Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.


On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.


I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Thursday, February 7, 2008

GRATTITUDE

Feeling Gratitude and not expressing it,
Is like wrapping a present and not giving it. …..William Arthur Ward

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy. ………Jacques Maritain

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid,
but which none have a right to expect. ………Jean Jacques Rousseau

Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors. ……….. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity:
it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.
…..William Faulkner

As we express our Gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation Is not to utter words, but to live by them. ……John F. Kennedy

Who does not thank for little will not thank for much. ……Estonian Proverb

Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.
…Albert Schwietzer

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues;
but the parent of all the others. …..Marcus Tillius Cicero

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of Courtesy …….. Jacques Maritain

When eating bamboo sprouts, Be Grateful to the man who planted them.
~Chinese Proverb

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