Jonno White
Dec 8, 202234 min
1. “To be thankful for one thing is infinitely more powerful than to be bitter about a hundred others.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough
2. “You have no cause for anything but gratitude and joy.” – Buddha
3. “Here’s to celebrating light where we find it. And making light where we don’t.” ― John Green
4. “Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” – Charles Dickens
5. “When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them.” – Chinese Proverb
6. “Expressing gratitude seems like a cosmic invitation for all kinds of thankfulness and appreciation to pour in.” – Mary Anne Radmacher
7. “One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from the alliance of the one, working with and through the other, are great things born.” – Antoine de Sainte-Exupery
8. “Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.” – Bill Bradley
9. “Being able to help someone to learn is a talent.” – Margaret Riel
10. “Begin with praise and honest appreciation.” – Dale Carnegie
11. Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy. - Jacques Maritain
12. Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other. - Randy Rausch
13. “The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.” – Hubert H. Humphrey
14. You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you. - Sarah Ban Breathnack
15. “Family is the most important thing in the world.” – Princess Diana
16. “Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” – Robert Brault
17. “If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.”― W. Clement Stone
18. What you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it. Opportunities, relationships, even money flowed my way when I learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my life. - Oprah Winfrey
19. Gratitude is a mark of a noble soul and a refined character. We like to be around those who are grateful. - Joseph B. Wirthlin
20. “Practice appreciation for who you are and what you have… and allow your life to unfold in the most amazing way.” – Millen Livis
21. “When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.” – Elie Wiesel
22. “Change your expectation for appreciation and the world changes instantly.” —Tony Robbins
23. “The real gift of gratitude is that the more grateful you are, the more present you become.” – Robert Holden
24. “A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life, to be thankful for a good one.” – Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
25. “You saw what I didn’t see and you brought out the best in me.” – Unknown
26. “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
27. “We are born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Everything in-between is a gift.” – Yul Brynner
28. “I have a wonderful shelter, which is my family. I have a wonderful relationship with my brother and sister; this makes me feel that I always know where I belong.” – Jose Carreras
29. I am happy because I’m grateful. I choose to be grateful. That gratitude allows me to be happy. - Will Arnett
30. “If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” – Meister Eckhart
31. “Don’t get me wrong, I admire elegance and have an appreciation of the finer things in life. But to me, beauty lies in simplicity.” – Mark Hyman, M.D.
32. “The truth is, not saying ‘thank you’ does more damage than actually saying ‘thank you’ does good.” – Tommy Wyatt
33. Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. - Melody Beattie
34. “I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.” – Arwen, ‘Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of Rings’
35. “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.” – David Steindl-Rast
36. “Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.” – Jacques Maritain
37. “When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.” – Kristin Armstrong
38. Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much. - A. J. Cronin
39. “Understand your worth. Value your life. Appreciate your blessings.” – Anonymous
40. “Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” – Voltaire
41. 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. - James E. Faust
42. I think I learned to appreciate and treasure each day, because you don't know how many you're going to be given. - Sandra Day O'Connor
43. “Thanks for erasing the word nightmare from the dictionary of my life. You have made my life a dream come true.” – Unknown
44. “My heart is and always will be yours.” – Jane Austen
45. “No matter where I went, I always knew my way back to you. You are my compass star.” – Diana Peterfreund
46. Gratitude opens the door to the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe. You open the door through gratitude. - Deepak Chopra
47. “Nine-tenths of wisdom is appreciation.” – Dale Dauten
48. “Appreciation and gratitude are a must if you choose to become the architect of increased happiness and your own fulfillment.” — Doc Childre
49. “Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.” – W.T. Purkiser
50. “Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.” – Joseph Wood Krutch
51. “Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” – Author Unknown
52. “They are not poor that have little, but they that desire much. The richest man, whatever his lot, is the one who’s content with his lot.” – Dutch Proverb
53. “The very first step toward giving to others is grateful recognition of our own assets.” –
54. “We are perishing for want of wonder, not for want of wonders.” – G.K. Chesterton
55. “Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.” —Randy Pausch
