Gratitude Quotes

True forgiveness is when you can say, Thank you for that experience.

~ Oprah Winfrey

Pity is not forgiveness, nor is gratitude absolution.

~ Pierce Brown

More Miracles occur from Gratitude and Forgiveness than anything else

~ Philip H. Friedman

Embrace YOU...Believe in yourself, in this very moment...forgive yourself for all mistakes and 'bad' decisions you may have made in the past. Do not allow others opinions or judgements of who you were yesterday or decades ago define who you are today. Each and every day opens new doors for miracles of healing to occur in our lives. Embrace these miracles, big or small, even those you may presently be unaware of. Live in this moment, for this is all we have. Give thanks to your Higher Power for all that you are, for the very breath that allows life, love, and abundance to flow to you and through you forever more. Live in the Light of All That IS.

~ Angie Karan

As you lay yourself down to sleep tonight, think of something you are grateful for. Bless someone who was kind to you, and forgive someone who wasn't.

~ Eileen Anglin

There is, however, a far more common ailment among us—and that is pride from the bottom looking up. It is manifest in so many ways, such as faultfinding, gossiping, backbiting, and murmuring, living beyond our means, envying, coveting, withholding gratitude and praise that might lift another, and being unforgiving and jealous.

~ Ezra Taft Benson

When you forgive, you do not change the past, but you change your future.

~ Camilla Dorand

It turns out that there are many powers of the heart--among them intuition, intention, gratitude, forgiveness, resilience, and, of course, love.

~ Baptist De Pape

If forgiveness is medicine for the soul, then gratitude is vitamins.

~ Steve Maraboli

A grateful mind by owing owes not, but still pays, at once indebted and discharged; what burden then?

~ John Milton

Living in love, gratitude and forgiveness, is peaceful and spiritually rejuvenating. Living under the emotional constraints of anger and resentment is draining and toxic to heart and soul. It can be difficult to let go of past hurts, but it can also be freeing and uplifting. More and more, i choose to live in love, gratitude and forgiveness.

~ Jaeda Dewalt

Life is a whirlwind of many opportunities. Choose to embrace all of them in deepest gratitude. Learn to forgive yourself and honour the heart that beats within you, as well as the head that rests on your shoulders. Learn how to believe in people again and not be judging or cynical to various beliefs.We are all of one light on this one Earth, and loving humanity makes all the difference.

~ Michelle Cruz-Rosado

Love, forgiveness, modesty, humility and gratitude are most important virtues in life.

~ P. Remes

If I only looked at what I've lost, I'd never be able to see what I have.

~ Cindy Charlton

When you lose a beloved belonging, rather than being unkind to yourself, imagine finding it and feeling relief and joy. Sometimes when things get lost, it’s a reminder to appreciate all you still have. The experience of reconnecting with something you love and use often increases one’s sense of gratitude.

~ Laura Staley

She thought often of her own death, but without fear, loss having been her only belonging in this life. For years, acceptance had been her only means of survival. She knew that no matter how miserable or wretched life became, all she could do with her meek piece of time was sustain it. Decades of guilt, lost faith, the betrayal by those few people she'd let herself love - it was worth enduring these things, if only for the gift of a single, exalted moment. And such moments happened, even frequently, in the lives of people wise enough to see them.

~ Esi Edugyan

You will never accept gratitude as a solution to your problems, until you have reached the last stage of grief--acceptance.

~ Shannon L. Alder

To wake up each morning is a blessed gift.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

O Lord, I thank you for the gift of life.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The wonder of life is heart of gratitude.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Gratitude is an appreciation of life.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Life is an amazing wonder.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Life is always beautiful when we focus on the greatness of our God.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I own my past, it hasn't been grande' But it's had some pretty great moments. I own my movements of now, it isn't what I've dreamt, but I'm closer than I was before.I own my future, it is going to test me, But I trust I have the strength to pull through. Life isn't what happens to us, but what we choose to become.

~ Nikki Rowe

Mrs. Norris had been talking to her the whole way from Northampton of her wonderful good fortune, and the extraordinary degree of gratitude and good behaviour which it ought to produce, and her consciousness of misery was therefore increased by the idea of its being a wicked thing for her not to be happy.

~ Jane Austen

Most days I live awed by the world we have still, rather than mourning the worlds we have lost. The bandit mask of a cedar waxwing on a bare branch a few feet away; the clear bright sun of a frozen winter noon; the rise of Orion in the eastern evening sky-every day, every night, I give thanks for another chance to notice. I see beauty everywhere; so much beauty I often speak it aloud. So much beauty I often laugh, and my day is made.Still if you wanted to, I think, you could feel sadness without end. I’m not even talking about hungry children or domestic violence or endless wars between supposedly grown men…but ‘you mustn’t be frightened if a sadness rises in front of you, larger than any you even seen,' said Rilke, 'you must realize that something is happening to you, that life has not forgotten you, that it holds you in it hand and will not let you fall.

~ Paul Bogard

Each of us experiences the perpetual revival of the self. We constantly recast our connate emotional index by perceiving each encounter in life as a marvel, impedance, problem, disaster, or nothing at all. Living in the moment allows us to escape the lonely landscape of self-interest and be part of a larger world filled with beauty, reverence, and adoration.

~ Kilroy J. Oldster

In a quest of looking at those who are running AHEAD OF US or TRAILING BEHIND US, we tend to overlook those who are running WITH US. In a race of life, some people will always be ahead of us and some will be behind us. Let’s not forget to ACKNOWLEDGE and APPRECIATE those who are supporting and caring for us while we are busy running.

~ Sanjeev Himachali

Holy moment is a sacred existence.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Life is a blessed bliss.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Life is the greatest gift.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The greatest riches are life and good health.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

There are Atheists in foxholesAtheists in hurricanesThere are Atheists in all the rolesDenied by your refrainsAtheists are your fellow citizensPeople who love and laugh and cryAtheists are your relatives and friendsDon't insult them with a lieAtheists in many foxholes servedAnd some have had to dieGive Atheists the thanks deservedDon't dismiss them with a lieAtheists are all around youThey work, they help, they careAnd no matter what you think is trueAtheists are everywhereAnd no matter what you think is trueThey do not want your prayer

~ Edwin Kagin

Thoughts turn to other's just a little more this time of year. Days grow shorter and memories grow longer. Families and friends gather in celebration or hope. Giving is a reflection of our love and caring for each other and those less fortunate. May your thoughts turn to gratitude this holiday season and carry on throughout the next year…

~ James A. Murphy

I had a dream about you last night. You set a timer on in the bathroom to prove how long it takes me to get ready. So I shaved your legs, made up your face and gave you lashes. An hour later you thanked God for not making you a woman.

~ Crystal Woods

A sense of entitlement is a cancerous thought process that is void of gratitude and can be deadly to our relationships.

~ Steve Maraboli

A little thank you that you will say to someone for a little favour shown to you is a key to unlock the doors that hide unseen greater favours. Learn to say thank you and why not?

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Live everyday like your birthday and drive your life with all varieties of appreciation. A life live with thanksgiving every day is never tired of being lived again and again!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Sometimes, we wait on God for special things to happen extraordinarily in our lives before we understand that God is working. Meanwhile, there are super-special things that fill our life barrels in minute drops, but they go unappreciated!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

My heart is filled with overflowing gratitude.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita