Gratitude Quotes

Feeling entitled is the opposite of feeling grateful. Gratitude opens the heart, entitlement closes it.

~ Paul Gibbons

To have more, you must genuinely thank more.

~ Maddy Malhotra

You cannot define success and do that exceptionally well without a mention of gratitude.

~ Unarine Ramaru

Live each day with a grateful gratitude.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Think back. How many of your sweetest dreams, your greatest hopes, your most cherished desires have come true?On the other hand, how much of what you didn't really care about wound up happening anyway?What you have to understand is that it's the god of solitude who also happens to be in charge of denying us what we desperately want.She does it because she believes the more we get what we desperately want, the more miserable we become, even more so than we already are.As Truman Capote put it, More tears are shed for answered prayers than unanswered

~ Lionel Fisher

The more we express thanks, the more gratitude we feel. The more gratitude we feel, the more we express thanks. It's circular, and it leads to a happier life.

~ Steve Goodier

Gratitude magnifies the sweet parts of life and diminishes the painful ones.

~ Yuval Levin

When complimented, a sincere thank you is the only response required.

~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.

There is no prescription for finding moments of gratitude in every day, there is simply the choice.

~ Gillian Deacon

She doesn't acknowledge Tucker, and there's no thank you for the cigarettes. She says a person shows their gratitude by action, not by words. So I guess that means she thanks me by smoking every cigarette in every pack.

~ Peter Hedges

Once I thought it delightful and astonishing to find a present so big that it only went halfway into the stocking. Now I am delighted and astonished every morning to find a present so big that it takes two stockings to hold it, and then leaves a great deal outside; it is the large and preposterous present of myself.

~ G.k. Chesterton

We all feel better when we are grateful. There is great wisdom in understanding that no matter the situation, there is always something for which we can choose to be grateful.

~ Andy Andrews

The shortest road man walks, is sadly the road of gratitude!

~ Avra Amar Filion

Thank God I was hit by a truck. It seems that God was trying to get my attention for years but I was so stubborn it took knocking me square out of my body to see him for myself. Next time I will be way more specific when I ask for help to slow me down.

~ Monika Zands

If you do believe in God, and your first instinct in all things must be gratitude: for creation, or love, for mercy.

~ Jonathan V. Last

Make enthusiasm a way of life.Make optimism a way of success.Make gratitude a way of happiness.

~ Debasish Mridha

Give thanks to the earth for the hospitality and generosityShow gratitude for life, light and every little beauty.

~ Debasish Mridha

An appreciating heart radiates happinessGratitude fills your life with bliss and joyfulness.

~ Debasish Mridha

We do not owe any soul, except that which played the most vital role in our lives.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

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

~ Vishwas Chavan

Being Happy on Purpose is about making a conscious decision in each moment to move towards happiness. It is not about a perfect life. It is not about having things. It is about creating YOUR experience and being open to the beauty, joy, and abundance that already exists in your life and calibrating yourself to recognize it with ease

~ Jennifer Sparks

I look back upon my youth and realize how so many people gave me help, understanding, courage – very important things to me – and they never knew it. They entered into my life and became powers within me. All of us live spiritually by what others have given us, often unwittingly, in the significant hours of our life. At the time these significant hours may not even be perceived. We may not recognize them until years later when we look back, as one remembers some long-ago music or a boyhood landscape. We all owe to others much of the gentleness and wisdom that we have made our own; and we may well ask ourselves what will others owe to us.

~ Albert Schweitzer

If you learn to develop an abundant mentality you will not be envious of others, you will celebrate their successes, you share in their joys and pains; don't see life as a competition but a complimentary.

~ Bernard Kelvin Clive

The humanitarian is a treasure hunter seeking gems of remedy and appreciation.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Gratitude is the bridge that merges your love with longevity. It is the vital ingredient for a lasting relationship.

~ Steve Maraboli

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

~ Andy Lacroix

You need to be able to find hope in your circumstances. We need it for ourselves and our children. Laurie and I both believe that when we reflect on all that we have and all that we love and all that we are thankful for, we feel that hope and that peace. We feel God keeping us buoyed up. We are able to face the challenges.

~ Laura Lane

The day after we returned from Iorn Fist I woke up and I want either one of them anymore. Somewhere in between a girl I thought was long dead and a woman that was too blood thirsty for me to particularly like. But I thought about all that had happened the day before and decided that I liked being alive. So I wanted to than you for not letting me die.

~ Michael A. Stackpole

I count myself lucky, having long ago won a lottery paid to me in seven sunrises a week for life.

~ Robert Brault

I am grateful for all the trials for that made be a better person.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.

~ Audre Lorde

The fact that you woke up this morning is proof that this day has already been predetermined in your favor.

~ Russell Kyle

Morning Short List1. Woke up ✓2. Air to breath ✓3. Food to eat ✓4. Roof over head ✓ ...yep, it's a Good day!

~ Russell Kyle

Be grateful for the things you don't have that you don't want. -Bob Dylan's Dad

~ Bob Dylan

Life is not a maze where you have your eyes on the gaps, life is a beautiful journey, stop looking for the gaps.

~ Malti Bhojwani

When I intentionally thank God for the good gifts that come from being his child, I find it almost impossible to maintain my sour disposition.

~ Lori Hatcher

Gratitude, the ability to count your blessings, is the ultimate way to connect with the heart.

~ Baptist De Pape

Every day of life is a gift! Be sure to... unwrap it. Play with it. And, most importantly, give thanks for it!

~ Valerie Rickel

Love notes to my husband, Jeremiah Nii Mama Akita; I will always love you. I am grateful for a blessed life shared with you.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Once a day, stop whatever you are doing and notice 2 things that you are grateful for in your situation or circumstance and in your physical space. Make a habit of this and truly expand your heart to receiving more to be grateful for. There is more than enough reason to feel grateful always; acknowledge that and where possible, give thanks for it.

~ Malti Bhojwani