Ambrose Bierce Quotes

There is nothing so fleeting as the memory of benefits received.

Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.

There's certain people that you owe it to, for the things they've done for you.

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

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.

No one wearies of benefits received.

So long as we stand in need of a benefit, there is nothing dearer to us; nor anything cheaper when we have received it.

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

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.

To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.

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

The most important thing to me is to give something back to my parents, because they've done so much for me throughout my life.

Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude.

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.

It is not polite to receive a favor without returning it.

The man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once.

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.

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

A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.

People really don't have to give you anything, so appreciate what people give you.

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.