Seneca on Gratitude Quotes

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

"He who is grateful is a happy man."

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

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

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

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

"A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer."

"The ungrateful man is his own punishment."

"The mind of a grateful man is a constant festival."

"Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart."

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

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

"There is no vice more base than ingratitude."

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

"The part of life we really live is small. For all the rest of existence is not life, but merely time."

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

"A benefit is like a seed; it must be planted with care and nurtured with gratitude."

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

"The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately."

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

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