Thankfulness Quotes

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

Melody Beattie

Happiness, Thanksgiving, Thank You

Melody Beattie (2003). “The Language of Letting Go: A Meditation Book and Journal for Daily Reflections”, Hazelden Publishing

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No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

James Allen

Thank You, Thanksgiving, Thankful

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The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.

William Blake

Happiness, Thank You, Thanksgiving

William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.133, Pearson Education

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Whatever our individual troubles and challenges may be, it’s important to pause every now and then to appreciate all that we have, on every level. We need to literally 'count our blessings,' give thanks for them, allow ourselves to enjoy them, and relish the experience of prosperity we already have.

Shakti Gawain

Thankful, Gratitude, Appreciation

Shakti Gawain (2000). “Creating True Prosperity”, p.110, New World Library

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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

Positive, Thank You, Thanksgiving

FaceBook post by Oprah Winfrey from Oct 03, 2011

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Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Seneca the Younger

Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Appreciation

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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.

Henry Van Dyke

Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Kindness

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Grumbling and gratitude are, for the child of God, in conflict. Be grateful and you won't grumble. Grumble and you won't be grateful.

Billy Graham

God, Thankful, Christian

Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, Donna Lee Toney (2011). “Billy Graham in Quotes”, Thomas Nelson Inc

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Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting.

Elizabeth Bibesco

Inspirational, Positive, Thank You

"Haven: Short Stories, Poems, and Aphorisms". Book by Elizabeth Bibesco, 1951.

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Rest and be thankful.

William Wordsworth

Being Thankful

William Wordsworth (1835). “Yarrow Revisited: And Other Poems”, p.28

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Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.

Albert Schweitzer

Thankful, Gratitude, Expression

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Gratitude goes beyond the 'mine' and 'thine' and claims the truth that all of life is a pure gift. In the past I always thought of gratitude as a spontaneous response to the awareness of gifts received, but now I realize that gratitude can also be lived as a discipline. The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy.

Henri Nouwen

Thanksgiving, Thankful, Spiritual

Henri Nouwen (2013). “The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming”, p.85, Image

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Real life isn't always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgement of what is working in our lives can help us not only to survive but surmount our difficulties.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

Life, Motivational, Happiness

Sarah Ban Breathnach (2012). “Simple Abundance”, Random House

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Reflect upon your present blessings

Charles Dickens

Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

Charles Dickens (1868). “The Works of Charles Dickens”, p.211

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Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —

William Arthur Ward

Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

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If you count all your assets you always show a profit.

Wilson Mizner

Motivational, Thanksgiving, Thankful

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You seem to me to be a pretty lucky young man; keep your eyes open to your mercies. That part of piety is eternal; and the man who forgets to be grateful has fallen asleep in life.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Life, Thankful, Gratitude

"The Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson".

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If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.

W. Clement Stone

Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

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God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'

William Arthur Ward

Thank You, Thanksgiving, God

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When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.

Willie Nelson

Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

"The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart". Book by Willie Nelson, Turk Pipkin, 2006.

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What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.

Brené Brown

Gratitude, Privilege, Entitlement

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Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

Marcel Proust

Friendship, Happiness, Happy

Marcel Proust (1957). “Pleasures and days: and other writings”

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Gratitude bestows reverence.....changing forever how we experience life and the world.

John Milton

Gratitude, Forever, Reverence For Life

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Gratitude isn't just a feeling, it's an action. Expressing gratitude by writing in a journal, taking a photo, or shooting a video creates a lasting impression that can bring more gratitude into the world-for children and adults.

Janice Kaplan

Motivational, Gratitude, Appreciation

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

Charles Dickens

Inspirational, Happiness, Thanksgiving

Charles Dickens (1839). “Sketches by Boz”, p.172

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