John Milton Quotes

We are never quits with those who oblige us," was Dantes' reply; "for when we do not owe them money, we owe them gratitude.

The debt immense of endless gratitude, So burthensome, still paying, still to owe; Forgetful what from him I still receivd, And understood not that a grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and dischargd; what burden then?

Not all who discharge their debts of gratitude should flatter themselves that they are grateful.

That he who hath the loan of money has not repaid it, and he who has repaid has not the loan; but he who has acknowledged a kindness has it still, and he who has a feeling of it has requited it.

A thankful man owes a courtesy ever; the unthankful but when he needs it.

If pity is akin to love, gratitude is akin to the other thing.

Gratitude is like credit; it is the backbone of our relations; frequently we pay our debts not because equity demands that we should, but to facilitate future loans.

If we meet someone who owes us a debt of gratitude, we remember the fact at once. How often we can meet someone to whom we owe a debt of gratitude without thinking about it at all!

He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.

In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared with what we owe to the help of others.

Forget favors given; remember those received.

Gratitude is a debt which usually goes on accumulating like blackmail; the more you pay, the more is exacted.

A favor is to a grateful man delightful always; to an ungrateful man only once.

There is nothing that puts a man more in your debt than that he owes you nothing.

Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.

Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.

We have nothing but gratitude for the opportunity we have had here, and any other response would be ridiculous, irresponsible and a lie. It is that simple. I owe China; China doesn't owe me.

From where I came from, the way I was raised, when somebody does something for you, you always want to give something back to them.

The UFC does not owe me a thing. Nothing. I am in debt to them.

I hope I will be able to repay City for what they have done for me.

Gratitude, in most men, is only a strong and secret hope of greater favors.

Cynthia came in quietly and set a cup of tea before him. He kissed her hand, inexpressibly grateful, and she went back into the kitchen. When we view the little things with thanksgiving, even they become big things.

In life, it's best not to take anything for free - unless it's from someone who wishes you well.

Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantlyall the time, is having to accept it.