56. “No duty is more urgent than giving thanks.” – James Allen
57. “Appreciation in advance brings everything you want to you.” — Esther Hicks
58. “An appreciation of what you have brings the ultimate abundance in your life.” – Debasish Mridha
59. “When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” – Willie Nelson
60. “Be thankful for your allotment in an imperfect world. Though better circumstances can be imagined, far worse are nearer misses than you probably care to realize.”― Richelle E. Goodrich
61. “Learning to appreciate everything in life becomes a grand blessing. Problems cannot bother you anymore.” ― Premlatha Rajkumar
62. “Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light” – Helen Keller
63. “There is one foundation in the world that no earthquake or tornado can shake – the love of my husband. Thanks.” – Unknown
64. “A grateful mindset can set you free from the prison of disempowerment and the shackles of misery.” – Steve Maraboli
65. Count your blessings and you'll lose count of your misfortunes. - Jean Clervil
66. “When we start paying attention to the services we receive, stop and really see the person who is doing it and take the time to say thank you, our entire day will change.” – Brenda Shoshanna
67. Feelings of gratitude release positive endorphins throughout the body, creating health. - Sharon Huffman
68. “I find the most beautiful moments of life aren’t just with you but because of you.” – Leo Christopher
69. “Everyone needs a house to live in, but a supportive family is what builds a home.”– Anthony Liccione
70. “Having lived with nothing is the gift that allows me to appreciate the privilege of having everything.”― Craig D. Lounsbrough
71. “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.” – Northrup Christiane
72. “Be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re paying for.” – Will Rogers
73. If you live for having it all, what you have is never enough. - Vicki Robin
74. “Education is not filling a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” – William Butler Yeats
75. “You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams” – Dr. Seuss
76. “The art of appreciation begins with self-appreciation.” ― Amit Abraham
77. “It is necessary, then, to cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.” – Wallace D. Wattles
78. “God gave us our relatives; thank God we can choose our friends.” – Ethel Watts Mumford
79. “Appreciation has the amazing habit of bringing more reasons to be grateful for.”― Isabella Koldras
80. The earlier you learn that you should focus on what you have and not obsess about what you don't have, the happier you will be. - Amy Poehler
81. “If you want to find happiness, find gratitude.” – Steve Maraboli
82. “Wealth can also be that attitude of gratitude with which we remind ourselves every day to count our blessings.” – Chris Gardner
83. “What’s important is self-appreciation.” – Donnie Wahlberg
84. “Imitate until you emulate; match and surpass those who launched you. It’s the highest form of thankfulness.” – Mark Victor Hansen
85. “There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.” – Ralph Blum
86. “There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.” – Mahatma Gandhi
87. “It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.” – Tom Brokaw
88. “There’s always something to be thankful for. If you can’t pay your bills, you can be thankful you’re not one of your creditors.” – Anonymous
89. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” – John. C. Maxwell
90. “It takes a big heart to help shape little minds.” – Unknown
91. “When you have something use it with appreciation before you lose it and always remember those who don’t have it” ― Mary Uwamahoro
92. “Always have an attitude of gratitude.” – Sterling K. Brown
93. “Nature didn’t need an operation to be beautiful. It just was.” – Scott Westerfeld
94. “Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.” – Oprah Winfrey
95. “Appreciation has become my destiny in life. Perhaps it’s the instinct of a polar bear enjoying hibernation in the vast snows.” – Liu Xiaobo
96. Were there no God, we would be in this glorious world with grateful hearts, and no one to thank. - Christina Rossetti
97. “I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.” – Woody Allen
98. “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” – William Arthur Ward
99. “Thank you for always being there for me even when I’m being a pain in the rear.” – Anonymous
100. “By being grateful, appreciating all we have instead of focusing on what is lacking, we allow more of the same to flow toward us.”― William Powers
101. “If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together. Keep me in your heart. I’ll be there forever.” – Winnie the Pooh
102. “If you really are thankful, what do you do? You share.” – W. Clement Stone
103. “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
104. “Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust
105. “Thank God I found you I was lost without you.” – Mariah Carey
106. “Treat everyone you meet as if they have infinite value because in God’s eyes they do.” – Joyce Meyer
107. “Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.” – Unknown
108. To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven. - Johannes A. Gaertner
109. “When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.” —Kristin Armstrong
110. “For it is in giving that we receive.” – Francis of Assisi
111. “I think the best way to show appreciation for things going well is to make things better.” – David Droga
112. Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it. - Edward Wood
