On gratitude...

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

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
Jacques Maritain

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Melody Beattie

To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kindness that stands behind the action.
Albert Schweitzer

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.
Leroy [Satchel] Paige

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
William Arthur Ward

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.
Meister Eckhardt

Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.
Lionel Hampton

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
Albert Schweitzer