May these Thankfulness Quotes give you the inspiration to get better in your life. There are so many things that you can be thankful for and grateful for rather than dissatisfied in life.
When you wake up in the morning, you should be thankful that you are still allowed to live. When you are eating, you should be grateful that you still have some food to eat. When you visit a friend or family in the hospital, you should be thankful that you are still healthy.
Always put in your mind, heart and say to yourself that, “I am grateful for who I am and what I have.” Be grateful for what you have; you’ll be rewarded with more. Trust me, you will never, ever have enough if you focus on what you don’t have.
Moreover, make it a habit to express gratitude to others. Show your appreciation sincerely without expecting anything in return. If you truly appreciate those around you, you’ll soon see that there are many more.
Thus, to motivate and inspire you to always be grateful every day, here are 60 thankfulness quotes for you.
Thankfulness Quotes
“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
“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
“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” – Meister Eckhart
“No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.” – Alfred North Whitehead
“Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.” – Karl Barth
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
“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
“Whatever life throws at me I’ll take it and be grateful for it as well.”
– Tom Felton
“I’d like to say to all my fans out there, thanks for the support. And to all my doubters, thank you very much because you guys have also pushed me.” – Usain Bolt
“It’s been quite a roller coaster ride, but I’ve grown and learned a lot about myself. The greatest thing is being able to interact with fans and touch people’s lives… for that I give thanks.” – Christina Aguilera
“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” – Willie Nelson
“’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
“Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.” – Alphonse Karr
“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.” – Henry Ward Beecher
“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” – Melody Beattie
“I have nothing to ask for, thanks to God. Everything I have, God has given me.”
– Mariano Rivera
“Whatever we are waiting for – peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance – it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.” – Sarah Ban Breathnach
“I was given such a great gift. It’s a miracle that never stops amazing me and reminding me to give thanks, every day. Having a wife and daughter gives me a lot more purpose. I was much more selfish before, but now I think about what kind of role model I’ll be. I just want to be a better man.” – Jake Owen
“The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low.” – Richard Carlson
“No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.” – James Allen
“The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.” – Eric Hoffer
“Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.” – Samuel Butler
“When you are grateful – when you can see what you have – you unlock blessings to flow in your life.” – Suze Orman
“Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.” – Alan Cohen
“I would maintain that thanks is the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”
– Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job.” – Jim Lovell
“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.” – John Milton
“Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.” – Aesop
“When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.” – Tecumseh
“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
“I’m grateful for always this moment, the now, no matter what form it takes.” – Eckhart Tolle
“Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.”
– Jacques Maritain
“None of us got to where we are alone. Whether the assistance we received was obvious or subtle, acknowledging someone’s help is a big part of understanding the importance of saying thank you.” – Harvey Mackay
“Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you’ll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you’ll find that you have more of it.” – Ralph Marston
“Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.” – Albert Schweitzer
“I’m thankful to be breathing, on this side of the grass. Whatever comes, comes.” – Ron Perlman
“When you practice gratitude, there is a sense of respect toward others.” – Dalai Lama
“There’s no happier person than a truly thankful, content person.” – Joyce Meyer
“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
“Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.” – William Bennett
“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
“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
“I am what I am, I’m doing very well in my life, and I’m thankful to God for that.” – LL Cool J
“It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.” – Aristotle
“I’m very thankful to be doing what I’m doing. I feel very blessed.” – Justin Timberlake
“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
“A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.” – Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
“Never take anything for granted.”
– Benjamin Disraeli
“I wouldn’t change anything. I’ve made mistakes, but thanks to those mistakes, I’ve learned.” – Enrique Iglesias
“Thank you, dear God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain. And for the chance to wake up in three hours and go fishing: I thank you for that now, because I won’t feel so thankful then.” – Garrison Keillor
“All our discontent about what we want appears to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.” – Daniel Defoe
“Every day I’ve got to be thankful that I am alive, and you never know – the cliche is, I guess, you could get hit by a bus tomorrow, so you’d better be at peace with whatever you got going at the moment.” – Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.” – Elie Wiesel
“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
“Feeling gratitude isn’t born in us – it’s something we are taught, and in turn, we teach our children.” – Joyce Brothers
“I am what I am thanks to my mother, my father, my brother, my sister… because they have given me everything. The education I have is thanks to them.” – Ronaldinho
“When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author.”
– Sherman Alexie
“I’m very blessed, thankful, grateful for the opportunities I’ve had.” – Christen Press
“Be thankful for what you have. Appreciate the small and simple things.” – Kyle Carpenter
