120 Gratitude Quotes to Express You are Grateful or Thankful

Gratitude Quotes are one of the best ways to express that you are grateful or thankful.  Such inspiring quotes are the perfect words to say “Thank You” to your best friends, family and loved ones. Use these gratefulness quotes to show gratitude for all they have done for you at the different stages of life. Saying thank you and showing your gratefulness with a handwritten message incorporating such inspiring quotes can make all the difference in your relationships.  These thankfulness quotes also helps you to show your gratitude and appreciation for life’s blessings.

Whether you’re looking for a grateful quote to share with loved ones, a self reminder to yourself about gratitude, or a way to design your thank you card, I am providing following intuitive gratitude quotes to help you express your sentiment.

Gratitude Quotes

1. “Don’t be quick with attitude, be quick with gratitude. Be grateful and say thanks for efforts and kindnesses of others.” ~ Invajy

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

3. “Start every morning with deliberate thinking and thanks giving to god for that you are alive. Everyday is a Thanksgiving Day !!!” ~ Invajy

4. “Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.” ~ Lionel Hampton

5. “When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.” ~ Kristin Armstrong

6. “Acknowledge the goodness in your life with a feeling of gratitude.” ~ Invajy

7. “Gratitude shifts your mindset from the ‘state of lacking’ to the ‘state of abundance.'” ~ Invajy

8. “Recognize the things you have in life, no matter how small they are, say thanks for that.” ~ Invajy

9. “Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.” ~ Doris Day
10. “Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher

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Quotes about Gratitude

11. “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
12. “Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.” ~ Albert Schweitzer
13. “ ‘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
14. “I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
15. “Gratitude will shift you to a higher frequency, and you will attract much better things.” ~ Rhonda Byrne

16. “When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” ~ Willie Nelson
17. “Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.” ~ Buddha
18. “Not what we say about our blessings but how we use them, is the true measure of Thanksgiving.” ~ W.T. Pukiser
19. “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
20. “Be present in all things and thankful for all things.” ~ Maya Angelou

Thankful Quotes for practicing Gratitude

21. “Gratitude is an emotional muscle that grows and strengthen with intentional use.” ~ Invajy
22. “Gratitude is the sweetest thing in a seekers life – in all human life. If there is gratitude in your heart, then there will be tremendous sweetness in your eyes.” ~ Sri Chinmoy
23. “As with all commandments, gratitude is a description of a successful mode of living. The thankful heart opens our eyes to a multitude of blessings that continually surround us.” ~ James E. Faust
24. “Piglet noticed that even though he had a very small heart it could hold a rather large amount of gratitude.” ~ A. Milne
25. “It is not happy people who are grateful; it is grateful people who are happy.” ~ Invajy

26. “Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.” ~ Jacques Maritain
27. “I’ve had a remarkable life. I seem to be in such good places at the right time. You know, if you were to ask me to sum my life up in one word, gratitude.” ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
28. “Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action.” ~ J. Cameron
29. “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” ~ Epictetus
30. “If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul.” ~ Rabbi Harold Kushner

Grateful Quotes to express Gratitude

31. “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. Gratitude 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
32. “If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, ‘thank you’, that would suffice.” ~ Meister Eckhart
33. “Being thankful is not always experienced as a natural state of existence, we must work at it, akin to a type of strength training for the heart.” ~ Larissa Gomez
34. “Today I choose to live with gratitude for the love that fills my heart, the peace that rests within my spirit, and the voice of hope that says all things are possible.” ~ Invajy
35. “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
36. “Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul.” ~ Amy Collette
37. “Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” ~ Melody Beattie
38. “Thanksgiving isn’t just a day … It’s a way we can live our lives every day.” ~ Katrina Mayer
39. “No one who achieves success does so without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.” ~ Alfred North Whitehead
40. “Opening your eyes to more of the world around you can deeply enhance your gratitude practice.” ~ Derrick Carpenter

Gratitude Quotes to bring joy everyday

41. “Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings. Turn routine jobs into joy. And change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” ~ William Arthur Ward
42. “Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.” ~ Eileen Caddy
43. “Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.” ~ Karl Barth
44. “There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.” ~ Ralph H. Blum
45. “We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” ~ Thornton Wilder
46. “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
47. “The root of joy is gratefulness.” ~ David Steindl-Rast
48. “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
49. “Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” ~ Robert Brault
50. “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

