“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

This collection of gratitude quotes is a small reminder to appreciate what we have, to focus our attentions more wisely, to choose our perspectives more deliberately with the guiding intention of wanting to feel good and appreciative. When gratitude is practiced regularly it forms a secret shield-metaphorically – around us that can protect us from the daily disturbances, like an umbrella protects you against the rain. Of course it won’t protect you from a hurricane, but at least it keeps you comfortable against the minor daily discomforts that come your way.

We might expect gratitude to just happen to us. We want the feeling of gratitude to just appear out of the blue skies, but emotions do not work that way. Gratitude is a mental attitude. It can be learned and it can be practiced just like you are training a muscle. You cannot expect to be fit while you are having unbeneficial habits of eating and exercising. The same way you cannot expect gratitude to happen while you are mostly being critical and fixated on all that is dissatisfying in your surroundings.

Your emotion follows your attention so it is important to practice putting your attention in places that feel good. And when you get the feeling of how to do that no matter what, that is when the feeling of gratitude becomes a stable emotional experience in your life. Skill and mastery come with practice so here are some nice ideas to guide you toward feeling more satisfaction, appreciation and gratitude in your life.

Thankfulness and Gratitude Quotes

“If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough” ~ Eckhart Tolle

“Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.” ~ Henri Frederic Amiel

“The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see. “ ~ Mary Davis

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

“We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction.” – H.A. Ironside

“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.” – Frank A. Clark

“Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.” – Alphonse Karr

Gratitude and Happiness Quotes

“Be happy with who you are and what you do, and you can do anything you want.” ~ Steve Maraboli

“Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.” ~ Doris Day

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

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

“The root of joy is gratefulness.” ~ David Steindl-Rast

“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

Gratitude and Abundance Quotes

“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

“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

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

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

“You will receive in direct proportion to your clarity of vision, your definiteness of purpose, the steadiness of your faith, and the depth of your gratitude.” ~ John-Roger

“When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.” ~ Tony Robbins

“In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.” ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” ~ Anonymous

“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.” ~ Melody Beattie

Gratitude and Love Quotes

The world changes when we change. the world softens when we soften. The world loves us when we choose to love the world.~ Marianne Williamson 

“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” ~ Albert Schweitzer

“Today I choose to live with gratitude for the love that fills my heart, the peace that rests within my spirit, and the voice of hope that says all things are possible.” ~ Anonymous

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

“Gratitude is the wine for the soul. Go on. Get drunk.” – Rumi

“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

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50 Inspiring Gratitude Quotes