Grateful Quotes

I know I should have been grateful because it was a very nice thing to do. But I wasn't grateful. I wasn't grateful at all. Don't get me wrong. I acted like I was. But I wasn't. To tell you the truth, I was starting to get mad.

~ Stephen Chbosky

Saying thank you signifies sense of gratitude, but it also implies your incapability.

~ Amit Kalantri

If you want to be a good parent then be a great leader. You should live a life with passion for someone and something. The legacy you leave your children shouldn't be how you suffered in gratitude for a life you had no passion for. Rather, it should be how grateful you are to a God that believes fairytales can come true because they came true for you.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Lying isn't something you should be proud of, but be grateful if you've gained a talent for doing it correctly.

~ Kate C. Conner

If people begin to be more grateful, they will see the wonders of life.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

My heart filled with endless praise.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I thank God for providing my every need.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

My greatest gratitude is the gift of life.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The more grateful we are, the more we practice this in our everyday lives, the more connected we become to the universe around us.

~ Stephen Richards

The spirit of gratitude brings out the true beauty of life.

~ Hafiz

Always be thankful for what you had, what you have, and what you will have in the future.

~ Hafiz

The quality of one's life can never be great without the constant presence of gratitude in one's mind.

~ Hafiz

I feel happy and hearty grateful.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The more grateful you are, the more your life overflow with abundance.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The journey as a writer is not so much about our stories, but the stories of others we meet along the way on our wonderful path. #grateful

~ Lee Bice-Matheson

But you have to admit it is human nature to only really appreciate something if you’ve worked for it, or if you know you can lose it. How are you going to make the inhabitants of your little heaven feel fulfilled if everything comes to them easily?

~ Josephine Angelini

Great grace is the power of great thanks.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Be grateful for each moment, for we know not which will be our last.

~ Mark Hewer

It's better to find success through God, than finding it on one's own merits; some who usually find their own success become boastful, where through God it's with gratitude.

~ Anthony Liccione

If I continually focus on what I don’t have, my life will always be completely empty despite the fact that it’s completely full.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Embracing an attitude of gratitude is nourishing to the soul. When we allow ourselves to be engulfed in gratitude, this abundant soul nourishment overflows to your relationships, careers, and day to day lives. Act in gratitude today… If you are grateful to those you love, show them. If you are grateful to those who have helped you, show them. If you are grateful to your creator, to your family, to your friends, and you want it to be known, let it be shown!

~ Steve Maraboli

Gratitude helps you to grow and expand, gratitude brings JOY and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.

~ Eileen Caddy

It is easy to say I am thankful for the sweet and beautiful things in life: flower gardens, ice cream cones, diamond rings, dances under moonlight, children’s laughter, birdsongs, and the like. The challenge is recognizing things of value in the dark, sour, uglier parts of life. But if you look hard enough, you will find that even tough times offer pearls worthy of gratitude.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

As long as we are grateful, we shall be glad.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Find much to be grateful for in every day. Doing so will not only enrich your life, it will bless those around you in ways you may never know.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Think not so much of what you lack as of what you have: but of the things that you have, select the best, and then reflect on how eagerly you would have sought them if you did not have them.

~ Marcus Aurelius

When you feel thankful, you can be appreciative for a moment, then not at all the next. It seems the tank is full, then it becomes empty, and the cycle continues. If you don't feel the same gratitude for a moment, know that it's possible in the next moment that comes around.

~ J.r. Rim

Gratitude will make you feel great, choose to be grateful.

~ Gift Gugu Mona

If you woke up tomorrow to only the things you've expressed your gratitude for today, then what would be missing from your life in the morning?

~ Nanette Mathews

Once we forget those who have contributed time and effort in making an endeavor successful, we forget ourselves.

~ Beem Weeks

Cicero said that gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. If that’s true, then my happiness does not cause me to be grateful for what I have. My gratitude for what I have causes me to be happy. Gratitude births the virtue of happiness.

~ Jennifer Dukes Lee

Don't waste all today worrying about the possible mistakes you may have made yesterday. You don't know what will happen tomorrow or how long we have here, so enjoy what you have today since you have it. May you be thankful for today and live it to the fullest as it truly is a gift

~ Angie Karan

Gratitude opens our eyes… We are often praying for something God has already given us.

~ Steve Maraboli

Cultivate and nurture being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. Remembering that In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy.

~ Angie Karan

What are you grateful for? Get in the habit of being grateful, even for a small thing. It opens up your energy for positivity and blessings to flow to you.

~ Eileen Anglin

My heart is filled with deep gratitude to the Almighty Lord.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

It's a nice feeling, Knowing, Someone lived easier Because I was alive.

~ Nikki Rowe

To have more, you must genuinely thank more.

~ Maddy Malhotra

Feeling grateful to breathe a new day. Gratitude is a way to submit to the flow of life.

~ Vishwas Chavan

Feeling grateful is good, showing appreciation to those you feel grateful to is sublime.

~ Andy Lacroix