gratitude

"One may be humble out of pride."

"Michelle will tell you that when we get together for Christmas or Thanksgiving, it's like a little mini-United Nations... I've got relatives who look like Bernie Mac, and I've got relatives who look l…"

"A favor well bestowed is almost as great an honor to him who confers it as to him who receives it."

"Our patron has always sort of danced upon the notion that austerity and piety go hand in hand; down here, we show our appreciation for things by appreciating, if you get me."

"Aside from a cold appreciation of my own genius I felt that I was a modest man."

"Humbleness and effeminacy are not things that a great cricketer can afford to have."

"If you begin to run short of things to be thankful for, commence to pray for your enemies and you will be surprised how soon you will want to quit and say, Amen."

"If you can't see what to be grateful for you can't see what to be great at."

"There is something, however humble, which can properly be called skill among those who recognise themselves as economists."

"In strong families, positive strokes out-number negative broadsides by a wide margin. Members regularly express appreciation: "Thanks for fixing the drainpipe." "You look so nice in that dress." "The …"

"Men goeth to that place from which appreciation cometh."

"“How come you didn’t recognize me?” Hentman said crossly. “Aren’t I world-famous? Or maybe you don’t watch TV."

"My gratitude to them grows as I myself grow older."

"Stop complaining about the price of your gas. Be thankful your car doesn't run on bottled water."

"When every benefit received is a right, there is no place for good manners, let alone for gratitude."

"The few men who do a hand's turn around the house expect gratitude and recognition, so sure are they that, though it is their dirt, it is not their job."

"I was honestly concerned people might have forgotten or given up or whatnot, but the reaction so far has been very positive. I'm very overwhelmed, very thankful, very grateful. I also feel like those …"

"Receive an injury rather than do one."

"If I want to say he didn't that's my right, and now, thanks to Wikipedia — it's also a fact."

"2194. He that is too proud to ask, is too good to receive."