88 Thankful Quotes to Inspire Gratitude (BLESSED)

Top 12 Most Famous Thankful Quotes (BEST)

“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

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. - Robert Breault — Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. – Robert Breault

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. - Epicurus — 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. – **Epicurus**

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. - Melody Beattie — **Gratitude** makes sense of our past, brings **peace** for today, and creates a **vision** for tomorrow. – Melody Beattie

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 — 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

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 — 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**

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 — 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**

We don't need more to be thankful for, we just need to be more thankful. - Carlos Castaneda — We don’t need more to be thankful for, we just need to be more thankful. – Carlos Castaneda

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. - Marcus Tullius Cicero — Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. – **Marcus Tullius Cicero**

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. - Meister Eckhart — If the only **prayer** you ever say in your entire life is ‘thank you,’ it will be enough. – Meister Eckhart

I have a lot to be thankful for. I am healthy, happy, and I am loved. - Reba McEntire — I have a lot to be thankful for. I am **healthy**, **happy**, and I am loved. – Reba McEntire

Before you complain today, be grateful you have breath to complain with. - LeCrae — Before you **complain** today, be grateful you have breath to complain with. – LeCrae

11 Inspirational Thankful Quotes For Life

“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.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around. - Willie Nelson — When I started counting my **blessings**, my whole life turned around. – Willie Nelson

“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

Thank you for life, and all the little ups and downs that make it worth living. - Travis Barker — Thank you for life, and all the little ups and downs that make it worth living. – Travis Barker

I think one of life's great milestones is when a person can look back and be almost as thankful for the setbacks as for the victories. - Bob Dole — I think one of life’s great milestones is when a person can look back and be almost as thankful for the setbacks as for the victories. – Bob Dole

“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”
Albert Schweitzer

I work very hard, and I play very hard. I'm grateful for life. And I live it - I believe life loves the liver of it. I live it. - Maya Angelou — I work very hard, and I play very hard. I’m grateful for life. And I live it – I believe life **loves** the liver of it. I live it. – **Maya Angelou**

I'm thankful for serendipitous moments in my life, where things could've gone the other way. - Rick Springfield — I’m thankful for serendipitous moments in my life, where things could’ve gone the other way. – Rick Springfield

“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

For my part, I am almost contented just now, and very thankful. Gratitude is a divine emotion it fills the heart, but not to bursting; it warms it, but not to fever. - Charlotte Brontë — For my part, I am almost contented just now, and very thankful. Gratitude is a divine emotion: it fills the heart, but not to bursting; it warms it, but not to fever. – **Charlotte Brontë**

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars. - Henry Van Dyke — Be glad of **life** because it gives you the **chance** to **love**, to **work**, to play, and to look up at the stars. – **Henry Van Dyke**

20 Thankful Quotes that Will Encourage You To Be Grateful

“I believe that if you don’t derive a deep sense of purpose from what you do, if you don’t come radiantly alive several times a day, if you don’t feel deeply grateful at the tremendous good fortune that has been bestowed on you, then you are wasting your life. And life is too short to waste.”
Srikumar Rao

When you are grateful - when you can see what you have - you unlock blessings to flow in your life. - Suze Orman — When you are grateful – when you can see what you have – you unlock blessings to flow in your life. – Suze Orman

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 — 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

“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

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 — 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**

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. - Gilbert K. Chesterton — I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. – **Gilbert K. Chesterton**

“I write about the power of trying, because I want to be okay with failing. I write about generosity because I battle selfishness. I write about joy because I know sorrow. I write about faith because I almost lost mine, and I know what it is to be broken and in need of redemption. I write about gratitude because I am thankful – for all of it.”
Kristin Armstrong

Be grateful in your own hearts. That suffices. Thanksgiving has wings, and flies to its right destination. - Victor Hugo — Be grateful in your own hearts. That suffices. Thanksgiving has wings, and flies to its right destination. – **Victor Hugo**

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. - William Arthur Ward — Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. – **William Arthur Ward**

“The world has enough beautiful mountains and meadows, spectacular skies and serene lakes. It has enough lush forests, flowered fields, and sandy beaches. It has plenty of stars and the promise of a new sunrise and sunset every day. What the world needs more of is people to appreciate and enjoy it.”
Michael Josephson

