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

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

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

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.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

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.

One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in life.

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

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.

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.

Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.

Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.