113. “Enough’ is a feast.”– Buddhist proverb
114. “The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works is the family.”– Lee Lacocca
115. “There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.” – Jo Walton
116. “It’s not where you are in life, it’s who you have by your side that matters.” – Unknown
117. 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. - Albert Schweitzer
118. “The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.” – George Santayana
119. “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.”– Albert Schweitzer
120. “Appreciate the moment.” — Isamu Noguchi
121. “Gratitude is the wine for the soul. Go on. Get drunk.” – Rumi
122. “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity…Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.” – Melodie Beattie
123. “Gratitude is the appreciation of what is, of life, of existence, of anybody and anything, for just the way it is.” – Adyashanti
124. When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in. - Kristin Armstrong
125. “But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.” – Thomas Jefferson
126. “You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
127. “I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
128. It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up. - Eckhart Tolle
129. “Forget yesterday – it has already forgotten you. Don’t sweat tomorrow – you haven’t even met. Instead, open your eyes and your heart to a truly precious gift – today.” – Steve Maraboli
130. “You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.” – Amy Carmichael
131. It’s not happiness that brings us gratitude. It’s gratitude that brings us happiness. - Anonymous
132. We never question whether something is fair when it's good. But when something bad happens, the first thing we say is, This isn't fair. - Rabbi Roy Walter
133. “Begin each day with appreciation because this life you’re living is your own creation.” ― Christy Ann Martine
134. “Maybe being grateful means recognizing what you have for what it is. Appreciating small victories. Admiring the struggle it takes to simply be human…At the end of the day, the fact that we have the courage to still be standing is reason enough to celebrate.” – Meredith Grey
135. 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
136. “From young to old, there are two words that carry a person forth in grace and honor; please and thank you.” – Byron Pulsifer
137. “By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.” – Voltaire
138. “Disappointments tend to polish our gratitude. Once we pass through a dark tunnel of disappointment, we more fully appreciate every flicker of light.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich
139. “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.” – Bertrand Russell
140. “Without memory there can be no insight. Without love, there can be no appreciation.” ― Anne Rice
141. “If the world had more people like you it would be a better place. You do make a difference.” – Catherine Pulsifer
142. “When you have the courage to consistently express gratitude for everything you already have, the Universe will gift you, even more, to be grateful for.”― Clyde Lee Dennis
143. “Friendship isn’t about who you’ve known the longest; it’s about who came and never left your side.” – Yolanda Hadid
144. “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
145. “The only thing you should feel entitled to is gratitude.”― J.S. Mason
146. “Instead of being impatient because you have to wait for something, be grateful for the extra time you have now to notice and appreciate your surroundings.” – Danielle Tinning
147. “We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” —Thorton Wilder
148. “One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay ‘in kind’ somewhere else in life.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh
149. “At home, be grateful. At work, be appreciative. Gratitude is a gift we give ourselves. Appreciation is a gift we give to others.” — Michael Josephson
150. “The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better.” – Tony Dungy
151. “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.” – Melody Beattie
152. “When everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on the increase.” – Bernard Berenson
153. “Don’t overload Gratitude; if you do, she’ll kick.” – Benjamin Franklin
154. “A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things.” – Plato
155. “If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily.” – Gerald Good
156. “There is nothing on this earth more prized than true friendship.” – Thomas Aquinas
157. “Richness does not come from wealth or splendor, but from an appreciation of those things that you cannot buy.”― Debasish Mridha
158. “As you awaken to your divine nature, you’ll begin to appreciate beauty in everything you see, touch and experience.” ― Wayne Dyer
159. Gratitude is an opener of locked-up blessings. - Marianne Williamson
160. “Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.” – Euripides
161. “I have a lot to be thankful for. I am healthy, happy and I am loved.” – Reba McEntire
162. “Stop thinking gratitude as a buy product of your circumstances and start thinking of it as a world view.” – Bryan Robles
163. Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
164. Gratitude creates the most wonderful feeling. It can resolve disputes. It can strengthen friendships. And it makes us better men and women. - Gordon B. Hinckley
165. “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” – Maya Angelou
