In honor of Thanksgiving, I’ve gathered my favorite gratitude quotes to share. I’m grateful for all of you. Happy Thanksgiving!
Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life. – Rumi
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude. – Denis Waitley
Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings. – William Arthur Ward
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
Looking behind, I am filled with gratitude,
looking forward, I am filled with vision,
looking upwards I am filled with strength,
looking within, I discover peace
– Quero Apache Prayer
A kind word never broke anyone’s mouth. – Irish Proverb
Gratitude is born in hearts that take time to count up past mercies. – Charles E. Jefferson
‘Enough’ is a feast. – Buddhist proverb
If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily. – Gerald Good
Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy. – Fred De Witt Van Amburgh
When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around. – Willie Nelson
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
This is a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before. – Maya Angelou
Gratitude turns what we have into enough. – Author Unknown
Asante tupu haijai chungu. (An empty ‘thank you’ does not fill the pot.) – Swahili saying
Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. – Marcel Proust
If the only prayer you say in your life is ‘thank you,’ that would suffice. – Meister Eckhart
Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses. – Alphonse Karr, A Tour Round My Garden
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. – Marcus Tullius Cicero
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
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. – Melody Beattie
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. – William Arthur Ward
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. – Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy. – Jacques Maritain
We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count. – Neal A. Maxwell
Gratitude is more of a compliment to yourself than someone else. – Raheel Farooq
We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. – Albert Schweitzer
To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven. – Johannes Gaertner