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88 Thankful Quotes to Inspire Gratitude (BLESSED)

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“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 BreaultPin
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. - EpicurusPin
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 BeattiePin
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 CohenPin
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. KennedyPin
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 WinfreyPin
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 CastanedaPin
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 CiceroPin
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 EckhartPin
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 McEntirePin
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. - LeCraePin
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 NelsonPin
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 BarkerPin
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 DolePin
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 AngelouPin
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 SpringfieldPin
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 BrontëPin
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 DykePin
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 OrmanPin
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 WhiteheadPin
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 AmielPin
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. ChestertonPin
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 HugoPin
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 WardPin
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 WilderPin
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. MaxwellPin
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 JarreauPin
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 TollePin
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. ClarkPin
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 AllenPin
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. – James Allen
When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears. - Anthony RobbinsPin
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 HamiltonPin
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 StevensonPin
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 WieselPin
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 ZiglarPin
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 FeltonPin
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 LovellPin
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 KarrPin
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 CarlsonPin
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 ButlerPin
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 DickensPin
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. - EpictetusPin
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 BarnesPin
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. IronsidePin
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 BerlinPin
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 SmithPin
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 WalkerPin
‘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 LeighPin
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 HubbardPin
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 RiveraPin
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 WaltonPin
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 DouglasPin
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 JPin
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 WardPin
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 AllenPin
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 MeyerPin
There’s no happier person than a truly thankful, content person. – Joyce Meyer
Joy is the simplest form of gratitude. - Karl BarthPin
Joy is the simplest form of gratitude. – Karl Barth
Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy. - Dietrich BonhoefferPin
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. ChestertonPin
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
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 BoltPin
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
I'm thankful to my family, friends, and fans for all of their support. - Serena WilliamsPin
I’m thankful to my family, friends, and fans for all of their support. – Serena Williams

12 Thankful Quotes that Will Make You Think

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. - Henry Ward BeecherPin
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. – Henry Ward Beecher
Well, there's not a day goes by when I don't get up and say thank you to somebody. - Rod StewartPin
Well, there’s not a day goes by when I don’t get up and say thank you to somebody. – Rod Stewart
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. - AesopPin
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. – Aesop
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. - Eric HofferPin
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. – Eric Hoffer
Never take anything for granted. - Benjamin DisraeliPin
Never take anything for granted. – Benjamin Disraeli
Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect. - Jean-Jacques RousseauPin
Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new. - Ralph Waldo EmersonPin
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: It must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all. - William FaulknerPin
Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: It must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all. – William Faulkner
Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone. - Gertrude SteinPin
Silent gratitude isn’t very much to anyone. – Gertrude Stein
Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. - VoltairePin
Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. – Voltaire
All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have. - Daniel DefoePin
All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have. – Daniel Defoe
I feel a very unusual sensation—if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude. - Benjamin DisraeliPin
I feel a very unusual sensation—if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude. – Benjamin Disraeli
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