Backbone Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Gratitude is a debt which usually goes on accumulating like blackmail; the more you pay, the more is exacted.

— Mark Twain

Gratitude is like the good faith of traders: it maintains commerce, and we often pay, not because it is just to discharge our debts,…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

For many of us gratitude to others comes with a sense of debt that can never be fully paid and therefore the things we…

— Michael Josephson

Gratitude is most treasured when it is unexpected. When we expect, even demand gratitude, we treat it simply as payment due for some service…

— Michael Josephson

Gratitude is something you show in relation to others.

— Dalai Lama

Gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.

— Epicurus

Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.

— John Ortberg

Gratitude is a sign of maturity...Where there is appreciation: there is also courtesy and concern for the rights and property of others.

— Gordon B. Hinckley

Gratitude is a euphemism for resentment.

— Robert A. Heinlein

I regard gratitude as an asset and its absence a major interpersonal flaw.

— Marshall Goldsmith

Gratitude is the beginning of civility, of decency and goodness, of a recognition that we cannot afford to be arrogant. We should walk with…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

The daily practice of gratitude is one of the conduits by which your wealth will come to you.

— Wallace D. Wattles