One of the secrets to being happy is to embrace feelings of gratitude. These quotes about being grateful will remind us to consider all aspects of our life.
“A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being.”
“Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining – it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn’t solve any problems.”
“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.”
“Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.”
“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.”
“Every day, I like to wake up and remind myself to be grateful of the simple things.”
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”
“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.”
“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.”
“I am happy because I’m grateful. I choose to be grateful. That gratitude allows me to be happy.”
“I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you’re grateful, you’ll see God open up new doors.”
“I feel I am lucky. I am grateful for this life that God has given me. I am happy, as I am getting to do work that I want to do and enjoy doing it.”
“I have been very blessed in my life and rewarded with good friends and good health. I am grateful and happy to be able to share this.”
“I have the most beautiful daughter in the world and I’m grateful for her.”
“I try to be grateful for the abundance of the blessings that I have, for the journey that I’m on and to relish each day as a gift.”
“I wake up every morning literally with a smile on my face, grateful for another day I never thought I’d see.”
“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”
“I’m looking forward to the future, and feeling grateful for the past.”
“I’m too grateful to be hateful. I am too blessed to be stressed.”
“It’s easy to get negative because you get beat down. You go through a few disappointments and it’s easy to stay in that negative frame of mind. Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is a whole cliche, but your attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.”
“Learn to be thankful for what you already have, while you pursue all that you want.”
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
“Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.”
“Life changes so quickly. feeling grateful to be around such wonderful people to strengthen and grow with.”
“Most of us never stop to consider our blessings; rather, we spend the day only thinking about our problems. But since you have to be alive to have problems, be grateful for the opportunity to have them.”
“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.”
“Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”
“Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses.”
“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”
“Thank you is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.”
“Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.”
“The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.”
“The way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement.”
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
“There is something that happens when you are grateful: You continue to keep receiving blessings. So I will always be grateful.”
“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.”
“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.”
Having gratitude is an integral part of finding peace and contentment for what you have and what is available to you in your life.
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