Thankfulness And Gratitude Quotes:

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

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

To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kindness that stands behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.

- Albert Schweitzer

topic: Inspirational, Gratitude, Kindness, Take Nothing For Granted, Spiritual Gratitude

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

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

There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.

- Ralph Blum

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

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

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

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

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

For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

topic: Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Appreciation, Inspirational Gratitude, Love Gratitude

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

- Albert Schweitzer

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Friendship, Inner Life, I Am Thankful

Whatever our individual troubles and challenges may be, it’s important to pause every now and then to appreciate all that we have, on every level. We need to literally 'count our blessings,' give thanks for them, allow ourselves to enjoy them, and relish the experience of prosperity we already have.

- Shakti Gawain

source: Shakti Gawain (2000). “Creating True Prosperity”, p.110, New World Library

topic: Thankful, Gratitude, Appreciation, Life Appreciation, Gratitude And Appreciation

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

- W. Clement Stone

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

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

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

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

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

- Eric Hoffer

source: "Reflections on the Human Condition" by Eric Hoffer, (Section 172), 1973.

topic: Thank You, Gratitude, Appreciation, Being Blessed, True Believer

You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

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

Gratitude bestows reverence.....changing forever how we experience life and the world.

- John Milton

topic: Gratitude, Forever, Thankfulness, Gratitude To God, Allowing

Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.

- Marcus Aurelius

topic: Thank You, Gratitude, Grateful, Inspirational Gratitude, Words Of Gratitude

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

What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it - would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have.

- Ralph Marston

topic: Thank You, Blessing, Order, Being Blessed, I Am Thankful

No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night. We know that every moment is a moment of grace, every hour an offering; not to share them would mean to betray them. Our lives no longer belong to us alone; they belong to all those who need us desperately.

- Elie Wiesel

topic: Gratitude, Mean, Night, Day After Thanksgiving, Thankful Thanksgiving

When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.

- Tecumseh

topic: Good Morning, Strength, Thanksgiving, Joy Of Living, I Am Thankful

When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?

- George Canning

source: George Canning (1826). “Poetical Works ...: Comprising the Whole of the Satires, Odes, Songs, and Other Poems”, p.26

topic: Thankful, Gratitude, Sleep, Thankful Heart, Veteran Appreciation

The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.

- Richard Bach

source: "The Bridge Across Forever". Book by Richard Bach, 1984.

topic: Love, Good Morning, Happiness, Cherish Every Moment, Beautiful Moments

Whenever we are appreciative, we are filled with a sense of well-being and swept up by the feeling of joy.

- M. J. Ryan

source: M.J. Ryan (2007). “Giving Thanks: The Gifts of Gratitude”, p.15, Conari Press

topic: Gratitude, Joy, Feelings, Joy And Gratitude, Thankfulness And Gratitude

For the great benefits of our being- our life, health, and reason-we look upon ourselves.

- Seneca the Elder

topic: Look Up, Thankful For Life, Thankfulness And Gratitude, Gratitude For Health, Gratitude For Life

Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

- Henry Ward Beecher

topic: Life, Thanksgiving, Grateful, Inspirational Thanksgiving, Funny Thanksgiving Day

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

- Friedrich Koenig

topic: Happiness, Appreciate, Forget, Always Happy, Happy Times

I feel a very unusual sensation - if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.

- Benjamin Disraeli

topic: Motivational, Thank You, Gratitude, I Am Thankful, Sensations

But the value of gratitude does not consist solely in getting you more blessings in the future. Without gratitude you cannot long keep from dissatisfied thought regarding things as they are.

- Wallace D. Wattles

source: Wallace D. Wattles (2015). “The Science of Wallace D. Wattles: The Science of Being Well, The Science of Getting Rich & The Science of Being Great – Complete Trilogy: From one of the New Thought pioneers, author of How to Promote Yourself, New Science of Living and Healing, Hellfire Harrison, A New Christ, How to Get What You Want and Jesus The Man and His Work”, p.33, e-artnow

topic: Gratitude, Blessing, Long, Thankful Gratitude, Thankfulness And Gratitude

The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.

- Henry Miller

topic: Motivational, Beauty, Gratitude, Spirit Of Life, Spiritual Awareness

In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.

- H. L. Mencken

source: "A Mencken Chrestomathy". Book by H. L. Mencken, 1949.

topic: Thankful, Gratitude, Freedom, Always Be Thankful, Thankfulness And Gratitude

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

Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy -- because we will always want to have something else or something more.

- David Steindl-Rast

source: "A Place Where Happiness Is Truly Supreme" by Ed and Deb Shapiro, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 2, 2012.

topic: Love, Life, Happiness, Key To Happiness, Gratefulness

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

... 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

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

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.

- Henry Van Dyke

topic: Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Kindness, Inspirational Thanksgiving, Funny Thanksgiving Day

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

Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.

- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

topic: Thankful, Gratitude, Secret, Thankful Gratitude, Thankfulness And Gratitude

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

'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say.

- Alice Walker

topic: Gratitude, Prayer, Being Thankful, Inspirational Gratitude, Inspirational Thank You

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.

- John Milton

source: "Gratitude in Grief: Finding Daily Joy and a Life of Purpose Following the Death of My Son" by Kelly S. Buckley, (p. 133), 2010.

topic: Gratitude, Forever, Everyday, Transcending, Thankful For You