Gratitude Quotes

On the off-chance you won't live forever, maybe you should try being happy now.

~ Janice Kaplan

You glorify God with gratitude.

~ Corey M.k. Hughes

They chose to regard it as a miraculous preservation.

~ E.m. Forster

The more grateful you are, the more you attract things to be grateful for.

~ James Altucher

Such is the dilemma of the atheist. Who to thank? It’s a terrible condition, to feel one’s heart swelling with the wonders of our world and yet have nobody to thank for it. It makes a man feel thwarted.

~ Janet Turpin Myers

Gratitude can't grow love higher than regret.

~ Shannon L. Alder

The United States is a successful nation that is constantly susceptible to melancholy because things are not perfect.

~ George F. Will

A big wind came up and I hoped a storm would break the heat. But it just blew alot of dust around, and at sunset we had to bar doors and windows against mosquitoes. Itdidn’t do much for our comfort level, but—here’s where the Chemin takes you—we weregrateful. We were grateful because we had (albeit narrowly) escaped heatstroke; becausethe shelter, though unbelievably hot, was clean and quiet; and most of all, because it sleptsix but we had it to ourselves. No people to deal with at the end of your (and their)tether; no sodden bathrooms. No snoring. Pilgrim camaraderie was all very well, butsometimes it was too damn much.

~ Denise Fainberg

All glory to the Adonai!

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Those who are not grateful soon begin to complain of everything.

~ Thomas Merton

Have the wisdom to perceive all there is to be thankful for, and then be thankful for the wisdom to perceive things so clearly.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Oh what marvels fill me with thanksgiving!The deep mahogany of a leaf once green. The feathered fronds of tiny icicles coating every twig and branch in a wintry landscape. The feel of goosebumps thawing after endured frozen temperatures. Both hands clamped around a hot mug of herbal tea. The aromatic whiff of mint under my nose. The stir of emotion from a child's cry for mommy. A gift of love detached of strings. Spotted lilies collecting raindrops in a cupped clump of petals. The vibrant mélange of colors on butterfly wings. The milky luster of a single pearl. Rainbows reflecting off iridescence bubbles. Awe-struck silence evoked by any form of beauty.Avocado flecks in your eyes.Warm hands on my face.Sweetness on the tongue.The harmony of voices.An answered prayer.A pink balloon.A caress.A smile.More.These have become my treasures by virtue of thanksgiving.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Thanksgiving is not only being aware of the abundance of good in the world but embracing it.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Let us express our gratitude to those people who make our journeys in life beautiful, easy, and interesting. They are the angels of Eden whom we often forget to appreciate.

~ Debasish Mridha

When you accept discomfort of whatever moment that you are in. The power of that surrender, that letting go of desiring to be in a different situation than the one your in.........will set you free from the hell of your unconscious.

~ Matthew Donnelly

I do not know how to thank you.''I can tell you,' said Obierika. 'Kill one of your sons for me.''That will not be enough,' said Okonkwo.'Then kill yourself,' said Obierika.

~ Chinua Achebe

The path to enlightenment is when you allow presence, love and gratitude to overlap your ego.

~ Matthew Donnelly

The more emphasis we put on wanting things to change, the more unpeaceful we will be. The more emphasis we put on accepting and having gratitude for 'What is' the closer we are to arriving at Nirvana.

~ Matthew Donnelly

Don't get caught in the trap of always Needing something. Needing something always projects your mind into the future as if you have it and is the opposite of gratitude. Be content in the present moment.

~ Matthew Donnelly

Sacred life ,sacred-gratitude.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The person I'm most thankful for this Thanksgiving is Lieutenant Eve Dallas. She kept me safe when I was scared and I was sad. She took me to her house with Roarke and Summerset and Galahad so nobody could hurt me, not even the bad people who killed my family and my friend. She told me the truth. She promised me she would find the bad people and make sure they were punished. And Roarke said she would never stop until she did that. He told me the truth too. She helped me find Richard and Elizabeth and Kevin. They're not my mother, my father, and my brother. But they're my family now, and I know it's okay to love them. It doesn't mean I don't love my mom and dad and my brother. Dallas didn't treat me like a baby. She told me I was a survivor, and that's important. She worked hard, and she even got hurt, but she found the bad people, and she made sure they got punished. She told me the truth. She kept her promise. So she is the person I'm most thankful for this Thanksgiving. Nixie Swisher.

~ J.d. Robb

Were there no God, we would be in this glorious world with grateful hearts, and no one thank.

~ Christina Rossetti

Be grateful for every moment and every breath.

~ Teresa Collins

The fight for joy is first and always a fight to see.

~ John Piper

Life is truly too short to not be HAPPY and GRATEFUL today.

~ Teresa Collins

What is the path to wholeness? We will see this path more clearly if we recognize that greed’s ugly stepsister is ungratefulness. Greed always wants more. When we are greedy, we are never satisfied. Whatever we receive from others, we conclude we deserve. And in whatever quantity it may come, it is never enough. Lack of gratitude is a manifestation of an abundance of greed. From the vantage point of the taker, it is his or her justification for always demanding. He is endlessly disappointed in others. No one ever comes through for him. No one ever keeps his promises. Everyone always falls short of his expectations. There is no need for thanks, except thanks for nothing. No truth, no matter how profound, will find its way into a heart that is absent of gratitude.

~ Erwin Raphael Mcmanus

Gratitude is a divine emotion. It fills the heart, not to bursting; it warms it, but not to fever. I like to taste leisurely of bliss. Devoured in haste, I do not know its flavor.

~ Charlotte Brontë

No one can become and remain a theologian unless he is compelled again and again to be astonished at himself.

~ Karl Barth

Gratitude is a blessed act.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The greatest of blessings can come from what appear to be the smallest and most insignificant of things. Don't discredit anything or anyone. One person, one tiny thing, one little shift can change your life in enormous ways.

~ Patience W. Smith

He was fortified by a memory which kept only the good things and rejected the ill. Despite his sorrows, he had had a fair share of joys and these were ever fresh and accessible.

~ Evelyn Waugh

Gratitude is a divine shift in your perspective from one of separation and lack to one of unity and right mindedness. It is a choice not made from guilt but rather from a higher level of consciousness.

~ Janet Rebhan

Rain don't fall on a with if she doesn't want it to, although personally I prefer to get wet and be thankful.Thankful for what? said Tiffany.That I'll get dry later.

~ Terry Pratchett

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

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Lord thank you for thy faithfulness.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

God has limitless resources to meet all your needs.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I am grateful to those who have betrayed me… They thought they were just stabbing me in the back, but they were also cutting me free from their poisonous life.

~ Steve Maraboli

What are you addicted to: being thankful for your blessings or moaning about your problems?

~ Maddy Malhotra

Believe in yourself and in your inner strength. You can do anything you want. Just put your mind to it!

~ Camilla Dorand

Road accidents, psycho killings, plane crashes abound - we don't know which day will be our last, so why not make today the happiest day and be thankful for all that we have?

~ Maddy Malhotra