When you start your day with gratitude, your day, and in the long run your life will go in a positive direction. Appreciation and thankful behavior always show a positive response. People who acknowledge the goodness in their life are satisfied. People who practice gratitude are positive in life, and become more optimistic than those who are not grateful and are self-pity. These gratitude quotes are inspirational, read these quotes and be motivated.
37 Gratitude Quotes
- “At times, our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” Albert Schweitzer
- “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” William Arthur Ward
- “Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” Marcel Proust
- “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 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
- “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.” Cicero
- “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
- “Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.” Henry Ward Beecher
- “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” K. Chesterton
- “Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.” Roy T. Bennett
- “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
- “I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.” Aesop
- “There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.” Ralph H. Blum
- “Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul.” Amy Collette
- “‘Enough’ is a feast.” Buddhist proverb
- “Pursue what catches your heart, not what catches your eyes.” Roy T. Bennett
- “Learn to be thankful for what you already have, while you pursue all that you want.” Jim Rohn
- “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
- “Develop an attitude of gratitude and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.” Brian Tracy
- “Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses.” Alphonse Karr
- “Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” Melody Beattie
- “If you count all your assets, you always show a profit.” Robert Quillen
- “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
- “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
- “Reflect upon your present blessings—of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” Charles Dickens
- “Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” Voltaire
- “I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness – it’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practicing gratitude.” Brene Brown
- “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
- “Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” Robert Brault
- “Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart.” Roy T. Bennett
- “The way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement.” Charles Schwab
- “Our love, our gratitude, our admiration for our men and women in uniform, our veterans and their families – all of that is bigger than any one party or any one election.” Michelle Obama
- “Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: It must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.” William Faulkner
- “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
- “Nature’s beauty is a gift that cultivates appreciation and gratitude.” Louie Schwartzberg
- “Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.” Karl Barth
