Quote Lady's Quotes by Subject, Thankfulness

Thankfulness

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
Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou are not so unkind
As man's ingratitude.--William Shakespeare (As You Like It)
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
Eaten bread is forgotten.--Thomas Fuller
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.--William Arthur Ward
For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude.--Clarence E. Hodges
For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received.--Storm Jameson (Journey from the North, v.2)
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.--Cicero
Gratitude is the memory of the heart.--Massieu
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.--Melody Beattie
Gratitude takes three forms: a feeling in the heart, an expression in words, and a giving in return.--John Wanamaker
Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don't unravel.--Anonymous
If one could only learn to appreciate the little things...
A song that takes you away, for there are those who cannot hear.
The beauty of a sunset, for there are those who cannot see.
The warmth and safety of your home, for there are those who are homeless.
Time spent with good friends for there are those who are lonely.
A walk along the beach for there are those who cannot walk.
The little things are what life is all about.
Search your soul and learn to appreciate.--Shadi Souferian
If "thank you" is the only prayer you say, that will be enough.--Meister Eckhart
If you never learned the lesson of thankfulness, begin now. Sum up your mercies; see what provision God has made for your happiness, what opportunities for your usefulness, and what advantages for your success.--Ida S. Taylor
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
Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change our perspective of your day and your life.--Oprah Winfrey
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.--Saint Ambrose
No longer forward nor behind
I look in hope or fear;
But, grateful, take the good I find,
The best of now and here.--John Greenleaf Whittier
No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night.--Elie Wiesel
None is more impoverished than the one who has no gratitude. Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy.--Fred De Witt Van Amburgh
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.--W. T. Purkiser
Now thank we all our God,
With hearts and hands and voices,
Who wondrous things hath done,
In whom his world rejoices...--Johann Cruger (Nun danket alle Gott tr. by Winkworth)
Of all the "attitudes" we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important and by far the most life-changing.--Zig Ziglar (Zig Ziglar's Little Book of Big Quotes)
One can never pay in gratitude; one can pay "in kind" somewhere else in life.--Anne Morrow Lindbergh
One of life's gifts is that each of us, no matter how tired and downtrodden, finds reasons for thankfulness.--J. Robert Maskin
The Pilgrims came to America not to accumulate riches but to worship God, and the greatest wealth they left unborn generations was their heroic example of sacrifice that their souls might be free.--Harry Moyle Tippett
Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.--Henry Ward Beecher
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.--Charles Dickens
Seeds of discouragement will not grow in the thankful heart.--Anonymous
A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably.--John Bunyan
Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.--Gertrude B. Stein
So often we dwell on the things that seem impossible rather than on the things that are possible. So often we are depressed by what remains to be done and forget to be thankful for all that has been done.--Marian Wright Edelman
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.--Albert Schweitzer
Sweet is the breath of vernal shower,
The bee's collected treasures sweet,
Sweet music's melting full, but sweeter yet
The still small voice of gratitude.--Thomas Gray
There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way.--Jim Rohn (Jim Rohn's Weekly E-zine, May 20, 2003)
Thou has given me so much... Give me one thing more, a grateful heart.--George Herbert
The unthankful heart ... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and. As the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!--Henry Ward Beecher
We give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.--Sacred ritual chant
When eating fruit, think of the person who planted the tree.--Vietnamese proverb
When we are grateful for the good we already have, we attract more good into our life. On the other hand, when we are ungrateful, we tend to shut ourselves off from the good we might otherwise experience.--Margaret Stortz
... when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present--love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature, and personal pursuits that bring us pleasure--the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience heaven on earth.--Sarah Ban Brethnach
Who does not thank for little will not thank for much.--Estonian Proverb