Gratefulness Quotes

51. “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
52. “The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.” ~ Dalai Lama
53. “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
54. “I looked around and thought about my life. I felt grateful. And I noticed every detail. That is the key to time travel. You can only move if you are actually in the moment. You have to be where you are to get where you need to go.” ~ Amy Poehler
55. “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
56. “Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses.” ~ Alphonse Karr
57. “Gratitude for the present moment and the fullness of life now is the true prosperity.” ~ Eckhart Tolle
58. “Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.” ~ Aesop
59. “Give yourself a gift of five minutes of contemplation in awe of everything you see around you. Go outside and turn your attention to the many miracles around you. This five-minute-a-day regimen of appreciation and gratitude will help you to focus your life in awe.”  ~ Wayne Dyer
60. “The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see.” ~ Mary Davis

Inspiring Gratitude Quotes

61. “It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.” ~ Eckhart Tolle
62. “Live each moment in a rampage of appreciation.” ~ Wayne Dyer
63. “Learn to be thankful for what you already have, while you pursue all that you want.” ~ Jim Rohn
64. “The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.” ~ William James
65. “When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.” ~ Maya Angelou
66. “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
67. “You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
68. “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” ~ Gilbert C. Chesterton
69. “Learning to find happiness with less is true wealth.” ~ Jal Tucher
70. “We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” ~ Cynthia Ozick

Thank you Quotes

71. “Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.” ~ W. T. Purkiser
72. “When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.” ~ Anthony Robbins
73. “What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.” ~ Brene Brown
74. “When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.” ~ G.K. Chesterton
75. “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.” ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
76. “I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
77. “Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: It must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.” ~ William Faulkner
78. “Gratitude brings satisfaction, inner peace, happiness and compassion in life” ~ Invajy
79. “Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” ~ Voltaire
80. “Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” ~ Anonymous

Gratitude Quotes

81. “Be grateful in your own hearts. That suffices. Thanksgiving has wings, and flies to its right destination.” ~ Victor Hugo
82. “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
83. “Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: It must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.” ~ William Faulkner
84. “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
85. “A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.” ~ Cicero
86. “I feel a very unusual sensation — if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli
87. “I can no other answer make, but, thanks, And thanks, and ever thanks.” ~ William Shakespeare
88. “No duty is more urgent than giving thanks.” ~ James Allen
89. “The soul that gives thanks can find comfort in everything; the soul that complains can find comfort in nothing.” ~ Hannah Whitall Smith
90. “Enough is a feast.” ~ Buddhist Proverb

Positive Gratitude Quotes

91. “Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.” ~ Al Jarreau
92. “We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction.” ~ Harry A. Ironside
93. “Who does not thank for little will not thank for much.” ~ Estonian Proverb
94. “This is a wonderful day. I have never seen this one before.” ~ Maya Angelou
95. “Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.” ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca
96. “When eating fruit, remember the one who planted the tree.” ~ Vietnamese Proverb
97. “Got no checkbooks, got no banks, still I’d like to express my thanks. I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night.” ~ Irving Berlin
98. “It’s a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.” ~ Germany Kent
99. “The heart that gives thanks is a happy one, for we cannot feel thankful and unhappy at the same time.” ~ Douglas Wood
100. “Wear gratitude like a cloak, and it will feed every corner of your life.” ~ Rumi

Gratitude Quotes

101. “One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay ‘in kind’ somewhere else in life.” ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh
102. “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
103. “Everything we do should be a result of our gratitude for what God has done for us.” ~ Lauryn Hill
104. “Reflect upon your present blessings-of which every man has many-not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” ~ Charles Dickens
105. “Strive to find things to be thankful for, and just look for the good in who you are.” ~ Bethany Hamilton
106. “Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.” ~ Eckhart Tolle
107. “Silent gratitude isn’t very much to anyone.” ~ Gertrude Stein
108. “We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.” ~ Neal A. Maxwell
109. “The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.” ~ John E. Southard
110. “Gratitude also opens your eyes to the limitless potential of the universe, while dissatisfaction closes your eyes to it.” ~ Stephen Richards

Quotes about Gratitude

111. “Gratitude is the closest thing to beauty manifested in an emotion.” ~ Mindy Kaling
112. “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
113. “There’s nothing nicer than unexpected appreciation. If you’re grateful, get a pen.” ~ Helen Ellis
114. “What an astonishment to breathe on this breathing planet. What a blessing to be Earth loving Earth.” ~ John Green
115. “Always remember people who have helped you along the way, and don’t forget to lift someone up.” ~ Roy T. Bennett
116. “Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.” ~ Maya Angelou
117. “Living in a state of gratitude is the gateway to grace.” ~ Arianna Huffington
118. “Life is a very beautiful dream, he thought. I’m so glad I chose not to wake up from it just yet.” ~ Christopher Fowler
119. “Focusing on one thing that you are grateful for increases the energy of gratitude and rises the joy inside yourself.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
120. “Gratitude is a posture of your heart. I believe that it has been a gatekeeper in my life and has brought on so many blessings.” ~ Amanda Kloots

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