Grateful Inspirational Quotes:

Gratitude goes beyond the 'mine' and 'thine' and claims the truth that all of life is a pure gift. In the past I always thought of gratitude as a spontaneous response to the awareness of gifts received, but now I realize that gratitude can also be lived as a discipline. The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy.

- Henri Nouwen

source: Henri Nouwen (2013). “The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming”, p.85, Image

topic: Thanksgiving, Thankful, Spiritual, Gift Of Love, Thanksgiving Gratitude

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —

- William Arthur Ward

topic: Thankful, Gratitude, Jobs, Joy And Gratitude, I Am Thankful

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

topic: Friendship, Thank You, Basketball, I Am Thankful, Inspirational Thank You

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.

- Willie Nelson

source: "The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart". Book by Willie Nelson, Turk Pipkin, 2006.

topic: Gratitude, Appreciation, Self Confidence, Being Blessed, Spiritual Gratitude

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

topic: Inspirational, Life, Thank You, Inspirational Gratitude, Become Rich

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. [Lat., Gratus animus est una virtus non solum maxima, sed etiam mater virtutum onmium reliquarum.]

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

topic: Gratitude, Heart, Parent, Inspirational Thanksgiving, Thankful Heart

... because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.

- Wallace D. Wattles

topic: Gratitude, Advancement, Should, Spiritual Gratitude, Gratitude To God

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.

- Thornton Wilder

source: Thornton Wilder (1958). “The Cabala ; The Woman of Andros”

topic: Inspirational, Life, Inspiring, I Am Thankful, Inspirational Gratitude

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

source: FaceBook post by Oprah Winfrey from Oct 03, 2011

topic: Positive, Thank You, Thankful, Concentrating, Spiritual Blessings

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

- A. A. Milne

topic: Motivational, Gratitude, Heart, Inspirational Gratitude, Gratitude And Appreciation

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude.

- Denis Waitley

topic: Love, Positive, Spiritual, Consumed, Inner Happiness

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

- John Wooden

source: "The Wizard's wisdom: 'Woodenisms'", www.espn.com. June 4, 2010.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Best Coaches, Inspirational Attitude

You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you.

- Sarah Ban Breathnach

topic: Thankful, Spiritual, Grateful, I Am Thankful, Spiritual Gratitude

Gratitude turns what we have into enough.

- Melody Beattie

topic: Gratitude, Enough, Turns, Daily Gratitude, Gratitude And Appreciation

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

- Alfred North Whitehead

topic: Inspirational, Thank You, Wise, Joy And Gratitude, Inspirational Thank You

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

- William Arthur Ward

topic: Inspirational, Thanksgiving, Thank You, Social Good, Joy And Gratitude

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

topic: Inspirational, Thank You, Thanksgiving, I Am Thankful, Spiritual Gratitude

Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.

- Eileen Caddy

topic: Life, Happiness, Thank You, Joy And Gratitude, Spiritual Gratitude

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

- Melody Beattie

source: Melody Beattie (2003). “The Language of Letting Go: A Meditation Book and Journal for Daily Reflections”, Hazelden Publishing

topic: Happiness, Thank You, Thanksgiving, Joy And Gratitude, I Am Thankful

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

topic: Motivational, Thanksgiving, Thankful, Inspirational Thanksgiving, Daily Gratitude

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

- Charles Dickens

topic: Inspirational, Happiness, Thank You, Being Blessed, Inspirational Gratitude

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

- Epictetus

topic: Positive, Happiness, Thank You, I Am Thankful, Spiritual Gratitude

If you count all your assets you always show a profit.

- Wilson Mizner

topic: Motivational, Thanksgiving, Thankful, Inspirational Thanksgiving, Grateful For You

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

- Marcel Proust

source: Marcel Proust (1957). “Pleasures and days: and other writings”

topic: Friendship, Happiness, Happy, Making Friends, Bff

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'

- William Arthur Ward

topic: Thanksgiving, Thank You, Gratitude, I Am Thankful, Spiritual Gratitude

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.

- Melody Beattie

source: Melody Beattie (2013). “Melody Beattie 4 Title Bundle: Codependent No More and 3 Other Best Sellers by Melody Beattie: A collection of four Melody Beattie best sellers”, Hazelden Publishing

topic: Inspirational, Thankful, Gratitude, Make Things Right, I Am Thankful

If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.

- W. Clement Stone

topic: Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Grateful, I Am Thankful, Inspirational Thanksgiving

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

topic: Inspirational, Thank You, Thanksgiving, I Am Thankful, Inspirational Gratitude

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

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

topic: Leadership, Teacher, Gratitude, Being Blessed, Joy And Gratitude

Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.

- Christiane Northrup

topic: Grateful, Appreciate, Community, Spiritual Gratitude, Inspirational Gratitude

Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

topic: Inspirational, Inspiring, Thankful, I Am Thankful, Spiritual Gratitude

We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.

- Cynthia Ozick

source: Jamake Highwater (1997). “The Mythology of Transgression: Homosexuality as Metaphor”, Oxford University Press, USA

topic: Thank You, Thanksgiving, Thankful, Spiritual Gratitude, Inspirational Gratitude

Thanks are the highest form of thought.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

topic: Thanks, Form, Being Blessed, Social Good, Joy And Gratitude

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little

- Gautama Buddha

topic: Thank You, Uplifting, Thankful, Joy And Gratitude, I Am Thankful

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

- Robert Breault

topic: Inspirational, Life, Positive, Being Blessed, Live Life To Its Fullest

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.

- W. T. Purkiser

topic: Thanksgiving, Blessing, Use, Being Blessed, I Am Thankful

Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing... a grateful heart!

- George Herbert

topic: Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Grateful, Thankful Heart, So Grateful

Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.

- Melody Beattie

topic: Gratitude, Meals, Turns, I Am Thankful, Spiritual Gratitude

Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.

- William Faulkner

topic: Gratitude, Order, Quality, Inspirational Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day

This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.

- Maya Angelou

topic: Attitude, Wonderful, Wonderful Day, Inspirational Gratitude, Gratitude And Appreciation

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

- Horace

topic: Gratitude, Common, Hungry, Inspirational Gratitude, Funny Thanksgiving Day

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

- Seneca the Younger

topic: Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Appreciation, Inspirational Gratitude, Thankful Heart