Famous Quotes & Sayings

Debbie Macomber

Practicing an attitude of gratitude spills over to acts of generosity.

Andre Norton

There's no night without stars.

William Shakespeare

Ingratitude is monstrous.

J. I. Packer

It has been said that in the New Testament doctrine is grace; and ethics is gratitude; and something is wrong with any form of Christianity in which, experimentally and practically, this saying is not being verified. Those who suppose that the doctrine of God's grace tends to encourage moral laxity are simply showing that, in the most literal sense, they do not know what they are talking about. For love awakens love in return; and love, once awakened, desires to give pleasure.

Ivy Compton-Burnett

Ah, we have to be generous to be grateful ... One has oneself to be a giver.

Imelda Marcos

I really had no great love for shoes. I was a working First Lady; I was always in canvas shoes. I did nurture the shoes industry of the Philippines, and so every time there was a shoe fair, I would receive a pair of shoes as a token of gratitude.

Jack Nicholson

My only emotion is gratitude, literally, for my life,

Jack Kelley

I'm so thankful. I've been blessed. I never took it for granted.

Jack Kerouac

Yeah," I said, "but you're an artist. You don't believe in decency and honesty and gratitude. Where shall we eat?

Clare Boothe Luce

There is nothing like a good dose of another woman to make a man appreciate his wife.

Robert A. Heinlein

Aside from a cold appreciation of my own genius I felt that I was a modest man.

Rupert Sheldrake

When people see one of these new forms of art for the first time, often they can't make sense of it. Then, if it's around long enough, a lot of people get used to it and it becomes assimilated into culture. So there's a morphic field both for the kind of art and for the appreciation of it.

Sri Chinmoy

When we seek appreciation from others, we get not appreciation, but flattery.

Tacitus

It is common, to esteem most what is most unknown.

Philip James Bailey

He is a fool who is not for love and beauty. I speak unto the young, for I am of them and always shall be.

John Ruskin

In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong.

Marianne Williamson

A healthy, vital society is not one in which we all agree. It is one in which those who disagree can do so with honor and respect for other people's opinions... and an appreciation of our shared humanity.

Masi Oka

I have a lot of appreciation for what people do in front of the camera as well as behind the camera. I don't think I could like one without the other. Eventually, I think the road will lead me down to producing or directing, because it's more about problem solving.

John Rice

Thank you for giving us back Lauren and Steve,

Ayn Rand

Don't ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.

Benito Mussolini

If you acquit me, you will give me great pleasure. If you condemn me you will do me honour!

Charles Kettering

It doesn't matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to try again.

Brigitte Bardot

My soul is not my own any more. I cannot live like I want to. I am going to give up films.

Brigham Young

Every time the enemy throws us off our guard, and we give way to temptation, he gains so much; he weakens us and strengthens himself; when we resist temptation, it strengthens the Saints and weakens the enemy.

Blake Mycoskie

Giving is what fuels us. Giving is our future.

Blaise Pascal

When a soldier complains of his hard life (or a labourer, etc.) try giving him nothing to do.

Charles Spurgeon

Give me great sinners to make great saints! They are glorious raw material for Grace to work upon and when you do get them saved, they will shake the very gates of Hell!