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. - Thornton Wilder — We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. – Thornton Wilder

We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count. - Neal A. Maxwell — We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count. – Neal A. Maxwell

Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful. - Al Jarreau — Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful. – Al Jarreau

I'm grateful for always this moment, the now, no matter what form it takes. - Eckhart Tolle — I’m grateful for always this moment, the now, no matter what form it takes. – **Eckhart Tolle**

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 — 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

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. - James Allen — No **duty** is more urgent than that of returning thanks. – **James Allen**

When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears. - Anthony Robbins — When you are grateful, **fear** disappears and abundance appears. – Anthony Robbins

Strive to find things to be thankful for, and just look for the good in who you are. - Bethany Hamilton — Strive to find things to be thankful for, and just look for the good in who you are. – Bethany Hamilton

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life. - Robert Louis Stevenson — Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life. – **Robert Louis Stevenson**

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 — 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

12 Thankful Quotes That Will Change The Way You Look At Problems

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 — 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**

Whatever life throws at me I'll take it and be grateful for it as well. - Tom Felton — Whatever life throws at me I’ll take it and be grateful for it as well. – Tom Felton

Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job. - Jim Lovell — Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job. – **Jim Lovell**

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses. - Alphonse Karr — Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses. – Alphonse Karr

The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low. - Richard Carlson — The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low. – Richard Carlson

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only. - Samuel Butler — Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only. – Samuel Butler

Reflect upon your present blessings—of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. - Charles Dickens — Reflect upon your present blessings—of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. – **Charles Dickens**

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. - Epictetus — He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. – **Epictetus**

We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning. - Albert Barnes — We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning. – Albert Barnes

We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction. - Harry A. Ironside — We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction. – Harry A. Ironside

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 — 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

The soul that gives thanks can find comfort in everything; the soul that complains can find comfort in nothing. - Hannah Whitall Smith — The soul that gives thanks can find comfort in everything; the soul that complains can find comfort in nothing. – Hannah Whitall Smith

12 Thankful Quotes To God For His Blessings

“Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books – especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.”
John Wooden

'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 — ‘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**

Dear Lord, I'm so grateful I'm still loved. - Vivien Leigh — Dear Lord, I’m so grateful I’m still loved. – Vivien Leigh

“From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.”
Algernon Charles Swinburne

If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive. - Elbert Hubbard — If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive. – **Elbert Hubbard**

I have nothing to ask for, thanks to God. Everything I have, God has given me. - Mariano Rivera — I have nothing to ask for, thanks to God. Everything I have, God has given me. – Mariano Rivera

“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

God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart. - Izaak Walton — God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart. – Izaak Walton

“I’m grateful for the opportunities God gave me to minister to people in high places; people in power have spiritual and personal needs like everyone else, and often they have no one to talk to.”
Billy Graham

I give all the glory to God. It's kind of a win-win situation. The glory goes up to Him and the blessings fall down on me. - Gabby Douglas — I give all the glory to God. It’s kind of a win-win situation. The glory goes up to Him and the blessings fall down on me. – Gabby Douglas

“Take heed, then, often to come together to give thanks to God, and show forth His praise. For when you assemble frequently in the same place, the powers of Satan are destroyed, and the destruction at which he aims is prevented by the unity of your faith.”
Ignatius of Antioch

I am what I am, I’m doing very well in my life, and I’m thankful to God for that. - LL Cool J — I am what I am, I’m doing very well in my life, and I’m thankful to God for that. – LL Cool J

6 Thankful Quotes on Laughter and Happiness that Will Put A Smile on Your Face

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings. - William Arthur Ward — Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings. – William Arthur Ward

I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose. - Woody Allen — I am thankful for **laughter**, except when milk comes out of my nose. – Woody Allen

There's no happier person than a truly thankful, content person. - Joyce Meyer — There’s no happier person than a truly thankful, content person. – **Joyce Meyer**

Joy is the simplest form of gratitude. - Karl Barth — Joy is the simplest form of gratitude. – Karl Barth

Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer — Gratitude changes the pangs of **memory** into a tranquil joy. – **Dietrich Bonhoeffer**

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. - G.K. Chesterton — I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. – G.K. Chesterton

3 Thankful Quotes For Fans

“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