Being thankful is easy to do at Thanksgiving, but it can be done year-round. Instead of looking out for what we lack, sometimes we need to look around and see all the things that make life worth living.
Being thankful every day takes a little effort and will change your outlook on life. A grateful heart is a happy heart.
Here are some of the best Thankful sayings and quotes about thankfulness
“Always be thankful for what you have. Many people have nothing.”
“Never forget who helped you out while everyone else was making excuses.”
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining – it bores
“If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily.” ― Gerald Good
“Thanks for this day, for all birds safe in their nests, for whatever this is, for life.” ― Barbara Kingsolver
“Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.” – Jacques Maritain
“We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.” — Albert Barnes
“Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job.” – Jim Lovell
“I wouldn’t change anything. I’ve made mistakes, but thanks to those mistakes, I’ve learned.” – Enrique Iglesias
“I am what I am, I’m doing very well in my life, and I’m thankful to God for that.” – LL Cool J
“When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.” – Elie Wiesel
“When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect towards others.” ― Dalai Lama
“We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction.” — Harry A. Ironside
“I feel grateful because I have a lot of love in my life. I found the person I’m sharing my life with. I have a good man.” – Gisele Bundchen
“The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.” – William Blake
“Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.” – Samuel Butler
“Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.”— Al Jarreau
“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.” — Cicero
“No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.” – James Allen
“Be grateful in your own hearts. That suffices. Thanksgiving has wings, and flies to its right destination.” — Victor Hugo
“Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” — Guillaume Apollinaire
“I will forever remain humble because I know I could have less. I will always be grateful because I know I’ve had less.” — Anonymous
“Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals. If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more.” — Roy T. Bennett
“One of the greatest gifts you can give someone is thanking them for being part of your life.”
“Let all your thinks be thanks.” ― W.H. Auden
“I’m thankful for each and every day. We never know when time is up.” ― Chuck Berry
“Happiness comes when we stop complaining about the troubles we have and offer thanks for the troubles we don’t have.” – Thomas s Monson
“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
“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
“I never met a bitter person who was thankful. Or a thankful person who was bitter.” ― Nick Vujicic
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” — Thornton Wilder
“Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: It must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.” — William Faulkner
“There will always be people in your life who treat you wrong. Be sure to thank them for making you strong.” – Zig Ziglar
“I do believe that God blessed me in life with a wonderful family, a successful career, and a loving marriage, and remain thankful for that blessing.” – Bonnie Tyler
“There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.” — Helen Keller
“God will make a way when there seems to be no way. Thank you God.”
“Thank you Universe for the good things in my life that I don’t know about yet.”
“I’ve done it all. I’m thankful and proud of what I’ve accomplished in my life. I hope to keep doing it. – Ralph Stanley
“ Thank you for life, and all the little ups and downs that make it worth living.” – Travis Barker
“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
“I want to thank you for never being there anymore. Your absence has forced me to find my own way.” — Anonymous
“There’s no happier person than a truly thankful, content person.” ― Joyce Meyer
“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
“Sometimes I just look up, smile and say, ‘I know that was you God!’ Thanks!” — Anonymous
“Thank you, dear God, for this good life, and forgive us if we do not love it enough.” — Garrison Keillor
“Be thankful for everything that happens in your life; it’s all an experience.” ― Roy T. Bennett
“There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.” ― Hellen Keller
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” — Thorton Wilder
“When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.” – Dalai Lama
“Let me encourage you to get up every day and focus on what you do have in life. Be thankful for the blessings of the little things, even when you don’t get what you expect.” – Victoria Osteen
“I’m thankful to be breathing, on this side of the grass. Whatever comes, comes.” – Ron Perlman
“I have a lot to be thankful for. I am healthy, happy and I am loved.” – Reba McEntire
“I’m thankful for every moment.” – Al Green
“Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, and understanding.” – Alice Walker
“I have a lot to be thankful for. I am healthy, happy and I am loved.” — Reba McEntire
“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” — Robert Brault
“I am thankful that there are those among us who have sacrificed dearly on behalf of us. And I ardently pray to God that I might be less like myself and more like them.” – Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Strive to find things to be thankful for, and just look for the good in who you are.” — Bethany Hamilton
“What I have done is worthy of nothing but silence and forgetfulness, but what God has done for me is worthy of everlasting and thankful memory.” — Joseph Hall
“God thank you for keeping me together when I’m falling apart.” — Anonymous
“I’m thankful because all the hard work and sacrifices were worth it in the end.” – WizKid
“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.” — Eckhart Tolle
“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
“When eating fruit, remember the one who planted the tree.” — Vietnamese Proverb
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” ― Marcel Proust
“We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.” ― John F. Kennedy
“No matter how hard life can get, go to bed grateful for all you have. ”
“I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Thanksgiving is a special virtue. But ingratitude is opposed to Thanksgiving. Therefore ingratitude is a special sin.” — Thomas Aquinas
“God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say, ‘thank you’?” — William Arthur Ward
“Thank you God for blessing me much more than I deserve.” — Anonymous
“I’m grateful for always this moment, the now, no matter what form it takes.” – Eckhart Tolle
“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” – Meister Eckhart
“Who does not thank for little will not thank for much.” — Estonian Proverb
“For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile.”— Elie Wiesel
“I am thankful for nights that turned into mornings, friends that turned into family, and dreams that turned into reality.”
