Quotes about Entitlement
A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks that he gets as much as he deserves."1 The grateful heart, on the other hand, sees each day as a gift.
— Max Lucado
We have the right to our labor but not to the fruit of our labor.
— Steven Pressfield
Everyone - whether it's the Jews, the Greeks, the Catholics - everybody is entitled to religious beliefs and entitled to their traditions.
— John Catsimatidis
Merely to come into the world the heir of a fortune is not to be born, but to be still-born, rather.
— Henry David Thoreau
Children that have been petted and waited upon, always expect it; and if their expectations are not met, they are disappointed and discouraged. This same disposition will be seen through their whole lives, and they will be helpless, leaning upon others for aid, expecting others to favor them and yield to them.
— Ellen White
Natural man's sin is precisely this: He wants the benefits of God without God Himself.
— RC Sproul
Don't forget that the most effective form of child abuse is giving a child everything they want.
— Randy Alcorn
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
The fatted calf, the best Scotch, the hoedown could all have been his too, any time he asked for them except that he never thought to ask for them because he was too busy trying cheerlessly and religiously to earn them.
— Frederick Buechner
A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
— Henry Ward Beecher
A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
— Henry Ward Beecher
You've given aid and they've received it. And yet, like an idiot, you keep holding out for more: to be credited with a Good Deed, to be repaid in kind. Why?
— Marcus Aurelius