Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes

It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.

Humility is becoming a lost art, but it's not difficult to practice. It means that you realize that others have been involved in your success.

Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.

When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.

Ultimately, I want to be a good person and spread happiness through my acting. If I don't forget to be appreciative and thankful, then that would be the most important thing that I'll ever achieve.

We would not be interested in human beings if we did not have the hope of someday meeting someone worse off than ourselves.

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

Before my accident I was a little too... selfish and self-absorbed and for me, to now be at the place where I can kinda give back and inspire people. I'm blessed. I'm really blessed.

I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name.

When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.

Of all the characteristics needed for both a happy and morally decent life, none surpasses gratitude. Grateful people are happier, and grateful people are more morally decent.

Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it.

There are a lot of people who helped make Queen Latifah who she is today. I don't forget, but a lot of people do and get big heads.

Gratitude isn't a burdening emotion.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude.

I sincerely wish ingratitude was not so natural to the human heart as it is.

… his [Charles Evans Hughes’] greatest fault is his failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done. This is a great weakness in any man. I think it was one of the strongest things about [Theodore] Roosevelt. He never tried to minimize what other people did and often exaggerated it..

I think being thankful is very important, and being thankful means you're choosing to be kind.

I have a lot of deficiencies, but gratitude is not one of them.

I'm not that smart, but I'm smart enough to know that if Usher wants to help you, you let him.

The kind of experience of humility and happiness that comes with gratitude tends to crowd out whatever is coarse, or ugly, or mean.

Feeling good about your life, but not expressing a heartfelt 'thank you,' is like wrapping a gift for someone and never giving it to them.

There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.

I think you have to be grateful to those who have helped you.