Thomas Harris Quotes

Gratitude is not a virtue I believe in, and to me it seems hypocritical to expect it from a child.

Gratitude is a fickle thing, indeed. A person taking aim presses the weapon to his chest and cheek, but when he hits, he discardsit with indifference.

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

Gratitude, being nearly the greatest of human duties, is also nearly the most difficult.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul; and the heart of man knoweth none more fragrant.

Gratitude is the closest thing to beauty manifested in an emotion

Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.

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

Gratitude is a nice touch of beauty added last of all to the countenance. Giving a classic beauty, an angelic loveliness, to the character.

Gratitude is a word that I cherish. Gratitude is what defines the happiness and humanity of the human being.

Gratitude is a mark of a noble soul and a refined character.

Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.

The most important and most significant good quality in our human life is gratitude. Unfortunately, that good quality we somehow manage not to express either in our thoughts or in our actions. Right from the beginning of our life, we have somehow learned not to express it. So we have the least amount of the very thing that we need most in order to become a better person.

Gratitude is the sweetest thing in a seeker's life- in all human life. If there is gratitude in your heart, then there will be tremendous sweetness in your eyes.

We should not accept in silence the benefactions of God, but return thanks for them.

Gratitude is an offering precious in the sight of God, and it is one that the poorest of us can make and be not poorer but richer for having made it.

Gratitude takes three forms: a feeling in the heart, an expression in words, and a giving in return.

A grateful heart, then, comes through expressing gratitude to our Heavenly Father for His blessings and to those around us for all that they bring into our lives. This requires conscious effort-at least until we have truly learned and cultivated an attitude of gratitude. Often we feel grateful and intend to express our thanks but forget to do so or just don't get around to it. Someone has said that "feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."

Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give.

Ein einziger dankbarer Gedanke gen Himmel ist das vollkommenste Gebet. One single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer.

There can be no life which does not contain something to be grateful for, and the habit of gratitude is one of the most powerful assets of success and happiness which can be named.

Gratitude produced the most purely joyful moments that have been known to man.

He who acknowledges a kindness has it still, and he who has a grateful sense of it has requited it.

A word of appreciation often can accomplish what nothing else could accomplish.