Grateful Thankful Quotes:

In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy. It is necessary, then, to 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.

- Wallace D. Wattles

topic: Thankful, Appreciation, Gratitude, Inspirational Gratitude, Grateful For You

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

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Thank You, Daily Gratitude, Love 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

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

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

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

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

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

- Wilson Mizner

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

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

- Seneca the Younger

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

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

A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things.

- Plato

topic: Gratitude, Grateful, Mind, Work Appreciation, Being Grateful For Life

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Importunate, Had A Great Time

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

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

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

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

- Epicurus

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Life Philosophy, Inspirational Gratitude

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

There is no greater difference between men than between grateful and ungrateful people.

- Reginald Horace Blyth

source: Reginald Horace Blyth (1951). “Haiku: Eastern culture”

topic: Ungrateful People, Men, Garden, Thankful Gratitude, Thanksgiving Grateful

When we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present ... we experience heaven on earth.

- Sarah Ban Breathnach

topic: Gratitude, Grateful, Missing, Joy And Gratitude, Parallel Lives

The grateful person fears no court or judge, no sentence or executioner, but what he carries about him in his own breast: and being still the most severe exactor of himself, not only confesses but proclaims his debts.

- Robert South

source: "Sermons on Several Occasions".

topic: Thankful, Gratitude, Grateful, Thankful Heart, Grateful Heart

I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.

- Rita Mae Brown

source: Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual”, p.20, Bantam

topic: Single, Gratitude, Grateful, Loss Loved One Inspirational, Love And Gratitude

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

topic: Christmas, Gratitude, Children, Christmas Time, Inspirational Holiday

Gratitude always comes into play; research shows that people are happier if they are grateful for the positive things in their lives, rather than worrying about what might be missing.

- Dan Buettner

topic: Inspirational, Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Gratitude And Appreciation, Showing Gratitude

The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.

- David Steindl-Rast

topic: Gratitude, Grateful, Roots, Joy And Gratitude, Work Appreciation

When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.

- Maya Angelou

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

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

topic: Gratitude, Two, Waiting, Celebrate Life, Inspirational Gratitude

When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.

- Dalai Lama

topic: Thank You, Thankful, Gratitude, Gratefulness, Thank You Gratitude

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

- Maya Angelou

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

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

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

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

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

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.

- Henry Clay

topic: Thankful, Grateful, Heart, Thankful Heart, Love And Appreciation

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

topic: Beautiful, Beach, Gratitude, Sunrise And Sunset, Meadows

We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.

- John F. Kennedy

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Leadership, Inspirational Gratitude, Thanksgiving Day

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

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

Gratitude turns what we have into enough.

- Melody Beattie

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

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

Thanks are the highest form of thought.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

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

Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.

- George Herbert

source: George Herbert (1850). “Beauties of George Herbert: with Selections from “The Synagogue.””, p.14

topic: Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude, Inspirational Gratitude, Thanksgiving Day