A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
Gratitude is a mark of a noble soul and a refined character. We like to be around those who are grateful.
When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.
Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it's being done to him or by him.
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.