11/11/2022
Part of living a meaningful life is experiencing gratitude.
While giving thanks is not just reserved for Thanksgiving, this time of year is certainly a sweet reminder. Here are some quotes to help inspire a momentary perspective shift or even a more regular practice of gratitude.
“The miracle of gratitude is that it shifts your perception to such an extent that it changes the world you see.” — Dr. Robert Holden
“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” — A.A. Milne
“Being thankful is not always experienced as a natural state of existence, we must work at it, akin to a type of strength training for the heart.” — Larissa Gomez
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. — John F. Kennedy
“Opening your eyes to more of the world around you can deeply enhance your gratitude practice.” — Derrick Carpenter.
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” — William Arthur Ward
“This is a wonderful day. I have never seen this one before.” — Maya Angelou
“When eating fruit, remember the one who planted the tree.” — Vietnamese Proverb
“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
“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” — G.K. Chesterton
"'Enough' is a feast." — Buddhist Proverb
“Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” — Voltaire
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity...it makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” — Melodie Beattie
“It’s a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.” — Germany Kent
“We think we have to do something to be grateful or something has to be done in order for us to be grateful, when gratitude is a state of being.” — Iyanla Vanzant
“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.” — Epicurus
“Gratitude bestows reverence...changing forever how we experience life and the world.” — John Milton
“We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.” — John F Kennedy
“What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.” — Brene Brown
“When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.” — G.K. Chesterton
“Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.” — John Ortberg
“I lie in bed at night, after ending my prayers with the words 'Ich danke dir für all das Gute und Liebe und Schöne.' (Thank you, God, for all that is good and dear and beautiful.)” — Anne Frank
“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
“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around." — Willie Nelson
