Inspirational Christmas Quotes - Page 6

• Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.

  Henry Clay

  Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

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• Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.

  Sallust

  Gratitude, Ambition, Blood

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• I send my thoughts afar, and let them paint your Christmas Day at home.

  Edward Rowland Sill

  Xmas, Home, Holiday

  Edward Rowland Sill (1972). “The Poetical Works of Edward Rowland Sill”

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• Unless it's out of the goodness of someone's heart, I don't like having things given to me for free. I like working hard for what I earn. It gives me a sense of gratitude, and that's the only way I can truly appreciate it.

  Sasha Azevedo

  Gratitude, Heart, Appreciate

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• Ingratitude is monstrous.

  William Shakespeare

  Gratitude, Monstrous, Ingratitude

  William Shakespeare, Thomas Dolby (1872). “Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations: Exhibiting the Most Forcible Passages, Illustrative of the Various Passions, Affections and Emotions of the Human Mind”, p.182

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• I saw how different life was on different sides of the same city. I saw the fear in the eyes of people who were not free. I saw the gratitude of people toward the United States for all that we had done. I felt goosebumps as I got off a military train and heard the Army band strike up 'Stars and Stripes Forever.'

  John F. Kerry

  Gratitude, Stars, Military

  "Kerry: We are here to make America stronger", www.cnn.com. July 30, 2004.

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• There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance

  Joseph Addison

  Thank You, Thankful, Gratitude

  Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd, Henry George Bohn (1872). “The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison”, p.464

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• The grateful person fears no court or judge, no sentence or executioner, but what he carries about him in his own breast: and being still the most severe exactor of himself, not only confesses but proclaims his debts.

  Robert South

  Thankful, Gratitude, Grateful

  "Sermons on Several Occasions".

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• I feel a very unusual sensation - if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Motivational, Thank You, Thankful

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• There is a remarkable breakdown of taste and intelligence at Christmastime. Mature, responsible grown men wear neckties made of holly leaves and drink alcoholic beverages with raw egg yolks and cottage cheese in them.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Funny, Christmas, Xmas

  P. J. O'Rourke (1983). “Modern manners”, Dell Books

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• There is no hope of joy except in human relations.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Friendship, Happiness, Real Friends

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• Every professional athlete owes a debt of gratitude to the fans and management, and pays an installment every time he plays. He should never miss a payment.

  Bobby Hull

  Gratitude, Athlete, Play

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• Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.

  Lionel Hampton

  Inspirational, Thank You, Gratitude

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We thank Thee, O Father of all, for... all the soul-help that sad souls understand.

  Will Carleton

  Gratitude, Father, Soul

  WILL CARLETON (1900). “CITY LEGENDS”

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• Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful for, sometimes even perplexed by, how much misery I have been spared.

  Dennis Prager

  Gratitude, Grateful, Suffering

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Samuel Johnson

  Gratitude, Cheer, People

  James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1786). “Boswell's Life of Johnson: including Boswell's Journal of a tour of the Hebrides, and Johnson's diary of A journey into North Wales”, p.264

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• Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it.

  E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

  Inspirational, Gratitude, Men

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• Today a thousand doors of enterprise are open to you, inviting you to useful work. To live at this time is an inestimable privilege, and a sacred obligation devolves upon you to make right use of your opportunities. Today is the day in which to attempt and achieve something worthwhile.

  Grenville Kleiser

  Gratitude, Work, Opportunity

  Grenville Kleiser (1917). “Inspiration and Ideals: Thoughts for Every Day”

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• Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.

  Joseph Stalin

  Dog, Gratitude, Sickness

  "he Memoirs of former Stalin's secretary" by Boris Bazhanov, Saint Petersburg, 1992.

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• Christmas has been a season of mixed interests and meanings, but the very foundation, of course, is its religious significance. No matter what other personal desires or crises we have faced, I've never forgotten that this is the time to celebrate the birth of the Baby Jesus, and the impact of this event on the history of the world.

  Jimmy Carter

  Baby, Religious, Jesus

  Jimmy Carter, Amy Carter (2004). “Christmas in Plains: Memories”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

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• No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Inspirational, Thank You, Wise

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• A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Gratitude, Kindness, Men

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• Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.

  Denis Diderot

  Gratitude, Burden, Made

  Denis Diderot, Sylvia Margaret Hill (1897). “Rameau's Nephew: A Translation from Diderot's Autographic Text”

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• A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.

  Ruth Benedict

  Gratitude, Jobs, Men

  Ruth Benedict (2006). “The Chrysanthemum and the Sword”, p.126, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Gratitude, Memories, Being Thankful

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2011). “Letters Papers from Prison”, p.79, Simon and Schuster

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