“Never take anything for granted.” – Benjamin Disraeli
“It’s important you stay professional and keep working, and I’m thankful for everything that’s happened to me.” – Dele Alli
“Whatever life throws at me I’ll take it and be grateful for it as well.” – Tom Felton
“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” — William Arthur Ward
“‘Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say.” — Alice Walker
“It isn’t what you have in your pocket that makes you thankful, but what you have in your heart.” — Anonymous
“The heart that gives thanks is a happy one, for we cannot feel thankful and unhappy at the same time.” ― Douglas Wood
“Be present in all things and thankful for all things.” ― Maya Angelou
“…I’m so thankful for friendship. It beautifies life so much.” ― L.M. Montgomery
“Reflect upon your present blessings—of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” — Charles Dickens
“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” — G.K. Chesterton
“I feel a very unusual sensation—if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.” — Benjamin Disraeli
“Rest and be thankful.” ― William Wordsworth
“Thankfulness is the quickest path to joy.” ― Jefferson Bethke
“I’m just thankful I’m surrounded by good people.” – Jon Pardi
“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” – Melody Beattie
“The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.” — Henry Ward Beecher
“I am very thankful and blessed to have a healthy and happy baby boy and baby mama.” – Eric Church
“Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” — Voltaire
“When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.” — Anthony Robbins
everybody else, does you no good, and doesn’t solve any problems.” – Zig Ziglar
“Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books – especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.” – John Wooden
“The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low.” – Richard Carlson
“I am even thankful for the negative things that have made me a stronger and better person.” – Joanna Krupa
“You ought to be thankful a whole heaping lot, for the places and people you’re lucky you’re not!” ― Dr. Seuss
“When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself.”— Tecumseh
“We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.” – Albert Barnes
“I’m just thankful for everything, all the blessings in my life, trying to stay that way. I think that’s the best way to start your day and finish your day. It keeps everything in perspective.” – Tim Tebow
“Be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re paying for.” – Will Rogers
“Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you, and act accordingly.” — Thomas Jefferson
“I’m thankful for my struggle because without it I wouldn’t have stumbled across my strength.” — Anonymous
“‘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
“The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.” ― Henry Ward Beecher
“When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. And when life is bitter, say thank you and grow.” ― Shauna Niequist
“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” – Willie Nelson
“There’s no happier person than a truly thankful, content person.” – Joyce Meyer
“I’m thankful I grew up the way I did. It made me a hard worker and insightful to other people’s lives.” – Rachel Roy
“If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier.” — John Wooden
“For one minute, walk outside, stand there, in silence. Look up at the sky and contemplate how amazing life is.” — Anonymous
“Thank you for life, and all the little ups and downs that make it worth living.” – Travis Barker
“I’m thankful to God that my life changed, but I’m also still on my grind.” – Tory Lanez
“I am going to spend my time today just thanking the people that played a role in my career, because I truly do believe that I was blessed by a lot of people that paths crossed mine as I went down the road in my career.” – Nolan Ryan
“I am thankful the most important key in history was invented. It’s not the key to your house, your car, your boat, your safety deposit box, your bike lock or your private community. It’s the key to order, sanity, and peace of mind. The key is ‘Delete.” – Elayne Boosler
“If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.” – W. Clement Stone
“I want to thank you for the profound joy I’ve had in the in the thought of you.” – Rosie Alison
