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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. --Malayan Proverb

Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls. --David Thomas

Not what we give,
But what we share,
For the gift
without the giver
Is bare.
--James Russell Lowell

Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone. --G.B. Stern

I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks. --William Shakespeare

The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you. --John E. Southard

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. --G.K. Chesterton

I would thank you from the bottom of my heart, but for you my heart has no bottom. --Author Unknown

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention. --Oscar Wilde

Gratitude is the memory of the heart. --Jean Baptiste Massieu, translated from French

How far that little candle throws his beams!
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
--William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, much later adapted to "So shines a good deed in a weary world" by David Seltzer for the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. --Author Unknown

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. --Mark Twain

How beautiful a day can be
When kindness touches it!
--George Elliston

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. --Thornton Wilder

I feel a very unusual sensation - if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude. --Benjamin Disraeli

Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don't unravel. --Author Unknown

Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim. --William Feather