166. “Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust
167. “Show appreciation and for those you care
168. “Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.” – Aesop
169. “Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.” – William Safire
170. “Thank you for giving me everything without asking any in return. You are one of the best. Please stay always with me.” – Unknown
171. “Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.” – Eckhart Tolle
172. “Happy Friday! Lift your spirits by living in the vibration of LOVE & APPRECIATION then check out all the positive things and people you’ll attract!” ― Tracey Edmonds
173. Keep your eyes open and try to catch people in your company doing something right, then praise them for it. - Tom Hopkins
174. The more you recognize and express gratitude for the things you have, the more things you will have to express gratitude for. - Zig Ziglar
175. “There are many things which I am thankful for in my life, and you are at the top of the list.” – Unknown
176. “Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” —Voltaire
177. The things you really need are few and easy to come by; but the things you can imagine you need are infinite, and you will never be satisfied. - Epicurus
178. “Understand your worth. Value your life. Appreciate your blessings.” – Anonymous”
179. “If you want to thank me, go do something for somebody else.” – Don Meyer
180. “A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have so that they consistently do better work than they thought they could.” – Charles Erwin Wilson
181. “Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.” – George Foreman
182. “Your friendship has touched my life in ways you will never know. I wouldn’t trade material wealth for the friend I have in you!” – Kate Summers
183. Those blessings are sweetest that are won with prayer and worn with thanks. - Thomas Goodwin
184. “Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgiving, turn routine jobs into joy and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —William Arthur Ward
185. “Gratitude unlocks all that’s blocking us from really feeling truthful, really feeling authentic and vulnerable and happy.” – Gabrielle Bernstein
186. “A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.” – Walt Whitman
187. Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals. If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more. - Roy T. Bennett
188. “Happiness is found in the absence of expectation and a continuous focus on appreciation.” ― Tony Robbins
189. “Appreciation is the currency of success.” – Shaka Smart
190. Gratitude is one of the sweet shortcuts to finding peace of mind and happiness inside. No matter what is going on outside of us, there’s always something we could be grateful for. - Barry Neil Kaufman
191. “A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind and touches a heart.” – Unknown
192. “Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.” – Dale Carnegie
193. “When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself.” – Tecumseh
194. “Love is the greatest gift when given. It is the highest honor when received.” – Fawn Weaver
195. “I would thank you from the bottom of my heart, but for you my heart has not bottom.” – Unknown
196. “I’m thankful for my struggle because without it I wouldn’t have stumbled across my strength.” – Anonymous
197. Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation. - John Ortberg
198. “The thing I’m most grateful for right now is elastic waistbands.” – Unknown
199. Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it. - Fyodor Dostoevsky
200. Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind. - Lionel Hampton
201. “When I count my blessings, I count you twice.” – Unknown
202. “Learn to be thankful for what you already have, while you pursue all that you want.” – Jim Rohn
203. “If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.” – Mark Twain
204. “When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.” – Anthony Robbins
205. “Celebrate what you want to see more of.” – Tom Peters
206. “If you don’t get everything you want, think of the things you don’t get that you don’t want.” – Oscar Wilde
207. “All the appreciation I have been receiving has been very encouraging. It pushes me to do better.” – Armaan Malik
208. “Gratitude is one of the sweet shortcuts to finding peace of mind and happiness inside. No matter what is going on outside of us, there’s always something we could be grateful for.” – Barry Neil Kaufman
209. “I wake up every day with great appreciation for life and appreciation to play this game.” – Will Grier
210. “Thank you for accepting me as I am, with my virtues and defects.” – Jenni Rivera
211. “Be nice to everyone, always smile & appreciate things because it could all be gone tomorrow.” – Cory Monteith
212. “Every cell in your body is seeking fulfillment through joy, beauty, love and appreciation.” — Deepak Chopra
213. Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings. - William Arthur Ward
214. “The achievement is appreciation. Your ability to be surprised and awed by beauty!” – William Hurt
215. It’s not possible to experience constant euphoria, but if you’re grateful, you can find happiness in everything. - Pharrell Williams
216. “One way to love yourself and take charge of your life is through the practice of gratitude. Practicing gratitude increases self-awareness.” — Veronica Smith
217. “We may not remember everything you said, but we will remember how special you made us feel. Thank you.” – Unknown
218. “Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.” – John Wooden
