Debt Of Gratitude Quotes:

America's fighting men and women sacrifice much to ensure that our great nation stays free. We owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers that have paid the ultimate price for this cause, as well as for those who are blessed enough to return from the battlefield unscathed.

- Allen Boyd

topic: Gratitude, Blessed, Sacrifice, Debt Of Gratitude, Military Service

The young patriots now returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan and other deployments worldwide are joining the ranks of veterans to whom America owes an immense debt of gratitude.

- Steve Buyer

topic: Gratitude, War, Iraq, Debt Of Gratitude, Funny Veterans Day

To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it.

- Benjamin Franklin

topic: Debt Of Gratitude, Awe Inspiring, Thank You Gratitude

True greatness means that, even if you forget what you've done for others, you never forget what others have done for you. It means always doing your utmost to repay debts of gratitude. Such people radiate integrity, depth of character, bigheartedness and charm.

- Josei Toda

topic: Gratitude, Integrity, Character, Debt Of Gratitude, True Greatness

The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children.

- Nancy Friday

topic: Friday, Mother, Gratitude, Debt Of Gratitude, Happy Friday

A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.

- Ruth Benedict

source: Ruth Benedict (2006). “The Chrysanthemum and the Sword”, p.126, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

topic: Gratitude, Jobs, Men, Indebtedness, Debt Of Gratitude

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

topic: Inspirational, Thank You, Thanksgiving, I Am Thankful, Spiritual Gratitude

If we meet someone who owes us a debt of gratitude, we remember the fact at once. How often we can meet someone to whom we owe a debt of gratitude without thinking about it at all!

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

source: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2005). “Elective Affinities”, p.225, Penguin UK

topic: Gratitude, Thinking, Debt, Debt Of Gratitude

No one can obtain felicity by pursuit. This explains why one of the elements of being happy is the feeling that a debt of gratitude is owed, a debt impossible to pay. Now, we do not owe gratitude to ourselves. To be conscious of gratitude is to acknowledge a gift.

- Josef Pieper

topic: Gratitude, Feelings, Pay, Debt Of Gratitude

Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our race. He brought death into the world.

- Mark Twain

source: Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 3, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" (1894)

topic: Life, Death, Gratitude, Debt Of Gratitude, Benefactors

All Americans owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. King for his bravery and commitment to civil rights and nonviolence that changed this nation - and world - for the better.

- Eliot Engel

topic: Gratitude, Kings, Commitment, Debt Of Gratitude

Every professional athlete owes a debt of gratitude to the fans and management, and pays an installment every time he plays. He should never miss a payment.

- Bobby Hull

topic: Gratitude, Athlete, Play, Debt Of Gratitude, Professional Athlete

Not all who discharge their debts of gratitude should flatter themselves that they are grateful.

- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

topic: Gratitude, Grateful, Debt, Debt Of Gratitude

Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to the 9/11 Commission members for their valuable service and important recommendations to improve homeland security.

- Jim Ramstad

topic: Gratitude, Important, Debt, Homeland Security, Debt Of Gratitude

I owe a debt of gratitude to two other living Justices. Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg paved the way for me and so many other women in my generation. Their pioneering lives have created boundless possibilities for women in the law. I thank them for their inspiration and also for the personal kindnesses they have shown me.

- Elena Kagan

source: Opening Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee at the USSC Justice Confirmation Hearings, delivered 28 June 2010

topic: Gratitude, Kindness, Inspiration, Pioneering, Sandra Day O Connor

A Christian people who have for two hundred years kept a race in bondage, deprived of the advantages of civilization and religion, owe them a debt of gratitude which it would seem ungenerous to withhold.

- Nelson A. Miles

source: NELSON A. MILES (1911). “SERVING THE REPUBLIC”

topic: Christian, Gratitude, Race, Debt Of Gratitude

We and our allies owe and acknowledge an ever-lasting debt of gratitude to the armies and people of the Soviet Union.

- Frank Knox

topic: Gratitude, War, Army, World War 2, Debt Of Gratitude

true Christians consider themselves not as satisfying some rigorous creditor, but as discharging a debt of gratitude

- William Wilberforce

source: William Wilberforce, Kevin Belmonte, Garth M. Rosell, Charles Colson (2006). “A Practical View of Christianity”, p.255, Hendrickson Publishers

topic: Christian, Gratitude, Debt, Debt Of Gratitude, Creditors

Our Nation owes a lasting debt of gratitude to all those selfless members of our Armed Forces who have risked their own freedom and safety to defend the the lives and liberty of others.

