. We acknowledge the good they have done and the evil from which they have delivered us, but we remember the pain they occasioned and do not love them very much.

AFTER A GOOD DINNER ONE CAN FORGIVE ANYBODY, EVEN ONE’S OWN RELATIONS.

IF I CAN STOP ONE HEART FROM BREAKING, I SHALL NOT LIVE IN VAIN.

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Grief and tragedy and hatred are only for a time. Goodness, remembrance and love have no end.

The best portion of a good man’s life is in his little nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.

The best way to know God is to love many things.

Help us to be thankful for this day and every day and treat each one as a precious gem to be filled to the full with meaning and with love.

Gratitude takes three forms: a feeling in the heart, an expression in words and giving in return. Unknown Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence, a time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny and a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it’s all over.

I wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

A little bit added to what you’ve already got gives you a little bit more.

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very well in the bargain.

It is impossible to read the daily press without being diverted from reality. You are full of enthusiasm for the eternal verities life is worth living, and then out of sinful curiosity you open a newspaper. You are disillusioned and wrecked.

When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.

Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.

I have resolved that from this day on, I will do all the business I can honestly, have all the fun I can reasonably, do all the good I can willingly, and save my digestion by thinking pleasantly.