45 reflective phrases about gratitude that reveal the value of this feeling

Gratitude is the seed of good feelings that should be cultivated in all hearts.

Karyne Santiago

Gratitude, like milk, goes sour if the vessel that contains it is not scrupulously clean.

Remy de Gourmont

From gratitude arises the nobility and the purest feelings, since in it resides the highest of human nature.

Carlos Bernardo Gonzalez Pecotte

Some things in life are given to us through effort, others we only conquer if we have a grateful heart.

Karyne Santiago

Gratitude unlocks the abundance of life.

Melody Beattie

How happy a person is depends on the depth of their gratitude.

John Miller

Gratitude restores sight to souls blinded by ambition.

Karyne Santiago

If men had humility and gratitude within their souls, they would live in perfect peace.

Vicente Espinel

Gratitude is the elixir of life.

Karyne Santiago

To be grateful is to recognize your own weaknesses and faults, but to have enough faith to be grateful for them.

Karyne Santiago

All our discontent over what we lack stems from our lack of gratitude for what we have.

Daniel Defoe

Gratitude takes three forms: a feeling in the heart, an expression in words, and a giving in return.

John Wanamaker

To be grateful is to have a peaceful heart.

Karyne Santiago

If gratitude has never hit your heart hard, you may need to reevaluate your life.

Karyne Santiago

When your heart is filled with gratitude, any seemingly closed door can be an opening to a greater blessing.

Osho

It is for the lack of gratitude that we live in such dark days.

Karyne Santiago

The gratitude of the one who receives a benefit is much less than the pleasure of the one who does it.

Machado de Assis

No duty is more important than gratitude.

cicero

Gratitude does not survive in the house of bad thoughts.

Karyne Santiago

The feeling of gratitude leaves marks, but unlike the marks left by bad feelings, its marks serve to plow our hearts.

Karyne Santiago

Don’t expect anything from anyone, but be grateful for everything you receive.

Dirceu Azevedo

Everyone wants to be reciprocated with recognition and gratitude, but few people are able to distribute that kind of feeling.

Karyne Santiago

Gratitude is the only treasure of the humble.

William Shakespeare

Gratitude has a short memory.

Benjamin Constant

If people discovered the magic of gratitude, they would stop whining and fight even harder to conquer.

Karyne Santiago

Preserving gratitude is like preserving the soul.

Karyne Santiago

Gratitude costs nothing; and has immense value.

Augusto Branco

We live in times when every form of gratitude is in short supply.

Karyne Santiago

If someone doesn’t feel grateful for what they have, they’ll probably never be grateful for what they get.

Frank A. Clark

I let myself blossom, when I understood that gratitude generates release.

Karyne Santiago

My faith in the good things in life is fueled by my constant feeling of gratitude.

Karyne Santiago

Gratitude ennobles more than money and material goods.

Karyne Santiago

We are skeptical of miracles, yet we believe in gratitude.

Emanuel Wertheimer

True happiness emanates from a heart filled with gratitude.

Karyne Santiago

Those incapable of gratitude never lack excuses for not having it.

Gustave Flaubert

Gratitude trusts the past and love trusts the present.

CS Lewis

Gratitude is like a false jewel, which makes the eyes of those who do not know the brightness of what is true shine.

Karyne Santiago

Gratitude is not a feeling that comes out of nowhere. Like a good fruit, it is necessary to plant in order to reap.

Karyne Santiago

Gratitude is paradise itself.

William Blake

The preciousness of gratitude does not compare with any material wealth, but unfortunately humanity has not yet discovered that.

Karyne Santiago

Whoever accepts a benefit with gratitude, pays the first installment of his debt.

seneca

Gratitude is the most beautiful act of recognition.

Dirceu Azevedo

We seek to be so many things in life, less to be grateful!

Karyne Santiago

Only recognizes the benefits of gratitude, those who have already experienced this feeling.

Karyne Santiago

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

Melody Beattie