Gratitude Quotes

So much about living life, to me, is about humility and gratitude. And I've tried very hard to have those qualities and be that person and I'm just so disappointed in myself that I allowed it to slip.
Katherine Heigl

Life, Hard, Person

We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.
Bill Vaughan

Hope, Remember, Along

I have had friends who have acted kindly towards me, and it has been my good fortune to have it in my power to give them substantial proofs of my gratitude.
Giacomo Casanova

Good, Power, Give

There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.
Charles de Secondat

Men, Power, Someone

Friendship based solely upon gratitude is like a photograph; with time it fades.
Carmen Sylva

Friendship, Time, Based

We can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures.
Jennifer Granholm

Strength, Words, Sacrifice

What I've learned is there's a scientifically proven phenomenon that's attached to gratitude, and that if you consciously take note of what is good in your life, quantifiable benefits happen.
Deborah Norville

Life, Good, Happen

I am of the African race, and in the colour which is natural to them of the deepest dye; and it is under a sense of the most profound gratitude to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe.
Benjamin Banneker

Sense, Universe, Natural

I've always had that gratitude that I had the opportunity to pursue my potential. So I think my story says that, when women are given the chance and the opportunity, that we can achieve a lot. We deliver. We can make the world a better place, one butt at a time.
Sara Blakely

Time, Women, Place

I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don't know how I can ever express my gratitude for that, because my parents would have been a mess, you know.
James Earl Jones

Parents, Child, Express

'Harry Potter' created a generation of readers in an era when kids could have disappeared into the depths of the Internet. That's no small feat. Every book series owes J.K. Rowling a debt of gratitude.
Gary Ross

Book, Small, Kids

I wanted to say thanks... and share my gratitude for everything I've been blessed with. Family, friends, and continued support from everyone.
Travis Barker

Family, Blessed, Everything

Whenever we have thanked these men and women for what they have done for us, without exception they have expressed gratitude for having the chance to help - because they grew as they served.
Clayton Christensen

Women, Men, Help

Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures.
Jennifer M. Granholm

Strength, Words, Sacrifice

God is always coming to you in the Sacrament of the Present Moment. Meet and receive Him there with gratitude in that sacrament.
Evelyn Underhill

God, Him, Moment

When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food.
Barbara Boxer

Food, Sacrifice, Service

All Americans and freedom-loving people around the world owe President Reagan our deepest gratitude for his strong, principled leadership that ended the Cold War and brought freedom to millions of people.
Jim Ramstad

Leadership, War, Freedom

I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect.
Queen Elizabeth II

Life, Hope, Respect

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

Deep, Emotions, Articulate

Ceremonies are important. But our gratitude has to be more than visits to the troops, and once-a-year Memorial Day ceremonies. We honor the dead best by treating the living well.
Jennifer M. Granholm

Best, Important, Living

I think the key to passion, to zeal, is gratitude. Or to put it another way, the fuel to motivate is gratitude, and gratitude comes by just backing up a little and realizing how much you've sinned against God.
Ray Comfort

God, Passion, Put

All Americans owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. King for his bravery and commitment to civil rights and nonviolence that changed this nation - and world - for the better.
Eliot Engel

Nation, Debt, Bravery

I think, with never-ending gratitude, that the young women of today do not and can never know at what price their right to free speech and to speak at all in public has been earned.
Lucy Stone

Women, Today, Free

Whatever may be said as to our relations to some other countries, I think the relations of this country to Spain offer no ties of gratitude or of blood.
Henry Cabot Lodge

May, Country, Said

Court TV will always hold a special place in my heart, and I will always look back at my time there with great gratitude and affection.
Nancy Grace

Time, Great, Heart

Today we bury his remains in the earth as a seed of immortality. Our hearts are full of sadness, yet at the same time of joyful hope and profound gratitude.
Joseph Ratzinger

Time, Hope, Today

Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to the 9/11 Commission members for their valuable service and important recommendations to improve homeland security.
Jim Ramstad

Important, Service, Nation

We feel an enormous sense of gratitude towards the American people.
Jean-Pierre Raffarin

Sense, American, Enormous

The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.
Jeff Miller

Sacrifice, Country, America

I extend my deepest gratitude to our Armed Forces and first responders serving both at home and abroad in the war against terrorism.
John Doolittle

Home, War, Against

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