Quotes About Gratitude For Others

#1. For every death is a simplification of existence for the others, removes the necessity to show gratitude, the obligation to pay visits.

Marcel Proust

#2. Gratitude is a sign of maturity ... Where there is appreciation: there is also courtesy and concern for the rights and property of others.

Gordon B. Hinckley

#3. You must understand that it is not in the nature of Man to be grateful. So in whatever you or I do for others we must never expect gratitude. If we do, we will only be disappointed.

S R Nathan

#4. True greatness means that, even if you forget what you've done for others, you never forget what others have done for you. It means always doing your utmost to repay debts of gratitude. Such people radiate integrity, depth of character, bigheartedness and charm.

Josei Toda

#5. Desire happiness, aspire to gratitude, long for health, crave compassion, seek satisfaction, lust after God, however & whatever you perceive God to be, want to love yourself, others & everything around you more and more each day

Peter McWilliams

#6. Authentic success is being so grateful for the many blessings bestowed on you and yours that you can share your portion with others.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

#7. The truist indication of gratitude is to return what you are grateful for.

Richard Paul Evans

#8. That's the funny thing about America
the blessed thing. As many people as there are to hold you back, there are angels whose humanity makes up for all the others. I've had my share of angels.

Abraham Verghese

#9. We shall understand why a Christian observes laws: For the peace of the world, out of gratitude to God, and for a good example that others may be attracted to the Gospel.

Martin Luther

#10. Today I call upon my Higher Power to help me get through one more day. Help me have gratitude in the face of scarcity, strength in my private struggles and the wisdom to live a good life for myself and others. - Bryant McGill

Bryant McGill

#11. You cannot ensure the gratitude of others for a favour conferred upon them in the way which is most agreeable to yourself.

Arthur Helps

#12. The delightful study of the Psalms has yielded me boundless profit and ever-growing pleasure; common gratitude constrains me to communicate to others a portion of the benefit, with the prayer that it may induce them to search further for themselves.

Charles Spurgeon

#13. Forgiveness is a form of gratitude. When we forgive others, we show them the mercy that we have often received and been thankful for.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

#14. Find much to be grateful for in every day. Doing so will not only enrich your life, it will bless those around you in ways you may never know.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#15. A stroke is a very difficult thing. You get depressed ... What I found was this: the cure for depression is to think of others, to do for others. You can always find something to be grateful for.

Kirk Douglas

#16. Cicero said that gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. If that's true, then my happiness does not cause me to be grateful for what I have. My gratitude for what I have causes me to be happy. Gratitude births the virtue of happiness.

Jennifer Dukes Lee

#17. Gratitude is here presented as more than a feeling, a virtue, or an experience; gratitude emerges as an attitude we can freely choose in order to create a better life for ourselves and for others. The Nigerian Hausa put it this way: Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot.

David Steindl-Rast

#18. I am the recipient of many benefits that I do not deserve and did not earn. Someone else paid for them. I am grateful! How do I show my gratitude? By daily pouring into others and passing on to them the things that will allow them to run far and achieve beyond what I have done.

John C. Maxwell

#19. Where is the man to be found who wishes to remain indebted for the defense of his own person and property to the exertions, the bravery, and the blood of others, without making one generous effort to repay the debt of honor and gratitude?

George Washington

#20. It is almost more important how a person takes his fate than what it is. And the best way is with gratitude while trying to improve it for the good of others and themselves.

Wilhelm Von Humboldt

#21. Our obligation to others and a gift to ourselves is to acknowledge and authentically express genuine appreciation for courtesies, caring and concern others have given us.

Michael Josephson

#22. Be someone who lifts others higher, and your life will be rich. Be someone filled with gratitude, and there will be no end to the things for which you'll be thankful.

Ralph Marston

#23. Before we can count we are taught to be grateful for what others do. As we are broken open by our experience, we begin to be grateful for what is, and if we live long enough and deep enough and authentically enough, gratitude becomes a way of life.

Mark Nepo

#24. In gratitude for God's gift of life to us we should share that gift with others. The art of giving encompasses many areas. It is an outgoing, overflowing way of life.

Wilferd Peterson

#25. Grace dispensers give out of their own bounty, in gratitude (a word with the same root as grace) for what we have received from God. We serve others not with some hidden scheme of making converts, rather to contribute to the common good, to help humans flourish as God intended.

Philip Yancey

#26. When was the last time you wrote a thank you note? When was the last time you went beyond a mechanical "thank you" to express authentic gratitude? We can enrich the lives of others and ourselves by making it a habit to express genuine appreciation for what others have done for us.

Michael Josephson

#27. For many of us gratitude to others comes with a sense of debt that can never be fully paid and therefore the things we are thankful for are never really ours.

Michael Josephson

#28. Your prayers for others and the universe make a difference!

Susan Barbara Apollon

#29. Gratitude is the praise we offer God: for teachers kind, benefactors never to be forgotten, for all who have advantaged me, by writings, sermons, converse, prayers, examples, for all these and all others which I know, which I know not, open, hidden, remembered, and forgotten.

Lancelot Andrewes

#30. When you live to lift the burdens of others, your own burdens become lighter. You are able to face your own trials with greater acceptance, a more understanding heart, and deeper gratitude for what you have rather than pining for what you lack.

David S. Baxter

#31. May our gratitude find expression in our prayers and our service for others, and in our commitment to live wholly for Christ.

Billy Graham

#32. Be grateful for life. Show gratitude to others, whether it's verbally or energetically, it has the same effect.

Kasi Kaye Iliopoulos

#33. Man has an almost infinite capacity for taking things and people for granted and thereby missing out on the pleasure of being grateful that things aren't worse and of praising and thereby lifting the spirits of others.

Aldous Huxley

#34. I was holding the door for several girls in front of you, and I waited for you to catch up. When you reached me, you looked pleased, and a little surprised. Unlike the others, you didn't expect the door to be held for you by some random guy. You smiled up at me and said, 'Thank you.

Tammara Webber

#35. Being of service to others is the price we should pay as a form of gratitude for the gift of life."
~Elissa Gabrielle

Elissa Gabrielle

#36. Prayer becomes more meaningful as we counsel with the Lord in all of our doings, as we express heartfelt gratitude, and as we pray for others.

David A. Bednar

#37. Our expectation of the gratitude of others for what we've done for them is sometimes exaggerated because of our deep desire for appreciation and approval. When our good work or good deeds go unrewarded by hoped for praise, we feel like failures so we treat those who denied us our due as betrayers.

Michael Josephson

#38. A noble person is mindful and thankful for the favors he receives from others.

Gautama Buddha

#39. Self-awareness and healthy self-love go hand in hand. When we love what God has given us and share it with others naturally and without expectations for gratitude we are truly people who have spiritual self-confidence and compassion; and isn't that a great way to live?

Robert J. Wicks

#40. Lord I thank you for the timely provisions

Lailah Gifty Akita

#41. Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on the many things we have to be thankful for, not so we feel guilty about what we have that others don't, but to be genuinely grateful for our blessings.

Michael Josephson