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Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much. For on the smiles, the thanks we give, our little gestures of appreciation, our neighbors build their philosophy of life.
Sep 29, 2025
If you can't be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.
Whatever our individual troubles and challenges may be, it’s important to pause every now and then to appreciate all that we have, on every level. We need to literally 'count our blessings,' give thanks for them, allow ourselves to enjoy them, and relish the experience of prosperity we already have.
If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.
'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say.
You seem to me to be a pretty lucky young man; keep your eyes open to your mercies. That part of piety is eternal; and the man who forgets to be grateful has fallen asleep in life.
Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job.
When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.
I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.
People who live the most fulfilling lives are the ones who are always rejoicing at what they have.
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.
Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.
The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.
A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things.
You have no cause for anything but gratitude and joy.
Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.
When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.
For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends.
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues.
Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.
Think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flames within us.
There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.
Every time we remember to say "thank you", we experience nothing less than heaven on earth.
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more.
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.
What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it - would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have.
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.
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.
Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
... because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.
Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.
Thanks are the highest form of thought.
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
You cannot do a kindness too soon.
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.
Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
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.
Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.