William Bennett Quotes

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 the sign of noble souls.

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

I am very humble, and I am very gracious and very grateful for everything that happens to me and about me and around me.

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

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.

Always have an attitude of gratitude.

For me, I want to make sure every single day I wake up and give thanks for everything that I've been given in life.

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

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

A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being.

Like Christ said, love thee one another. I learned to do that, and I learned to respect and be appreciative and thankful for what I had.

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

Gratitude's not a natural posture. The prince of darkness is ultimately a spoiled ingrate, and I've spent most of my life as kin to the fist-shaker.

There is such a thing as 'thanks-feeling' - feeling thankful. This ought to be the general, universal spirit of the Christian.

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

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.

I think the best advice came from Drew Barrymore, about always finding love in everything you do and keeping a positive attitude and being thankful.

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'm not an ambitious person. I'm very content, and I have no pending dreams. God has given me so much, and if there's one thing I really want to do, it's to serve the people.

Gratitude is a burden upon our imperfect nature, and we are but too willing to ease ourselves of it, or at least to lighten it as much as we can.

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

Humility is important.

I'm so thankful to everyone who has helped me along the way.