Browsing Topic Best Thanksgiving And Gratitude Quotes

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.

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

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

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.

Think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flames within us.

Reflect upon your present blessings.

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

Silent gratitude isn’t very much to anyone.

Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.

It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich!

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite – only a sense of existence. Well, anything for variety.

‘Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say.

I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.

The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.

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.

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.

To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kindness that stands behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.

Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.

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.

You may have heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There’s another day you might want to know about: Giving Tuesday. The idea is pretty straightforward. On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, shoppers take a break from their gift-buying and donate what they can to charity.

When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?

An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.

God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.

So once in every year we throng Upon a day apart, to praise the Lord with feast and song in thankfulness of heart.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

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

Our rural ancestors, with little blest, Patient of labor when the end was rest, Indulged the day that housed their annual grain, With feasts, and off’rings, and a thankful strain.

In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.

‘Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.

You say, ‘If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.’ You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled.

As I express my gratitude, I become more deeply aware of it. And the greater my awareness, the greater my need to express it. What happens here is a spiraling ascent, a process of growth in ever expanding circles around a steady center.