Definition of Gratitude

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Definition of Gratitude
	Gratitude The state of being grateful; warm and friendly feeling toward a benefactor; kindness awakened by a favor received; thankfulness. Related Definitions: And, Awakened, Being, Benefactor, By, Favor, Feeling, Friendly, Grateful, Kindness, Of, Received, State, The, Toward, Warm

Gratitude Quotations

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
John F. Kennedy

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.
Friedrich Nietzsche

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
Brian Tracy

Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.
Joseph Stalin

One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
Carl Jung

Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
Albert Schweitzer

If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it looked when we got through with it.
Lyndon B. Johnson

Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly is having to accept it.
William Faulkner

Gratitude Translations

gratitude in Danish is tak, taknemmelighed
gratitude in Dutch is erkentelijkheid, dankbaarheid
gratitude in French is gratitude, remerciement
gratitude in German is Erkenntlichkeit, Dankbarkeit, Dankbarkeit
gratitude in Italian is gratitudine
gratitude in Latin is gratia
gratitude in Norwegian is takknemlighet
gratitude in Spanish is reconocimiento, gracias, gratitud
gratitude in Swedish is tacksamhet

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