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Thankfulness: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Some hae meat and canna eat, And some would eat that want it; But we hae meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit.— BURNS — Grace before Meat.

When I'm not thank'd at all, I'm thank'd enough, I've done my duty, and I've done no more.— HENRY FIELDING — The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great. Act I. Sc. 3.

I am glad that he thanks God for anything.— SAM'L JOHNSON — Boswell's Life of

Johnson. 1775. To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing. S.— GEORGE MACDONALD — Mary Marston. Ch. V.

Your bounty is beyond my speaking; But though my mouth be dumb, my heart shall thank you.— NICHOLAS ROWE — Jane Shore. Act II. Sc. 1.

I thank you for your voices: thank you : Your most sweet voices.— Shakespeare — Coriolanus. Act II. Sc. 3. L. 179.

Let never day nor night unhallow'd pass, But still remember what the Lord hath done.— Shakespeare — Henry VI. Pt. II. Act II. Sc. 1. L. 85.

Thou thought'st to help me; and such thanks I give As one near death to those that wish him live.— Shakespeare — All's Well That Ends Well. Act II. Sc. 1. L. 133.