Next to ingratitude, the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

Topics: Gratitude Quotes

Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending...

Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending...

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.

Good-humor makes all things tolerable.

Good-humor makes all things tolerable.

Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul.

Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul.

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us...

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us...

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without...

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without...

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.

Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to...

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to...

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

Many men build as cathedrals were built, the part nearest the ground finished; but that...

Many men build as cathedrals were built, the part nearest the ground finished; but that...

Theology is a science of mind applied to God

Theology is a science of mind applied to God

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they...

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they...

Laugh at your friends, and if your friends are sore; So much the better, you...

Laugh at your friends, and if your friends are sore; So much the better, you...

There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of...

There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of...

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into...

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into...

He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his...

He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his...

A church debt is the devil's salary.

A church debt is the devil's salary.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man...

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man...

Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man

Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man