219. “You won’t be happy with more until you’re happy with what you’ve got.” – Viki King
220. “What you truly acknowledge truly is yours. Invite your heart to be grateful and your thank you’s will be heard even when you don’t use words.” – Pavithra Mehta
221. “Friends are the siblings God never gave us.” – Mencius
222. “The joy of living is the gratitude of the moment.”― Lailah Gifty Akita
223. “Simply give to yourselves that which you need – which is love and appreciation without judgment.”― Réné Gaudette
224. “Saying thank you, or offering other words of appreciation, along with sincere compliments and other grateful or kind words are the best way to fortify relationships.” – Chris Johnston
225. “Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.” – Bill Walsh
226. “Live your life so that the fear of death can never enter your heart. When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light. Give thanks for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. And if perchance you see no reason for giving thanks, rest assured the fault is in yourself.” – Tecumseh Shawnee Chief
227. I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. - Gilbert Keith Chesterton
228. “Gratitude is the state of mind of thankfulness. As it is cultivated, we experience an increase in our “sympathetic joy,” our happiness at another’s happiness. Just as in the cultivation of compassion, we may feel the pain of others, so we may begin to feel their joy as well. And it doesn’t stop there.” – Stephen Levine
229. “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” – Mother Teresa
230. “Where there is great love, there are miracles.” – Willa Cather
231. Those who thank God much are the truly wealthy. - Albert Schweitzer
232. He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. - Epictetus
233. “When someone comes along who genuinely thanks us, we will follow that person a very long way.” – Alan Loy McGinnis
234. We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. - Cynthia Ozick
235. “Love those who appreciate you, and appreciate those who love you.”
236. “Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.” – John Wooden
237. “Be thankful for the moments, the things you have, and the life you live.” – Wazim Shaw
238. “Every day, set your mind in the right direction. Find something to be grateful for.” – Joel Osteen
239. “Silent gratitude isn’t very much to anyone.” – Gertrude Stein
240. “If you haven’t all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don’t have that you wouldn’t want.” – Unknown
241. “Thank you for loving me, For being my eyes, When I couldn’t see…” – Bon Jovi
242. “Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” – Marcus Aurelius
243. Gratitude will shift you to a higher frequency, and you will attract much better things. - Rhonda Byrne
244. “There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.” – Helen Keller
245. “What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.” – Brené Brown
246. “The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.” – Kahlil Gibran
247. “I give appreciation for my life, and I see the miracle in each moment.”― Victoria L. White
248. “Happiness doesn’t result from what we get, but from what we give.” – Ben Carson
249. “If we want our children to value education, then we must show our appreciation for knowledge.” – Brad Sherman
250. “Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” – Michael J. Fox
251. “I feel a very unusual sensation—if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.” – Benjamin Disraeli
252. “A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out.” – Grace Pulpit
253. Gratitude is heaven itself. - William Blake
254. “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
255. “A leader is a dealer in hope.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
256. 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
257. “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” – G.K. Chesterton
258. “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
259. “It’s easy to not feel misplaced if this tidal wave of appreciation is coming your way.” – Christoph Waltz
260. “Appreciate what you have, while you have it, or you’ll learn what it meant to you after you lose it.”― Frank Sonnenberg
261. “If you want to change your life in the fastest way possible, trade your expectations of others for appreciation.” ― Tony Robbins
262. “One can appreciate & celebrate each moment — there’s nothing more sacred. There’s nothing more vast or absolute. In fact, there’s nothing more!” ― Pema Chodron
263. “Be verbal in acknowledging your appreciation.” – Catherine Pulsifer
264. “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.” – Zig Ziglar
265. “It isn’t what you have in your pocket that makes you thankful, but what you have in your heart.” – Unknown
266. “The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called ‘truth.’” – Dan Rather
267. “Practice appreciation for who you are and what you have… and allow your life to unfold in the most amazing way.”― Millen Livis
268. Gratitude is from the same root word as grace, which signifies the free and boundless mercy of God. - Anonymous
269. “The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.” – Harvey S. Firestone
270. “A genuine smile touches something fundamental in us: our natural appreciation of kindness.” — Dalai Lama
271. “You are my heart, my life, my one, and only thought.” – Arthur Conan Doyle
272. “So I show appreciation for the little gifts that have been handed to me.” – Terrence Howard
