Many people are grateful for what they have, but some of us find the whole idea of being grateful difficult. We often take for granted all the things that we have and go about our daily lives without a second thought.
When you start to take your life for granted, it can be hard to remember what you are grateful for. However, there are some things that we should not take our time with and should instead appreciate daily – such as friends and family.
The word “grateful” is derived from the Latin word gratia, which means “to feel or look favorably on another, especially as a result of kindness or favor from someone.” The Oxford English Dictionary defines grateful as feeling or showing an attitude of thankfulness towards somebody helpful or kind to you.
It is one of the most important and powerful emotions. It can help us to live happier and healthier lives. It’s a good practice to be grateful every day for what we have and who we are.
Here are some of the most thought-provoking quotes that will push you to show gratitude for all of the life experiences in your life.
Top 63 Grateful Quotes To Show Your Gratitude For Everything
1. “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” ― Gilbert K. Chesterton
2. “I’m grateful always for this moment, the now, no matter what form it takes.” ― Eckhart Tolle
3. “Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.” ― Randy Pausch
4. “We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.” ― Neal A. Maxwell
5. “Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining – it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn’t solve any problems.” ― Zig Ziglar
6. “An attitude of gratitude brings great things.” ― Yogi Bhajan
7. “Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing… a grateful heart!”– George Herbert
8. “Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” ― Aesop
9. “The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.” ― Oscar Wilde
10. “Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.” ― Doris Day
11. “In our daily lives, we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but the gratefulness that makes us happy.” ― Albert Clarke
12. “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.” ― Epicurus
13. “You have no cause for anything but gratitude and joy.” ― Buddha
14. “Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca
15. “Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.” ― Confucius
16. “Our favorite attitude should be gratitude.” ― Zig Ziglar
17. “What you truly acknowledge truly is yours. Invite your heart to be grateful and your ‘thank you’s’ will be heard even when you don’t use words.” ― Pavithra Mehta
18. “When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” ― Willie Nelson
19. “When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.” ― Kristin Armstrong
20. “No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.” ― James Allen
21. “As long as this exists, this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can I be sad?” – Anne Frank
22. “There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.” ― Seneca
23. “Ingratitude is monstrous.” ― William Shakespeare
24. “To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.” ― Johannes Gaertner
25. “Be grateful, not only for others, but for yourself.” ― Unknown
26. “The root of joy is gratefulness.” ― David Steindl-Rast
27. “So much has been given to me; I have no time to ponder over that which has been denied.” ― Helen Keller
28. “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity…Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.” ― Melodie Beattie
29. “Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give.” ― Edwin Arlington Robinson
30. “A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things.” ― Plato
31. “The world gives you way more than you ever give it.” ― Kamal Ravikant
32. “Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.” ― Karl Barth
33. “Find the good and praise it.” ― Alex Haley
34. “Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul.” ― Amy Collette
35. “Gratitude is the fairest blossom that springs from the soul.” ― Henry Ward Beecher
36. “The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see.” ― Mary Davis
37. “Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.” ― Jacques Maritain
38. “The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.” ― Richard Bach
39. “Gratitude is an antidote to negative emotions, a neutralizer of envy, hostility, worry, and irritation. It is savoring; it is not taking things for granted; it is present-oriented.” ― Sonja Lyubomirsky
40. “If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.” ― W. Clement Stone
41. “Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.” ― Henri Fredric Amiel
42. “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.” ― Marcus Tellius Cicero
43. “Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.” ― Lionel Hampton
44. “Stop now. Enjoy the moment. It’s now or never.” ― Maxime Lagacé
45. “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” ― William Arthur Ward
46. “Giving thanks for abundance is greater than the abundance itself.” ― Rumi
47. “We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.” ― John F. Kennedy
48. “The essence of all beautiful art is gratitude.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
49. “Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.” ― Albert Schweitzer
50. “What can you do right now to turn your life around? Gratitude”– The Secret
51. “Gratitude is the memory of the heart.” ― Jean Baptiste Massieu
52. “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
53. “Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.” ― John Ortberg
54. “Gratitude: A lively sense of future benefit.” ― Unknown
55. “Of all the characteristics needed for both a happy and morally decent life, none surpasses gratitude. Grateful people are happier, and grateful people are more morally decent.” ― Dennis Prager
56. “The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.” ― William James
57. “Gratitude is the appreciation of things that are not deserved, earned or demanded – those wonderful things that we take for granted.” ― Renée Paule
58. “My socks may not match, but my feet are always warm.” ― Maureen McCullough
59. “Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining – it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn’t solve any problems.” ― Zig Ziglar
60. “The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low.” ― Richard Carlson
61. “When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.” ― Maya Angelou
62. “Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy.” ― Fred De Witt Van Amburgh
63. “There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.” ― Ralph H. Blum
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