Gratefulness Quotes

• Look closely and you will find that people are happy because they are grateful. The opposite of gratefulness is just taking everything for granted.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Gratitude, Grateful, Opposites

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• Gratefulness for what is there is one of the most powerful tools for creating what is not yet there. What does gratefulness mean? It means you appreciate what is. You value, you give attention to, you honor whatever is here at this moment.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Inspirational, Gratitude, Appreciation

  FaceBook post by Eckhart Tolle from Jan 03, 2011

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• Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Beautiful, God

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• Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.

  Melody Beattie

  Gratitude, Fullness Of Life, Being Thankful

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

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• Gratefulness is the inner gesture of giving meaning to our life by receiving life as gift.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Gratitude, Giving, Gestures

  David Steindl-Rast (1984). “Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness”, p.207, Paulist Press

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• 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

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Grateful

  "At 80, Maya Angelou Reflects on a 'Glorious' Life". "Weekend Edition" with Lynn Neary, www.npr.org. April 6, 2008.

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• The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Thankful, Gratitude, Appreciation

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• When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.

  Tony Robbins

  Motivational, Gratitude, Powerful

  Twitter post from Jan 08, 2017

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• Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy -- because we will always want to have something else or something more.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Love, Life, Happiness

  "A Place Where Happiness Is Truly Supreme" by Ed and Deb Shapiro, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 2, 2012.

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• Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Inspirational, Thank You, Thanksgiving

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• Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

  Charles Dickens

  Inspirational, Happiness, Thanksgiving

  Charles Dickens (1839). “Sketches by Boz”, p.172

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• Gratefulness is the great task, the how of our spiritual work, because, rightly understood, it re-roots us.

  David Steindl-Rast

  Spiritual, Gratitude, Roots

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• Let your heart be awakened to the transforming power of gratefulness.

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Heart, Transforming, Awakened

  Sarah Ban Breathnach (2009). “The Simple Abundance Companion: Following Your Authentic Path to Something More”, p.27, Hachette UK

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• When you are grateful - when you can see what you have - you unlock blessings to flow in your life.

  Suze Orman

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

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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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• 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.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

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• When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.

  Dalai Lama

  Thank You, Thankful, Gratitude

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• Gratitude, like faith, is a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it grows, and the more power you have to use it on your behalf. If you do not practice gratefulness, its benefaction will go unnoticed, and your capacity to draw on its gifts will be diminished. To be grateful is to find blessings in everything, This is the most powerful attitude to adopt, for there are blessings in everything.

  Alan Cohen

  Gratitude, Attitude, Powerful

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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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  Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

  Marcel Proust

  Friendship, Happiness, Happy

  Marcel Proust (1957). “Pleasures and days: and other writings”

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• Teach your children gratefulness. Do all you can to deliver them from our culture's poisonous entitlement mentality.

  Randy Alcorn

  Children, Culture, Entitlement

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• Reflect upon your present blessings

  Charles Dickens

  Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

  Charles Dickens (1868). “The Works of Charles Dickens”, p.211

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• Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.

  Joel Osteen

  Life, Positive, Inspiring

  "Eyes Closed,Too Hear". Book by RJ Woodward, 2010.

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• If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.

  W. Clement Stone

  Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

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• You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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