273. If a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful for what he’s going to get. - Frank A. Clark
274. A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants and how much more unhappy he might be than he really is. - Joseph Addison
275. “A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.” – Unknown
276. “When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity.” – Martha Beck
277. “Appreciate the plant that grows in your balcony only for you” ― Vineet Raj Kapoor
278. “You changed my life without even trying, and I don’t think I could ever tell you how much you mean to me. I can’t imagine what things would be like if I hadn’t met you.” – Steve Mara
279. “Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don’t unravel.” – Unknown
280. “Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing… a grateful heart!” – George Herbert
281. Gratitude is the sweetest thing in a seeker's life, in all human life. If there is gratitude in your heart, then there will be tremendous sweetness in your eyes. - Sri Chinmoy
282. May the work of your hands be a sign of gratitude and reverence to the human condition. - Mahatma Gandhi
283. “Saying thank you is more than good manners, it is good spirituality.” —Alfred Painter
284. “In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong.” – John Ruskin
285. “Those who drink richly from the cup of thankfulness find themselves refreshed and their cup refilled.” – Skip Prichard
286. “Got no checkbooks, got no banks, still I’d like to express my thanks. I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night.” – Irving Berlin
287. “Appreciate what you have, where you are and who you are with in this moment.” – Tony Clark
288. “Appreciation is application for more.”― Vincent Okay Nwachukwu
289. “The best way to appreciate life is to be grateful.” – Wisdom Kwashie Mensah
290. “Silent gratitude isn’t very much use to anyone.” – Gertrude Stein
291. “Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.” – Fred Rogers
292. The struggle ends when gratitude begins. - Neale Donald Walsch
293. Pride slays thanksgiving, but a 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
294. Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. - Henry Ward Beecher
295. “The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.” ― Emerson
296. “The essence of all beautiful art is gratitude.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
297. “Life is unpredictable, it changes along with every individual. Today you have and tomorrow you may not have, be thankful for the good that stays with you.” – Rashida Rowe
298. When we learn to give thanks, we are learning to concentrate not on the bad things, but on the good things in our lives. - Amy Vanderbilt
299. “Gratitude can turn common days into thanksgivings…” – William Arthur Ward
300. “I saw that you were perfect and I loved you. Then I saw that you were not perfect and I loved you even more.” – Angelita Lim
301. “The best way to appreciate life is to be grateful.” ― Wisdom Kwashie Mensah
302. The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude. - Friedrich Nietzsche
303. “The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.” – Dalai Lama
304. “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” —Cicero
305. “Abundance and prosperity begin with gratitude and appreciation.” ― Anthon St. Maarten
306. “All my lifetime through, I’ll be thanking heaven for a special friend like you.” – Unknown
307. “Appreciation is true wealth” ― Jaja Requa
308. “If you do not appreciate every day of your life, who said that the days and years will be an asset for the future?” Sunday Adelaja
309. “Be happy with who you are and what you do, and you can do anything you want.” – Steve Maraboli
310. “You are, and always have been, my dream.”– Nicholas Sparks
311. “To love one that is great is almost to be great one’s self.” – Suzanne Curchod
312. “Happiness is the realization of God in the heart. Happiness is the result of praise and thanksgiving, of faith, of acceptance; a quiet tranquil realization of the love of God.” – White Eagle
313. “Sometimes you have to experience the bad, so that you can learn to appreciate the good things that enter your life.” ― Leon Brown
314. “An appreciation of what you have brings the ultimate abundance in your life.” ― Debasish Mridha
315. “Ideal teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross, then having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create bridges of their own.” – Nikos Kazantzakis
316. “Appreciate the lovers rather than acknowledging the haters.”― Sophia L Skaalerud
317. “In the end, you need to appreciate things before they are gone.” ― Surya Raj
318. Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor. - Benjamin Franklin
319. “A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.” – Steve Maraboli
320. If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want. - Oscar Wilde
321. “To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.”– Anne Morrow Lindbergh
322. “What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. We all lean towards love.” – Richard Gere
323. “We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction." – H.A. Ironside
324. 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
325. 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
326. “A simple acknowledgement shows integrity” ― Margo Vader
327. “It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.”– Albert Einstein
328. Today I choose to live with gratitude for the love that fills my heart, the peace that rests within my spirit, and the voice of hope that says all things are possible. - Anonymous
