Entitlement Vs Gratitude Quotes & Sayings

When a passion is not realized ... it fades away, or becomes ideal worship
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that sort of thing! — Ada Leverson

That sense of entitlement is precisely where we want them because the right to happiness is directly opposed to one of The Adversary's greatest curatives - gratitude. — Geoffrey Wood

Charlie Brown: A penny! Rats! Why couldn't I have found a nickel? What good is a penny these days? Why do things like that always happen to me?! *walks off frustrated*
Lucy: Gee, he found a penny! Why don't things like that ever happen to me? — Charles M. Schulz

An attitude of entitlement is inversely related to one of gratitude. — Pete Wilson

God would have us cherish even the smallest of blessings, for in taking a blessing for granted we are well on our way to taking it to its grave. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

A sense of entitlement is a cancerous thought process that is void of gratitude and can be deadly to our relationships. — Steve Maraboli

Personal identity seems like it's just such an American archetype, from Holly Golightly re-inventing herself in 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' to Jay Gatsby in 'The Great Gatsby.' It seems like the sort of archetypal American issue. If you're given the freedom to be anything, or be anyone, what do you do with it? — Chuck Palahniuk

Feeling entitled is the opposite of feeling grateful. Gratitude opens the heart, entitlement closes it. — Paul Gibbons

What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude. — Brene Brown

Your cigarette has become one long cylindrical ash. — Anne Rice

People do think that if they avoid the truth, it might change to something better before they have to hear it. — Marsha Norman

It's always about, somehow, finding a part of myself that is relevant, and then turning the volume up on that particular part. So, I am all of the characters I've ever played, and I am none of them at the same time. — Tom Hiddleston

The opposite of envy and entitlement is gratitude. Gratitude comes from the feeling of freely receiving things, not because we deserve them, but because someone has graced us with them. We feel a thankfulness grounded in love, — Henry Cloud

The more you think you're entitled to, the less you will be grateful for. The bigger the sense of entitlement, the smaller the sense of gratitude. We wonder why in our world we keep getting more and more and more and keep being less and less and less grateful. — John Ortberg

The very joyful thing about seeing ourselves and life from a place of gratitude instead of entitlement - is that this way of breathing allows us to be forgiving of difficult circumstances in life and of those people who delivered such difficult circumstances to us. Gratitude allows us second chances at joy; not with the same circumstances or those same people; but it alleviates the burden of bitterness that comes with not receiving what one believes he/she was entitled to have. We can instead look forward into life and see that there will be many good things and we will be grateful for them. — C. JoyBell C.

When we replace a sense of service and gratitude with a sense of entitlement and expectation, we quickly see the demise of our relationships, society, and economy. — Steve Maraboli

I was raised in Chicago, so always used Latina. It's what my Father and brothers called ourselves, when we meant the entire Spanish-speaking community of Chicago. — Sandra Cisneros

Here's the deal: The more you think you're entitled to, the less you will be grateful for. The bigger the sense of entitlement, the smaller the sense of gratitude. We wonder why in our world we keep getting more and more and more and keep being less and less and less grateful. This is precisely why. — John Ortberg

I have a dress-up chest at home. I love to create this fantasy kind of thing. — Kate Moss

Beware: It is a quick transition from a nourishing sense of gratitude to a poisonous sense of entitlement. — Steve Maraboli

What starts as gratitude quickly becomes dependency and ends as entitlement — Robert Harris

Gratitude begins where my sense of entitlement ends. — Steven Furtick

Service and gratitude will fuel your relationship; entitlement and expectation will poison it. — Steve Maraboli

When entitlement's poison begins to infect our hearts, gratitude is the antidote. — Kristen Welch

Being a leader is making the people you love hate you a little more each day. — Patrick Ness

I have had the problem of seeing my male model go to Italy and ... stay there. — Camille Claudel

Remember that I'm Human. Before you judge me or decide how you'll deal with me, walk awhile in my shoes. If you do, I think you'll find with more understanding we can meet in the middle and walk the rest of the way together. — Eric Harvey

The two states - envious and grateful - have little to do with what a person actually receives. They have more to do with the character of the person. If you give something to entitled, envious people, it profits them or you nothing. They just feel that you have finally paid your debt to them. If you give to grateful people, they feel overwhelmed with how fortunate they are and how good you are. Parents need to help children work through their feelings of entitlement and envy and move to a position of gratitude. — Henry Cloud

A lot of parents today are terrified that something they say to their children might make them 'feel bad.' But, hey, if they've done something wrong, they should feel bad. Kids with a sense of responsibility, not entitlement, who know when to experience gratitude and humility, will be better at navigating the social shoals of college. — Amy Chua

Gratitude works its magic by serving as an antidote to negative emotions. It's like white blood cells for the soul, protecting us from cynicism, entitlement, anger, and resignation. — Arianna Huffington

Here we have some people who call themselves Christians and they forget Jesus Christ was a Jew. Something like anti-Semitism is an artificial way of avoiding responsibility. You blame the problems in your country on someone else, on some group. — Yevgeny Yevtushenko