Quotes about gratitude

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

Beattie, Melody on gratitude
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"A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves."

Beecher, Henry Ward on gratitude
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"Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude."

Beecher, Henry Ward on gratitude   

"Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul."

Beecher, Henry Ward on gratitude
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"Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue."

Bennett, William John on gratitude
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"Whatever I am offered in devotion with a pure heart -- a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water -- I accept with joy."

Bhagavad Gita on gratitude
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"Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. [Matthew]"

Bible on gratitude   

"There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy."

Blum, Ralph H. on gratitude
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"Because gratification of a desire leads to the temporary stilling of the mind and the experience of the peaceful, joyful Self it's no wonder that we get hooked on thinking that happiness comes from the satisfaction of desires. This is the meaning of the old adage, Joy is not in things, it is in us."

Borysenko, Joan on gratitude   

"Let's choose today to quench our thirst for the good life we thinks others lead by acknowledging the good that already exists in our lives. We can then offer the universe the gift of our grateful hearts."

Breathnach, Sarah Ban on gratitude   

"Grace is available for each of us every day -- our spiritual daily bread -- but we've got to remember to ask for it with a grateful heart and not worry about whether there will be enough for tomorrow."

Breathnach, Sarah Ban on gratitude
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"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."

Breathnach, Sarah Ban on gratitude
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"Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend... when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present -- love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature and personal pursuits that bring us pleasure -- the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience Heaven on earth."

Breathnach, Sarah Ban on gratitude
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"This race is never grateful: from the first, One fills their cup at supper with pure wine, Which back they give at cross-time on a sponge, In bitter vinegar."

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett on gratitude   

"Gratitude helps you to grow and expands; gratitude brings you and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you."

Caddy, Eileen on gratitude
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"I don't like it when people on the street say smile or cheer up. It's a real cheap line. I'm feeling good. I'm feeling real grateful for everything. It's a solid time in my life. When people say I look sad, they're wrong."

Cage, Nicolas on gratitude   

"Remember that not to be happy is not to be grateful."

Carter, Elizabeth on gratitude
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"Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life."

Christiane, Northrup on gratitude
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"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others."

Cicero, Marcus T. on gratitude
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"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."

Clark, Frank A. on gratitude
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"To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach."

Demosthenes on gratitude   

"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."

Dickens, Charles on gratitude
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"It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?"

Dostoevsky, Fyodor on gratitude
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"Deficiency motivation doesn't work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are."

Dyer, Wayne on gratitude
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"Gratitude is a twofold love -- love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest."

Dyke, Henry Van on gratitude
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"Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse."

Dyke, Henry Van on gratitude   

"Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything."

Dylan, Bob on gratitude
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"Many times a day I realize how much my own life is built on the labors of my fellowmen, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received."

Einstein, Albert on gratitude
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"I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on gratitude
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"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."

Epicurus on gratitude
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"Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly is having to accept it."

Faulkner, William on gratitude   

"Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep."

Frankfurter, Felix on gratitude   

"When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it."

Franklin, Benjamin on gratitude
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"Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones -- with ingratitude."

Franklin, Benjamin on gratitude   

"Eaten bread is soon forgotten."

Fuller, Thomas on gratitude   

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"To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven."

Gaertner, Johannes A. on gratitude
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"Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive."

Gibbon, Edward on gratitude   

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"He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well."

Gracian, Baltasar on gratitude   

"Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one."

Gracian, Baltasar on gratitude
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"Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it."

Halifax, Edward F. on gratitude