Grateful Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

“Pride slays thanksgiving ... A prideful man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

The prouder a man is, the more he thinks he deserves, and the more he thinks he deserves, the less he really does deserve.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man,…

— Henry Ward Beecher

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