Top 87 Gratitude Quotes

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It is important to not take things for granted in your life. With that in mind, check out the top 87 gratitude quotes.

#87 – 80. Gratitude Quotes

87. Through the eyes of gratitude, everything is a miracle. – Mary Davis

86. The way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. – Charles Schwab

85. The struggle ends when gratitude begins. – Neale Donald Walsch

84. Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for. – Zig Ziglar

83. Gratitude and attitude are not challenges; they are choices. – Robert Braathe

82. Every blessing ignored becomes a curse. – Paulo Coelho

81. Act with kindness, but do not expect gratitude. – Confucius

80. Nothing more detestable does the earth produce than an ungrateful man. – Decimus Magnus Ausonius

#79 – 70. Gratitude Quotes

79. If you cannot be grateful for what you have received, then be thankful for what you have been spared. – Yiddish Proverb

78. Learn to be thankful for what you already have, while you pursue all that you want. – Jim Rohn

77. ‘Enough’ is a feast. – Buddhist proverb

76. Things must be felt with the heart. – Helen Keller

75. We can choose to be grateful no matter what. – Dieter F. Uchtdorf

74. If you count all your assets, you always show a profit. – Robert Quillen

73. In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

72. Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses. – Confucius

71. We count our miseries carefully, and accept our blessings without much thought. – Chinese Proverb

70. The world has enough beautiful mountains and meadows, spectacular skies and serene lakes. It has enough lush forests, flowered fields, and sandy beaches. It has plenty of stars and the promise of a new sunrise and sunset every day. What the world needs more of is people to appreciate and enjoy it. – Michael Josephson

#69 – 60. Gratitude Quotes

69. Gratitude helps you to grow and expands; gratitude brings you and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you. – Eileen Caddy

68. I don’t like it when people on the street say smile or cheer up. It’s a real cheap line. I’m feeling good. I’m feeling real grateful for everything. It’s a solid time in my life. When people say I look sad, they’re wrong. – Nicolas Cage

67. Grace is available for each of us every day — our spiritual daily bread — but we’ve got to remember to ask for it with a grateful heart and not worry about whether there will be enough for tomorrow. – Sarah Ban Breathnach

66. As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them. – John F. Kennedy

65. It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful. – David Steindl-Rast

64. Let’s choose today to quench our thirst for the good life we thinks others lead by acknowledging the good that already exists in our lives. We can then offer the universe the gift of our grateful hearts. – Sarah Ban Breathnach

63. Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. – Henry Ward Beecher

62. The essence of all beautiful art is gratitude. – Friedrich Nietzsche

61. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. – Henry Ward Beecher

60. There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy. – Ralph H. Blum

#59 – 50. Gratitude Quotes

59. This race is never grateful: from the first, One fills their cup at supper with pure wine, Which back they give at cross-time on a sponge, In bitter vinegar. – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

58. My day begins and ends with gratitude. – Louise Hay

57. None is more impoverished than the one who has no gratitude. Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy. – Fred De Witt Van Amburgh

56. One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay ‘in kind’ somewhere else in life. – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

55. This a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before. – Maya Angelou

54. Whatever I am offered in devotion with a pure heart — a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water — I accept with joy. – Bhagavad Gita

53. Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue. – William John Bennett

52. Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. – Eckhart Tolle

51. Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough. – Oprah Winfrey

50. Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. – Robert Brault

#49 – 40. Gratitude Quotes

49. Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity…it makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. – Melody Beattie

48. If a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful for what he’s going to get. – Frank A. Clark

47. Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing. – Mark Twain

46. The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness. – Dalai Lama

45. The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated. – William James

44. I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

43. The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see. – Mary Davis

42. No one who achieves success does so without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. – Alfred North Whitehead

41. At times, our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. – Albert Schweitzer

40. I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. – G.K. Chesterton

#39 – 30. Gratitude Quotes

39. Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses – Alphonse Karr

38. Remember that not to be happy is not to be grateful. – Elizabeth Carter

37. Remember God’s bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude! – Henry Ward Beecher

36. We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count. – Neal A. Maxwell

35. If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily. – Gerald Good

34. Find the good and praise it. – Alex Haley

33. Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out. – John Wooden

32. Gratitude is the heart’s memory. – Proverb

31. May the gratitude in my heart kiss all the universe. – Hafiz

30. Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful. – Buddha

#29 – 20. Gratitude Quotes

29. Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. – William Arthur Ward

28. You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late. – Ralph Waldo

27. Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. Matthew – Bible

26. Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. – Aesop

25. They both seemed to understand that describing it was beyond their powers, the gratitude that spreads through your body when a burden gets lifted, and the sense of homecoming that follows, when you suddenly remember what it feels like to be yourself. – Tom Perrotta

24. Gratitude also opens your eyes to the limitless potential of the universe, while dissatisfaction closes your eyes to it. – Stephen Richards

23. Gratitude is more of a compliment to yourself than someone else. – Raheel Farooq

22. ‘Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding. – Alice Walker

21. Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts. – Henri Frederic Amiel

20. Forget yesterday–it has already forgotten you. Don’t sweat tomorrow–you haven’t even met. Instead, open your eyes and your heart to a truly precious gift–today. – Steve Maraboli

#19 – 10. Gratitude Quotes

19. There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. – Albert Einstein

18. The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you. – John E. Southard

17. If you want to find happiness, find gratitude. – Steve Maraboli

16. It is impossible to feel grateful and depressed in the same moment. – Naomi Williams

15. Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines. – Leroy Satchel Paige

14. In life, one has a choice to take one of two paths: to wait for some special day–or to celebrate each special day. – Rasheed Ogunlaru

13. Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. – Melody Beattie

12. Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. – Charles Dickens

11. Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude. – Henry Ward Beecher

10. Keep your eyes open and try to catch people in your company doing something right, then praise them for it. – Tom Hopkins

#9 – 1. Gratitude Quotes

9. When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around. – Willie Nelson

8. The root of joy is gratefulness. – David Steindl-Rast

7. Entitlement is such a cancer because it is void of gratitude. – Adam Smith

6. He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. – Epictetus

5. I truly believe we can either see the connections, celebrate them, and express gratitude for our blessings, or we can see life as a string of coincidences that have no meaning or connection. For me, I’m going to believe in miracles, celebrate life, rejoice in the views of eternity, and hope my choices will create a positive ripple effect in the lives of others. This is my choice. – Mike Ericksen

4. Silent gratitude isn’t very much to anyone. – Gertrude Stein

3. Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude. – A.A. Milne

2. Whatever we are waiting for — peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance — it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart. – Sarah Ban Breathnach

1. Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one. – Baltasar Gracian

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