Gratitude Quotes

The journey of growth, search for the secret has always been within, the simpler we make it, the better it gets.

~ Rob Martin

A matter neither sensual nor sensational is ignored by the art of today.

~ E.m. Forster

Gratitude takes less energy than anger.

~ Kristin Cashore

...you were there when they trampled me - you picked me up, healed me and gave me back my feelings - is it any wonder I love you?...

~ John Geddes

Whatever we think about and thank about we bring about.

~ John F. Demartini

Gratitude is not a virtue I believe in, and to me it seems hypocritical to expect it from a child.

~ Hermann Hesse

God will bring you a gift. However, it is up to you to stop shaking the same box and expecting something wonderful will fall out of it again. After a while, you are going to break that box and it won't remind you of that moment when it meant everything to you.

~ Shannon L. Alder

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

~ Amit Kalantri

You are human, you will make mistakes, and it’s one of the most beautiful things about being human, but you must learn from your mistakes, otherwise your life will have a lot of unnecessary pain.

~ Rhonda Byrne

When you are beloved and express gratitude like the fragrance of a beautiful flower, you are happy.

~ Debasish Mridha

Before them is the most beautiful city she has ever seen, has ever imagined. Golden rooftops shine brightly; windows made from diamonds and rubies gleam; tall buildings reach toward the clouds. She is again overwhelmed, this time with gratitude. All this, for her.

~ Victoria Kahler

Those who have the ability to be grateful are the ones who have the ability to achieve greatness.

~ Steve Maraboli

It was possible to love life, without loving your life.

~ Christopher Coe

Positive thought + positive action = positive results.

~ Gloria Vester

Life can be awful. Life can be ugly.And still there are those who smile at the darkness, anticipating the beauty of an eventual sunrise.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.

~ Brené Brown

I can’t hear God’s voice for my kids, but I can watch and listen and pray and adjust and try not to screw up whatever He has planned for their lives. And although I can’t make them listen to God, or even want to, I can plant enough seeds to swing the world in their favor. That said, as I navigate my day surrounded by the parents of gifted children (did you notice there aren’t any average kids anymore—only Gifted and Disposable), here’s where I get confused: if a person believes in gifts but not in God, then where—as they stand in daily admiration of their child’s emergent uniqueness, their heart swelling with pride and joy and, yes, gratitude —where, then, do they send the thank-you note?

~ Heather Choate Davis

[I] never talk about gratitude and joy separately, for this reason. In 12 years, I've never interviewed a single person who would describe their lives as joyful, who would describe themselves as joyous, who was not actively practicing gratitude.

~ Brené Brown

Our holiday food splurge was a small crate of tangerines, which we found ridiculously thrilling after an eight-month abstinence from citrus.... Lily hugged each one to her chest before undressing it as gently as a doll. Watching her do that as she sat cross-legged on the floor one morning in pink pajamas, with bliss lighting her cheeks, I thought: Lucky is the world, to receive this grateful child. Value is not made of money, but a tender balance of expectation and longing.

~ Barbara Kingsolver

I want for people not to worry so much. Life ain't going to be perfect, but tings will work out. People come to visit and I always tell them not to worry. If you got something to eat, don't worry, be grateful. Just look at all those books. Those books aren't about food. They're to do with worrying about food.

~ George Dawson

When I wake up each morning, my first thought, is thanks be to God.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

have written my first grateful thanks for a fresh new day in a new year.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

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 am overwhelmed by the goodness of God.

~ 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

Each day, I count 100 times my blessings. What sacred-thanks?

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Blessed are souls with thankful heart.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

You are a great God!

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I have seen times of plentiful and times of scarcity.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Write a daily gratitude.

~ 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

With an attitude of gratitude, you can't go wrong. You are already putting it out there into the universe that you are ready to receive more. This is the universal truth. Be thankful for what you have. Your life is already abundant.

~ Karen A. Baquiran

I thought I had nothing to be grateful for today, but then the universe became quiet a moment so I could hear my heart beat to the rhythm of my life.

~ Karen A. Baquiran

Then the clarifying thing happens, and what you need to do, what you must do, is not a question, not demand more revelation than what is given, be quiet in the face of it, quiet and grateful that it has been given to you to see this, to be for even a short time aware of the extraordinary layered depths and profound beauty of the world to which we mostly blind ourselves.

~ Dean Koontz

When you open to your heart, your entire world changes--it opens up around you. You see yourself as part of a friendly universe, one that is full of possibility, one that is generating and regenerating a positive energy.

~ Baptist De Pape

When you overlook the small blessings in your life, chances are that no amount of blessings would ever make you happy.

~ Hafiz

Gratitude is one of the strongest pillars of a happy life.

~ Hafiz

Even the smallest blessing on earth is enough reason to be thankful for your life.

~ Hafiz