15 Thoughtful Quotes About Gratitude

Are you a grateful person? Thankful for the good things, big and small, in your life?

In the hustle of to-do lists and work deadlines, sometimes it’s (too) easy to block out the details of the day, forgetting that each and every day holds precious gifts. From the air we breathe to the friendships we hold close, there is always something to be thankful for.

Related: Begin With Gratitude and Watch the Miracles Flow Your Way

With the season of thanksgiving upon us, here are 15 quotes to inspire a life of gratitude.

15 Thoughtful Quotes About Gratitude

1. “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” —Gilbert K. Chesterton


15 Thoughtful Quotes About Gratitude

2. “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


15 Thoughtful Quotes About Gratitude

3. “Learn to be thankful for what you already have, while you pursue all that you want.” —Jim Rohn


15 Thoughtful Quotes About Gratitude

4. “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


15 Thoughtful Quotes About Gratitude

5. “ ‘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


15 Thoughtful Quotes About Gratitude

6. “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


15 Thoughtful Quotes About Gratitude

7. “Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” —Robert Brault


15 Thoughtful Quotes About Gratitude

8. “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” —William Arthur Ward


15 Thoughtful Quotes About Gratitude

9. “The way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement.” —Charles Schwab


15 Thoughtful Quotes About Gratitude

10. “When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” —Willie Nelson


15 Thoughtful Quotes About Gratitude

11. “The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.” —Dalai Lama


15 Thoughtful Quotes About Gratitude

12. “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


15 Thoughtful Quotes About Gratitude

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


15 Thoughtful Quotes About Gratitude

14. “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


15 Thoughtful Quotes About Gratitude

15. “Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses.” —Alphonse Karr

Related: The Power of Gratitude

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Lydia Sweatt is a freelance writer, bookworm, and bass guitar enthusiast. When she goes outside, a bicycle goes with her.

6 Comments

  1. Mohammad Naseem on July 15, 2019 at 8:15 am

    marvelous & very appreciable

  2. Scott on November 22, 2019 at 9:18 pm

    Ya know Lydia – This is very good work you do and I really appreciate it. I like these choices.

  3. Usha Prabhakar on November 25, 2019 at 10:55 pm

    Thankyou Lydia for compiling these beautiful quotes on Gratitude. Grateful to you. :)

  4. Javier Martin Cespedes Hurtado on November 27, 2019 at 7:12 pm

    Espléndido artículo. Gracias.

  5. Nour-Nor Edding on November 27, 2019 at 8:01 pm

    It’s a great feeling to be reminded by inspiring words/qoutes with amazing wisdom behind! An essential substance that we all need to flourish its innermost part of our being…
    Appreciate it so much! ✨💖✨
    God bless! ✨✨✨

  6. Joe Moriarty on November 3, 2021 at 2:30 pm

    Thank you so much Lydia for sharing these quotes. I find them all to be thought provoking and taking my sense of gratitude to even greater levels (of which I think there are no limits).

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