Seneca on Gratitude Quotes

"It is not the gift that matters, but the intention of the giver."

"Gratitude is a virtue that has its own reward."

"He who is grateful is a happy man."

"The first step toward gratitude is to recognize the benefit."

"The greatest benefit is the one that comes from a friend."

"The ungrateful man is like a sieve; everything you pour into him runs out."

"A benefit is not a benefit unless it is given with a good will."

"He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment on his debt."

"In benefits, the giver should forget and the receiver remember."

"He is ungrateful who denies that he has received a benefit; he is ungrateful who hides it; he is ungrateful who does not return it; but most ungrateful of all is he who forgets it."

"A benefit is a good deed that gives joy and in the giving takes joy."

"The person who is to be grateful must think of the benefit, not the giver."

"He who acknowledges a kindness has already begun to repay it."

"The reward of a thing well done is to have done it."

"A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things."

"No one is more unhappy than he who is never satisfied with what he has."

"We are ungrateful for what we have because we are looking for what we do not have."

"We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation."

"A man who is ungrateful for one benefit will be ungrateful for all."

"There is no vice more base than ingratitude."

"A grateful heart is the beginning of a virtuous life."

"The wise man is always grateful for the present moment."

"We must not be ungrateful even for small things."

"He who accepts a benefit with a good will has returned it."

"Ingratitude is a disease of the soul."

"The feeling of gratitude is a proof of a noble nature."

"To be grateful is to be at peace with oneself."

"The ungrateful man is his own punishment."

"Let us never forget the kindnesses we have received."

"A benefit should be given with the same spirit it is received."

"True gratitude is an inner feeling, not just an outward expression."

"We should be grateful for life itself, regardless of our troubles."

"To be ungrateful is to be blind to the goodness of the world."