62 Gratitude Quotes to Inspire You to Be Thankful

Gratitude is a simple yet profound way of living a meaningful and fulfilling life. By expressing gratitude regularly, one can cultivate a mindset of abundance, and enjoy the gifts and opportunities that life offers. Here are some of the best gratitude quotes that will change your life.

Gratitude Quotes

1. “Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.” – Zig Ziglar

2. “Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” – Melody Beattie

3. “Learn to be thankful for what you already have, while you pursue all that you want.” – Jim Rohn

4. “Gratitude is one of the strongest and most transformative states of being. It shifts your perspective from lack to abundance and allows you to focus on the good in your life, which in turn pulls more goodness into your reality.” – Jen Sincero

5. “Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals. If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more.” – Roy T. Bennett

6. “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” – Epicurus

7. “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

8. “When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.” – Anthony Robbins

9. “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

10. “Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.” – Eckhart Tolle

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11. “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus

12. “The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see.” – Mary Davis

13. “Those who have the ability to be grateful are the ones who have the ability to achieve greatness.” – Steve Maraboli

14. “Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart.” – Roy T. Bennett

15. “Live a life full of humility, gratitude, intellectual curiosity, and never stop learning.” – Gza

16. “Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.” – Henry Van Dyke

17. “It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.” – Eckhart Tolle

18. “Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.” – Aesop

19. “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

20. “Change your expectation for appreciation and the world changes instantly.” – Tony Robbins

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21. “When we replace a sense of service and gratitude with a sense of entitlement and expectation, we quickly see the demise of our relationships, society, and economy.” – Steve Maraboli

22. “Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.” – Doris Day

23. “Being grateful does not mean that everything is necessarily good. It just means that you can accept it as a gift.” – Roy T. Bennett

24. “Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” – Voltaire

25. “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

26. “Forget yesterday–it has already forgotten you. Don’t sweat tomorrow–you haven’t even met. Instead, open your eyes and your heart to a truly precious gift–today.” – Steve Maraboli

27. “I’m not going to focus on the bad days. I choose to live in gratitude.” – Marcela Valladolid

28. “Practicing gratitude is one of the best gifts you can give yourself and others.” – Cynthia Germanotta

29. “When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude.” – Elie Wiesel

30. “I believe gratitude leads to happiness.” – Nafessa Williams

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31. “‘Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.” – Alice Walker

32. “Giving is an expression of gratitude for our blessings.” – Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

33. “Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.” – John Ortberg

34. “The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.” – Zig Ziglar

35. “We don’t truly appreciate what we have until it’s gone… We don’t really appreciate something until we have experienced some events; we don’t really appreciate our parents until we ourselves have become parents. Be grateful for what you have now, and nothing should be taken for granted.” – Roy T. Bennett

36. “If you want to find happiness, find gratitude.” – Steve Maraboli

37. “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

38. “I am happy because I’m grateful. I choose to be grateful. That gratitude allows me to be happy.” – Will Arnett

39. “We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.” – John F. Kennedy

40. “The more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.” – Norman Vincent Peale

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41. “Those who are not grateful soon begin to complain of everything.” – Thomas Merton

42. “We have to fill our hearts with gratitude. Gratitude makes everything that we have more than enough.” – Susan L. Taylor

43. “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

44. “Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.” – Karl Barth

45. “When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.” – Kristin Armstrong

46. “When you view your world with an attitude of gratitude, you are training yourself to focus on the good in life.” – Paul J. Meyer

47. “Whatever you appreciate and give thanks for will increase in your life.” – Sanaya Roman

48. “A grateful mindset can set you free from the prison of disempowerment and the shackles of misery.” – Steve Maraboli

49. “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.” – Sarah Ban Breathnach

50. “Great things happen to those who don’t stop believing, trying, learning, and being grateful.” – Roy T. Bennett

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51. “Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; It is something you design for the present.” – Jim Rohn

52. “Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul.” – Amy Collette

53. “Gratitude for the present moment and the fullness of life now is the true prosperity.” – Eckhart Tolle

54. “There’s no happier person than a truly thankful, content person.” – Joyce Meyer

55. “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

56. “Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.” – Oprah Winfrey

57. “There is no path to happiness. Happiness is the path.” – Buddha

58. “Have gratitude for all that you have, and you can be happy exactly as you are.” – Mandy Ingber

59. “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.” – Alphonse Karr

60. “The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.” – Louisa May Alcott

61. “When gratitude becomes an essential foundation in our lives, miracles start to appear everywhere.” – Emmanuel Dagher

62. “Gratitude opens the door to the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe. You open the door through gratitude.” – Deepak Chopra

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