Gratitude Quotes

The art of noticing what's already good. These quotes make the case for thankfulness.

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"Gratitude to those who came before us motivates us to act for those who come after."
Marx, Karl
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"Gratitude binds societies together more effectively than law."
Comte, Auguste
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"Gratitude for past generations inspires duty to future ones."
Comte, Auguste
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"Gratitude transforms our relationship with what we have received."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"Gratitude is the antidote to entitlement and the poison of ingratitude."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"At the end of a beautiful day, give thanks, and rest easy knowing that tomorrow is a new beginning."
Nietzsche, Friedrich
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"The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated."
James, William
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"Gratitude toward our predecessors motivates us to improve society for our successors."
Comte, Auguste
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"Gratitude toward nature's laws disposes us toward reverent study rather than presumptuous domination."
Comte, Auguste
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"Gratitude is the highest form of consciousness."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"Gratitude opens the door to deeper understanding and connection."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
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"Gratitude for past sacrifices motivates future action."
Marx, Karl
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"A person who is not grateful is not worthy of gratitude."
Kant, Immanuel
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"Gratitude is the foundation of all virtue."
Kant, Immanuel
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"A grateful heart is a happy heart."
Kant, Immanuel
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"Gratitude acknowledges one's place in the whole."
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
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"Gratitude is the memory of the heart"
Berkeley, George
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"Gratitude is the grace of a generous soul acknowledging its debts."
Mill, John Stuart
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"Gratitude opens the heart to the abundance already present in one's life."
Mill, John Stuart
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"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."
Bentham, Jeremy
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"Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders."
Nietzsche, Friedrich
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"There is a duty to be cultivated with special care—the duty of gratitude."
Kant, Immanuel
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"Gratitude is the acknowledgment of the interconnectedness of all things."
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
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"Gratitude for existence is the proper foundation for all other virtues."
Berkeley, George
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"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others."
Hume, David
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"Gratitude is the recognition of our dependence on others."
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
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"Ingratitude is the sin that destroys the bonds of human community."
Kant, Immanuel
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"When you open your eyes in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"The grateful heart is always rich, regardless of circumstances."
Berkeley, George