Dorothea Dix Quotes

To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it.

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.

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

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.

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

I owe my brother a great deal.

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.

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

It's the first gift that's always the hardest to pay back.

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

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

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

Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm.

'Thank you' is often an admission that you needed something that wasn't being fulfilled or you couldn't do on your own, so you needed someone else. There is also guilt. We think, 'Well, too much time has gone by, and it doesn't matter,' but it does. It always matters.

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

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

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

There is no question I owe Mia a great deal for adopting me. For that gesture, I still love her.

The person, whom you favored with a loan, if he be a good man, will think himself in your debt after he has paid you.

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

It was up to him to pay back to the world in beauty and caring what Leslie had loaned him in vision and strength.

Forever in debt to your priceless advice.

There's no way I could pay you back but my plan is to show you that I understand, you are appreciated