Gratitude is a burden upon our imperfect nature, and we are but too willing to ease ourselves of it — Philip Dormer
A person however learned and qualified in his life’s work in whom gratitude is absent — Hazrat Inayat Khan
Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge — Samuel Johnson
Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. — Henri-Frédéric Amiel
Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness. — Nathaniel Parker Willis