Gratitude Quotes
The art of noticing what's already good. These quotes make the case for thankfulness.
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"The gift involves a radical suspension of economic logic."Derrida, Jacques
"The gift must be given without expectation of return."Derrida, Jacques
"Gratitude acknowledges our indebtedness to the past."Foucault, Michel
"Gratitude must be earned through reciprocal recognition; it cannot be commanded."Sartre, Jean-Paul
"Gratitude is the recognition that we are not self-sufficient; we exist through relationships."Sartre, Jean-Paul
"Gratitude is the foundation of all happiness."Popper, Karl
"Generosity is not about giving but about freeing someone from scarcity."Sartre, Jean-Paul
"Gratitude acknowledges our dependence on others and circumstance."Ayer, Alfred Jules
"Gratitude is the recognition of undeserved benefits received."Ayer, Alfred Jules
"We inherit not truth but the responsibility to search for it anew."Popper, Karl
"Gratitude is a response to the gift of being."Heidegger, Martin
"The grateful heart sees abundance everywhere."Popper, Karl
"Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day."James, William
"Gratitude is the parent of all virtues."Spencer, Herbert
"The deepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated."Dewey, John
"Gratitude opens the heart to beauty and meaning; it is the antidote to despair."Dilthey, Wilhelm
"Thinking is thanking—this requires the deepest attention to what is."Heidegger, Martin
"The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated."James, William
"The greatest gift we can give is our time and attention."Comte, Auguste
"Gratitude is the foundation of a good life."Comte, Auguste
"Gratitude opens the doors to greater happiness."Spencer, Herbert
"Gratitude is the antidote to despair."Spencer, Herbert
"Gratitude is the appropriate response to existence itself."Dilthey, Wilhelm
"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."Feuerbach, Ludwig
"Every individual has a debt to society."Comte, Auguste
"Gratitude is the foundation of social harmony."Comte, Auguste
"The deepest principle of human nature is the desire to be appreciated, and the sweetest pain is to work without this appreciation."James, William
"No author, without a trial, can possibly know how much he owes to his editor."James, William
"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."Feuerbach, Ludwig
"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."Bentham, Jeremy