Our despondent moods are, for the most part, moods of ingratitude.
If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself. ... Native American Proverb (Minquass)
An ungrateful man is like a hog under a tree eating acorns, but never looking up to see where they come from. --Timothy Dexter
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some --Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils. --Livy [Titus Livius] (59 BC-17 AD) _Ab Urbe Condita_ [c. 29 BC]
How blind men are to Heaven's gifts!--Lucan [Marcus Annaeus Lucanus] (39-65) _The Civil War_, Book V, Line 528
Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away. --Sophocles (c. 495-406 BC), _Ajax_ [c. 447 BC]
It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe God for any blessing is that they should receive that blessing often and regularly. Richard Whately (1787-1863)
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