Robert Reich Quotes

Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors?

You renounce your friendship even in the hour of our need ' he said. 'Yet you were glad indeed to receive our aid when you came at last to these shores fainthearted loiterers and well-nigh emptyhanded. In huts on the beaches would you be dwelling still had not the Noldor carved out your haven and toiled upon your walls.

Some people have a knack of putting upon you gifts of no real value, to engage you to substantial gratitude. We thank them for nothing.

You have to be really loyal to the people that supported you when you were coming up.

Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.

I owe everything I have to them when I'm out there on the mound. But I owe the fans nothing and they owe me nothing when I am not pitching.

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.

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 learned years ago to come to terms with having so much done for me by others.

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

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

I mean, I really liked those guys and the experience of doing Raiders was really good for me, but I did not really want to be involved - I only did Jedi, as I really owed George a favor.

I owe baseball. Baseball don't owe me a damn thing.

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

If you want people to support you, then you have to support them. You have to think long about what you did for people who voted for you, made phone calls for you, who went door to door for you.

My country has been very good to me; I must be good to my country.

Whose bread I eat, his song I sing.

We must support our supporters.

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor

To love the king is not bad, but a king who loves you is better.

Up to a certain point it is good for us to know that there are people in the world who will give us love and unquestioned loyalty to the limit of their ability. I doubt, however, if it is good for us to feel assured of this without the accompanying obligation of having to justify this devotion by our behavior.

Where is the man who owes nothing to the land in which he lives?

It’s the least I could do for her. She served me so well for so long and asked nothing in return.

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.