Life is short. Care for your fellow human beings. Forgive quickly. Laugh uncontrollably. Breathe deeply. Kiss slowly. Love truly. Give a Smile to whoever you see. Have a nice glass of wine tonight. Be grateful for things big and small.
Here’ are 20 of my favorite gratitude quotes. I hope you like them. Feel free to share.
1. “Begin your day by feeling grateful. Be grateful for the bed you just slept in, the roof over your head, the carpet or floor under your feet, the running water, the soap, your shower, your toothbrush, your clothes, your shoes, the refrigerator that keeps your food cold, the car that you drive, your job, your friends. Be grateful for the stores that make it so easy to buy the things you need, the restaurants, the utilities, services, and electrical appliances that make your life effortless. Be grateful for the magazines and the books that you read. Be grateful for the chair that you sit on, and the pavement that you walk on. Be grateful for the weather, the sun, the sky, the birds, the trees, the grass, the rain, and the flowers.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!”
– Rhonda Byrne
2. “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
3. “Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
– Marcel Proust
4. “Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.”
– Brian Tracy
5. “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
6. “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.”
– Melody Beattie
7. “Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise–then you will discover the fullness of your life.“
– Brother David Steindl-Rast
8. “Blessed are those that can give without remembering and receive without forgetting.”
– Author Unknown
9. “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”
– Epictetus
10. “If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.”
– Meister Eckhardt
11. “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”
– GK Chesteron
12. “If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily.”
-Gerald Good
13. “Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.”
– Confucius
14. “Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.”
– Randy Pausch
15. “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
16. “There is always, always, always something to be thankful for.”
– Author Unknown
17. “Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”
– Voltaire
18. “Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses.”
– Alphonse Karr
19. “We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”
– Thornton Wilder
20. “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.”
– Cicero