329. “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus
330. God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say thank you? - William Arthur Ward
331. “Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.” – Doris Day
332. “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” – Peter Drucker
333. “Gratitude BRINGS MORE to be grateful about, so today I make the point of expressing gratitude for everything in my LIFE!” – Louise Hay
334. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. - Dr. Seuss
335. “Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.” – David Ogden Stiers
336. 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
337. “Any of us will put out more and better ideas if our efforts are appreciated.” – Alex Faickney Osborn
338. “Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.” – Bob Talbert
339. “Leadership is having a compelling vision, a comprehensive plan, relentless implementation, and talented people working together.” – Alan Mulally
340. Gratitude unlocks all that’s blocking us from really feeling truthful, really feeling authentic and vulnerable and happy. - Gabrielle Bernstein
341. “Upgrade your past by seeing it with appreciation.” – Alan Cohen
342. “Gratitude is the appreciation of things that are not deserved, earned or demanded – those wonderful things that we take for granted.” ― Renée Paule
343. “Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” ― Marcus Aurelius
344. “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” – Cicero
345. “You put the ‘you’ in thank you!” – Anonymous
346. “The most important thing in the world is family and love.” – John Wooden
347. “If you count all your assets, you always show a profit.” – Robert Quillen
348. “I think leadership is service and there is power in that giving: to help people, to inspire and motivate them to reach their fullest potential.” – Denise Morrison
349. “Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.” – Mark Twain
350. When gratitude becomes an essential foundation in our lives, miracles start to appear everywhere. - Emmanuel Dalgher
351. You were born rich, with 18 billion bountiful, beautiful, totally available and in all probability underused brain cells awaiting your desire, decision and directional compass to take you onward, upward, and Godward. - Mark Victor Hansen
352. “I want to thank you for the profound joy I’ve had in the thought of you.” – Rosie Alison
353. “I know what it’s like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing.” — Shakira
354. Expressing gratitude is a natural state of being and reminds us that we are all connected. - Valerie Elster
355. “Appreciation is a better stimulant than money. Money boosts the ego, but appreciation touches the soul.”― Debasish Mridha
356. “At the heart of great leadership is a curious mind, heart and spirit.” – Chip Conley
357. “Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.” – Margaret Cousins
358. “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” -Anne Bradstreet
359. “We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.” – Albert Schweitzer
360. “Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
361. “Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.” – Alphonse Karr
362. “Because my teacher believed in me, I never gave up. Now I am flying towards my dreams.” – Heidi McDonald
363. “Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.” – William Makepeace Thackeray
364. “…it is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.” – David Steindl-Rast
365. “We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.” – John F. Kennedy
366. “Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust
367. “The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.” – William James
368. “I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.” – John Wooden
369. Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn whatever state I may be in, therein to be content. - Helen Keller
370. “The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.” – Faye Wattleton
371. “In our daily lives, we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but the gratefulness that makes us happy.” – Albert Clarke
372. “Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!” – Mae West
373. “Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.” –Martha Beck
374. “One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life.” – Jerome K. Jerome
375. “What makes me happy is the appreciation of people around me.” – Nadia Comaneci
376. “Family is a unique gift that needs to be appreciated and treasured, even when they’re driving you crazy. As much as they make you mad, interrupt you, annoy you, curse at you, try to control you, these are the people who know you the best and who love you.” – Jenna Morasca
377. “Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy.” – Fred De Witt Van Amburgh
378. “You are my whole world.” – Stephen Chbosky
379. “We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” – Cynthia Ozick
380. Gratitude also opens your eyes to the limitless potential of the universe, while dissatisfaction closes your eyes to it. - Stephen Richards
381. “Even though we can’t have all we want, we ought to be thankful we don’t get what we deserve.” – Unknown
382. “The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.” – Zig Ziglar
383. “If you can’t be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.” – Unknown
384. “The art of humility begins with a recognition of our dependence on others and an appreciation of God’s gift of life.” — Wilferd Peterson
385. “Step back and appreciate all others who share your planet.
