Quotes About Gratitude

"Gratitude is a mark of a noble soul and a refined character. We like to be around those who are grateful."

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

"O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!"

— William Shakespeare

"We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives."

— John F. Kennedy

"Happiness is a state of inner fulfilment, not the gratification of inexhaustible desires for outward things."

— Matthieu Ricard

"The greedy man is inconsistent with a whole world set before him."

— Sa'Di

"Feeling gratitude isn't born in us - it's something we are taught, and in turn, we teach our children."

— Joyce Brothers

"In everything, give thanks."

— Thessalonians 5:18

"A growth mindset looks for opportunity in everything, so there's no room for complaints."

— Carol Dweck

"If you can't be thankful for what you receive, be thankful for what you escape."

— Anonymous

"Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life."

— Christiane Northrup

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

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

"If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily."

— Gerald Good

"When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate."

— Ann Landers

"We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude."

— Cynthia Ozick

"Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well."

— Voltaire

"The best way for a person to have happy thoughts is to count his blessing and not his cash."

— Anonymous

"Learn to be thankful for what you already have, while you pursue all that you want."

— Jim Rohn

"When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around."

— Willie Nelson

"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."

— Oprah Winfrey

"What you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it. Opportunities, relationships, even money flowed my way when I learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my life."

— Oprah Winfrey

"Think with great gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us."

— Albert Schweitzer

"Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts ' it's what you do with what you have left"

— Hubert H Humphrey

"Gratitude and attitude are not challenges; they are choices."

— Robert Braathe

"This a wonderful day. I've never seen this one before."

— Maya Angelou

"My country gave me schooling, independence of action and opportunity for service ' I am indebted to my country beyond any human power to repay."

— Herbert Hoover

"May the work of your hands be a sign of gratitude and reverence to the human condition."

— Mahatma Gandhi

"He who is greedy is always in want."

— Horace

"No matter what's happening, choose to be happy. Don't focus on what's wrong. Find something positive in your life. Thank God for the small things."

— Joel Osteen

"A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contently."

— Benjamin Franklin

"At times, our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us."

— Albert Schweitzer

"In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have."

— Ralph Marston

"Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for."

— Zig Ziglar

"Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals. If you aren't grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more."

— Roy T. Bennett

"Jesus, please teach me to appreciate what I have before time forces me to appreciate what I had."

— Susan L Lenzkes

"Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds."

— Theodore Roosevelt

"Our favorite attitude should be gratitude."

— Zig Ziglar

"Common quotes on gratitude"

— Unknown

"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just be alive is a grand thing."

— Agatha Christie

"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."

— Charles Dickens

"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have."

— Fredrick Koenig

"Mankind, by the perverse depravity of their nature, esteem that which they have most desired as of no value the moment it is possessed, and torment themselves with fruitless wishes for that which is beyond their reach."

— Francois de Fenelon

"When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears."

— Tony Robbins

"Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."

— Marcel Proust

"Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude."

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings."

— William Arthur Ward

"We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count."

— Neal A. Maxwell

"If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too."

— Thomas Fuller

"The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy."

— Henri Nouwen

"Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation."

— John Ortberg

"Joy is the simplest form of gratitude."

— Karl Barth

"The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness."

— Dalai Lama

"No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks."

— James Allen

"To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have."

— Ken Keyes, Jr

"No one who achieves success does so without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude."

— Alfred North Whitehead

"Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy."

— Fred De Witt Van Amburgh

"Always remember to smile and look up at what you got in life."

— Marilyn Monroe

"Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude."

— Albert Schweitzer

"The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated."

— William James

"If you want to find happiness, find gratitude."

— Steve Maraboli

"We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean... and we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect."

— Michelle Obama

"Everyone enjoys being acknowledged and appreciated. Sometimes even the simplest act of gratitude can change someone's entire day. Take the time to recognize and value the people around you and appreciate those who make a difference in your lives."

— Roy T. Bennett

"Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance."

— Eckhart Tolle

"Nothing is more honourable than a grateful heart."

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

"Love and gratitude can part seas, move mountains, and create miracles."

— Rhonda Byrne

"Joy is a heart full and a mind purified by gratitude."

— Marietta McCarty

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."

— Albert Einstein

"Giving is an expression of gratitude for our blessings."

— Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

"Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us."

— Socrates

"Meekness implies a spirit of gratitude as opposed to an attitude of self-sufficiency, an acknowledgement of a greater power beyond oneself, a recognition of God, and an acceptance of his commandments."

— Gordon B. Hinckley

"Gratitude turns what we have into enough."

— Aesop

"Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts."

— Henri Frederic Amiel

"Thank you is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, and understanding."

— Alice Walker

"Happiness cannot be travelled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude."

— Denis Waitley

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them."

— John F. Kennedy

"The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest."

— William Blake

"Never lose the childlike wonder. Show gratitude... Don't complain; just work harder... Never give up."

— Randy Pausch

"We never know the worth of water till the well is dry."

— English proverb

"Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good."

— Maya Angelou

"Act with kindness, but do not expect gratitude."

— Confucius

"Who does not thank for little will not thank for much."

— Estonian proverb

"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others."

— Marcus Tellius Cicero

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend."

— Melody Beattie

"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. But today is a gift. That's why they call it the present."

— Unknown

"The way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement."

— Charles Schwab

"Gratitude is the memory of the heart"

— Karl Barth

"What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner."

— Colette

"Dwell upon the brightest parts in every prospect .. and strive to be pleased with the present circumstances."

— Abraham Tucker

"A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world."

— Joseph Addison

"The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not."

— Seneca

"Gratitude is one of the sweet shortcuts to finding peace of mind and happiness inside. No matter what is going on outside of us, there's always something we could be grateful for."

— Barry Neil Kaufman

"A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer."

— Doris Lessing

"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."

— Epictetus

"The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention."

— Oscar Wilde

"We have to fill our hearts with gratitude. Gratitude makes everything that we have more than enough."

— Susan L. Taylor

"Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy."

— Jacques Maritain

"Look at everything as though you were seeing it for the first or the last time, then your time on earth will be filled with glory."

— Betty Smith

"Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is."

— Maxim Gorky

"Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them is the true measure of our thanksgiving."

— W. T Purkiser

"The greatest saint in the world is not he who prays most or fasts most; it is not he who gives alms, or is most eminent for temperance, chastity or justice. It is he who is most thankful to God."

— William Law