- William J. Clinton

topic: Gratitude, Safety, Liberty, Debt Of Gratitude

The baby boomers owe a big debt of gratitude to the parents and grandparents - who we haven't given enough credit to anyway - for giving us another generation.

- Steven Spielberg

topic: Baby, Gratitude, Giving, Debt Of Gratitude, Baby Boomer

We owe an enormous debt of gratitude to those who serve or have served in our countrys military, as well as to the families of those individuals. Whether protecting our freedoms in foreign fields or making contributions here at home, the value these men and women bring to the American workforce and our way of life is beyond measure.

- Sylvia Mathews Burwell

topic: Gratitude, Military, Home, Debt Of Gratitude

Shannen Rossmiller's work in exposing Islamic terrorists has genuinely made our country safer. She has dedicated her life to combating the terrorist threat against the United States and has amazingly been able to infiltrate and actually stop terrorist operations. Our entire country owes her an immeasurable debt of gratitude.

- Steven Emerson

topic: Country, Gratitude, Islamic, Debt Of Gratitude

Religious believers of the world, you are free to continue to debate the simple, narrow question that divides you from atheists, but you have no right, in so doing, to treat the Humanists of the world with contempt. You owe them a deep debt of gratitude, for not only have they shed much light on a naturally dark world but they have very probably helped civilize your own specific religion.

- Steve Allen

source: Steve Allen (2001). “Vulgarians at the Gate: Trash TV and Raunch Radio : Raising the Standards of Popular Culture”

topic: Gratitude, Religious, Atheist, Dark World, Debt Of Gratitude

Today, whether it is a student who holds a sit-in to get the army recruiters off his campus, or the mother of a dead soldier who refuses to leave the front gate of the president's ranch, we continue to be saved by brave people who risk ridicule and rejection but end up turning huge tides of public opinion in the direction of righteousness. We owe them enormous debts of gratitude. It is not easy to stand up for what is right, especially when everyone else is afraid to leave the comfortable path of conformity.

- Michael Moore

topic: Mother, Gratitude, Army, Dead Soldiers, Debt Of Gratitude

In terms of sources coming forward, I really reject this idea of talking about one, two, three sources. There are many sources that have informed the reporting we've done and I think that Americans owe them a debt of gratitude for taking the risk they do.

- Laura Poitras

source: Source: www.motherjones.com

topic: Debt Of Gratitude

We owe her a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country.

- Donald Trump

source: Source: abcnews.go.com

topic: Country, Gratitude, Debt, Debt Of Gratitude

The only team that believed in me was the Saints, and I feel like I owe them a great debt of gratitude. I want to give them what they saw in me-a guy who could lead this team to a championship.

- Drew Brees

topic: Football, Gratitude, Team, Debt Of Gratitude

To Barack and Michelle Obama - America owes you an enormous debt of gratitude.

- Hillary Clinton

topic: Gratitude, America, Debt, Debt Of Gratitude

Toonami was a tremendous vehicle, delivering the art of Japanese animation to a massive audience that may have otherwise never experienced it. I feel an immense debt of gratitude to everyone involved with the show and to every fan who supported it.

- Steven Blum

topic: Gratitude, Art, Fans, Japanese Animation, Debt Of Gratitude

What a noble gift to man are the Forests! What a debt of gratitude and admiration we owe to their beauty and their utility! How pleasantly the shadows of the wood fall upon our heads when we turn from the glitter and turmoil of the world of man!

- Susan Fenimore Cooper

source: Susan Fenimore Cooper (1850). “Rural Hours”, p.202

topic: Gratitude, Fall, Men, Debt Of Gratitude

'Harry Potter' created a generation of readers in an era when kids could have disappeared into the depths of the Internet. That's no small feat. Every book series owes J.K. Rowling a debt of gratitude.

- Gary Ross

topic: Gratitude, Book, Kids, Debt Of Gratitude

Care for him who shall have borne the battle

- Abraham Lincoln

topic: Battle, Care, Firmness, Inaugural Speech, Debt Of Gratitude

I know my debt of gratitude to the women who went before, I know my responsibility to young women coming forward.

- Nancy Pelosi

source: Source: blog.sfgate.com

topic: Gratitude, Responsibility, Debt, Debt Of Gratitude