βWe often despise what is most useful to us.β
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Attitude & Values Β· 14 authors
Quotes on the power of gratitude. On the richness that comes from a thankful heart.
βOnly a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.β
β Quintus Horatius Flaccus
βWe often despise what is most useful to us.β
βOnly a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.β
βLiving on Earth may be expensive, but it includes an annual free trip around the Sun.β
βI am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.β
βA true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.β
βThe art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.β
βTalent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.β
βFeeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.β
βGratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.β
βDo not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.β
βWrite injuries in dust, benefits in marble.β
βTo the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it.β
βIf you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough.β
βBecause I know I have another day.β
βIt was a rare gem, a brain tumor, hemangioblastoma.β