Inspirational Gratitude Quotes

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.

Willie Nelson

Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

"The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart". Book by Willie Nelson, Turk Pipkin, 2006.

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The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

Dalai Lama

Inspirational, Positive, Thank You

Dalai Lama (1994). “The Path to Enlightenment”, p.105, Shambhala

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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

Inspirational, Thank You, Thanksgiving

Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.836, Best Books on

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Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.

Margaret Cousins

Change, Thanksgiving, Thank You

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Inspirational, Life, Thank You

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2011). “Letters Papers from Prison”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

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Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.

A. A. Milne

Motivational, Thank You, Thankful

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'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say.

Alice Walker

Thanksgiving, Thank You, Thankful

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Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.

Maya Angelou

Birthday, Inspiring, Thanksgiving

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Nov 29, 2013

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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

Inspirational, Inspiring, Thankful

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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.

Ralph Marston

Love, Inspirational, Thank You

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This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.

Maya Angelou

Attitude, Grateful, Wonderful

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Dec 16, 2010

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To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kindness that stands behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.

Albert Schweitzer

Inspirational, Motivational, Gratitude

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(Some people) have a wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder, and even ecstasy.

Abraham Maslow

Thanksgiving, Appreciation, Gratitude

Abraham H. Maslow (1970). “Motivation and Personality”

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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

Motivational, Being Happy, Thankful

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To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything.

Thomas Merton

Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Grateful

Thomas Merton (2011). “Thoughts In Solitude”, p.48, Macmillan

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Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

Horace

Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Being Thankful

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Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise then you will discover the fullness of your life.

David Steindl-Rast

Love, Gratitude, Godly

David Steindl-Rast (1984). “Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness”, p.4, Paulist Press

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Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings.

William Arthur Ward

Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Thankfulness

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Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

Melody Beattie

Happiness, Thanksgiving, Thank You

Melody Beattie (2003). “The Language of Letting Go: A Meditation Book and Journal for Daily Reflections”, Hazelden Publishing

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When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.

Maya Angelou

Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

Maya Angelou (2011). “Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now”, p.11, Bantam

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We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.

John F. Kennedy

Inspirational, Positive, Leadership

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You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Inspirational, Thanksgiving, Thankful

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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

Positive, Thank You, Thanksgiving

FaceBook post by Oprah Winfrey from Oct 03, 2011

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Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

John Wooden

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

"The Wizard's wisdom: 'Woodenisms'", www.espn.com. June 4, 2010.

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Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

William Arthur Ward

Inspirational, Thank You, Thanksgiving

"How to Write a Gratitude Speech" by Peggy Epstein, bizfluent.com. September 26, 2017.

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