Quotes About Gratitude, Thanks, and Appreciation
Find meaning in all of life’s moments with help from these inspirational quotes.
“Do something today that your future self will thank you for.”
— Sean Patrick Flanery
“When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.”
— Kristin Armstrong
“Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”
— Charles Dickens
“The world already has enough complainers. Let's spread light by practicing gratitude.”
— Bridget A. Thomas
“Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.”
— Mother Teresa
“Gratitude and attitude are not challenges; they are choices.”
— Robert Braathe
“Complaining does not work as a strategy.”
— Unknown
“If you find yourself about to complain, think of your many blessings and rejoice.”
— Anita R. Sneed-Carter
“Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it all into words is all that is necessary.”
— Margaret Cousins
“Happiness comes a lot easier when you stop complaining about your problems and you start being grateful for all the problems you don’t have.”
— Unknown
“A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things.”
— Plato
“Spending today complaining about yesterday won’t make tomorrow any better.”
— Unknown
“You can complain that roses have thorns, or rejoice that thorns have roses.”
— Ziggy
“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
“However vast the darkness, we must supply it with our own light.”
— Stanley Kubrick
“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
“Appreciation has the amazing habit of bringing more reasons to be grateful for.”
— Isabella Koldras
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.”
— Unknown
“True forgiveness is when you can say, ‘Thank you for that experience’.”
— Oprah Winfrey
“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
“Gratitude is one of the strongest and most transformative states of being. It shifts your perspective from lack to abundance and allows you to focus on the good in your life.”
— Jen Sincero
“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.”
— Henri Matisse
“When eating fruit, remember the one who planted the tree.”
— Vietnamese Proverb
“I thank everything, because everything teaches me something.”
— Maxime Lagace
“Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.”
— Helen Keller
“Complaining is a complete waste of one's energy. Those who complain the most accomplish the least.”
— Robert Tew
“Gratitude also opens your eyes to the limitless potential of the universe, while dissatisfaction closes your eyes to it.”
— Stephen Richards
“In life, one has a choice to take one of two paths: to wait for some special day - or to celebrate each special day.”
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
“Always have an attitude of gratitude.”
— Sterling K. Brown
“If you count all your assets, you always show a profit.”
— Robert Quillen
“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.”
— Willie Nelson
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”
— Epictetus
“I am thankful for all those who said no to me. It’s because of them I’m doing it myself.”
— Albert Einstein
“Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy.”
— Benjamin Franklin
“I’m grateful always for this moment, the now, no matter what form it takes.”
— Eckhart Tolle
“I was complaining that I had no shoes till I met a man who had no feet.”
— Confucius
“The real gift of gratitude is that the more grateful you are, the more present you become.”
— Robert Holden
“Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.”
— Leroy Satchel Paige
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”
— William Arthur Ward
“I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.”
— Elbert Hubbard
“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.”
— Eckhart Tolle
“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.”
— Robert Brault
“No gesture is too small when done with gratitude.”
— Oprah Winfrey
“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
“Gratitude is the appreciation of things that are not deserved, earned or demanded – those wonderful things that we take for granted.”
— Renee Paule
“Appreciate what you have, where you are and who you are with in this moment.”
— Tony Clark
“Keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life.”
— Kahlil Gibran
“Gratitude is a celebration we are all invited to.”
— Cleo Wade
“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.”
— Oprah Winfrey
“Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos - the trees, the clouds, everything.”
— Thich Nhat Hạnh
“I’m thankful for my struggle because without it I wouldn’t have stumbled across my strength.”
— Unknown
“Gratitude is one of the sweet shortcuts to finding peace of mind and happiness inside. No matter what is going on outside of us, there’s always something we could be grateful for.”
— Barry Neil Kaufman
“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.”
— Cynthia Clark
“Understand your worth. Value your life. Appreciate your blessings.”
— Unknown
“The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.”
— Zig Ziglar
“On a society that has you counting money, pounds, calories, and steps, be a rebel and count your blessings instead.”
— Lisa Heckman
“Be happy with who you are and what you do, and you can do anything you want.”
— Steve Maraboli
“Feeling grateful or appreciate of something in your life usually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value in your life.”
— Northrup Christiane
“Be thankful for everything that happens in your life; it’s all an experience.”
— Roy T. Bennett
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. “
— Confucius
“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.”
— James Oppenheim
“This is a wonderful day. I have never seen this one before.”
— Maya Angelou
“I have learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.”
— Martha Washington
“Appreciate the lovers rather than acknowledging the haters.”
— Sophia L Skaalerud