Gratitude Quotes

'Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.' ~ Henry Ward Beecher

'Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.' ~ William Arthur Ward

'No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.' ~ Saint Ambrose

'Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.' ~ Eileen Caddy

'Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.' ~ Denis Waitley

'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

'I can no other answer make but thanks. And thanks.' ~ William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

'One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay “in kind” somewhere else in life.' ~ Anne Morrow Lindberg, North to the Orient

'Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality.' ~ Alfred Painter

'Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.' ~ Buddha

'If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice.' ~ Meister Eckhart

'Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity.... It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.' ~ Melodie Beattie

'It’s wonderful to be grateful. To have that gratitude well out from deep within you and pour out in waves. Once you truly experience this, you will never want to give it up.' ~ Dr. Srikumar S. Rao

'The single greatest thing you can do to change your life today would be to start being grateful for what you have right now.' ~ Oprah Winfrey