386. When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. - Marcus Aurelius
387. “The mind is like a flower. It does not bloom without the lights of appreciation, encouragement, and love.” ― Debasish Mridha
388. “Find time to thank God for all the blessings you receive on a day to day basis.” – Steven Johnson
389. “To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.” – Johannes Gaertner
390. “A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues.” –Marcus Tullius Cicero
391. “It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.” — Confucius
392. I've learned that if I don't celebrate the exquisiteness of each day that I've lost something I'll never get back. - Sally P. Karioth
393. “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
394. “In moments of surprise we catch at least a glimpse of the joy to which gratefulness opens the door.”― David Steindl-Rast
395. For each new morning with its light, for rest and shelter of the night, for health and food, for love and friends, for everything thy goodness sends. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
396. “A good manager is a man who isn’t worried about his own career but rather the careers of those who work for him.” – H. S. M. Burns
397. If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul. - Rabbi Harold Kushner
398. “I can no other answer make but thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks.” – William Shakespeare
399. “I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.” – Rita Mae Brown
400. An attitude of gratitude creates blessings. - Sir John Templeton
401. “The loftiness of understanding embraces all. It requires as much spirit to suffer the failings of others as it does to appreciate their good qualities.” –
402. Joy is a heart full and a mind purified by gratitude. - Marietta McCarty
403. “For one minute, walk outside, stand there, in silence. Look up at the sky and contemplate how amazing life is.” – Anonymous
404. “It didn’t matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it.” – Peter Buffett
405. “When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that’s a big thing for me.” – Yami Gautam
406. “Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.” – Barbara Bush
407. “I cannot tell you that I am owed anything. But I can tell you that I owe everything.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough
408. “Let us be grateful to the people that make us happy…” – Marcel Proust
409. “If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise.” – Jeannette Walls
410. “Be thankful for everything that happens in your life; it’s all an experience.” – Roy T. Bennett
411. Develop an attitude of gratitude. Say thank you to everyone you meet for everything they do for you. - Brian Tracy
412. If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily. - Gerald Good
413. Gratitude doesn’t change the scenery. It merely washes clean the glass you look through so you can clearly see the colors. - Richelle E. Goodrich
414. “Piglet noticed that even though he had a very small heart, it could hold a rather large amount of gratitude.” – A.A. Milne
415. “If a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful for what he’s going to get.” – Frank A. Clark
416. “You go through life wondering what is it all about, but at the end of the day it’s all about family.”– Rod Stewart
417. “No one who appreciates the shortness of this life and the eternality of the next can ever say, ‘I’m bored’.” – Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi
418. “The way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement.” – Charles Schwab
419. “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” – Henry Brooks Adams
420. “I wouldn’t trade you for the world.” – The Bachelors
421. “We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.” –
422. “You gave me your time, the most thoughtful gift of all.” – Dan Zadra
423. “Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it all into words is all that is necessary.” –Margaret Cousins
424. “If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
425. “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton
426. “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” – William Arthur Ward
427. Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful. - Buddha
428. “A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances. A complaining soul complains even in paradise.”- Bahá’u’lláh
429. “Most people are unhappy because they’re focused on what they want rather than appreciating what they have.” ― Marty Rubin
430. “Learning the art of expressing gratitude will force you to focus on the positive.” – Jim Rohn
431. “May your heart be an altar, from which the bright flame of unending thanksgiving ascends to heaven.” – Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
432. “If you can’t reward then you should thank.” – Arabic Proverb
433. “All leadership is appreciative leadership. It’s the capacity to see the best in the world around us, in our colleagues, and in the groups we are trying to lead.” – David Cooperrider
434. “Be happy with who you are and what you do, and you can do anything you want.” ― Steve Maraboli
435. Gratitude is one of the most medicinal emotions we can feel. It elevates our moods and fills us with joy. - Sara Avant Stover
436. “True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing.” – Seneca
437. “And you also know that we should appreciate the work of God’s hands. But oftentimes we wish we looked differently than we do.” – Patricia Meyers
438. “I will forever remain humble because I know I could have less. I will always be grateful because I know I’ve had less.” – Unknown
439. “Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.” – Alan Cohen
440. “I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.” – Elbert Hubbard
441. “Gratitude is happiness double by wonder.” – G.K. Chesterton
442. “There is really a whole new appreciation when you leave and then come back.” – Hunter Tylo
443. “Beauty is when you can appreciate yourself. When you love yourself, that’s when you’re most beautiful.” ― Zoe Kravitz
444. “There are many things which I am thankful in my life, and you are at the top of the list.” – Unknown
445. “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” – JFK
446. Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy. - Fred De Witt Van Amburgh
447. 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. - Zig Ziglar
448. “Truly appreciate those around you, and you’ll soon find many others around you.” ― Ralph Marston
449. “My family is my life and everything else comes second as far as what’s important to me.”– Michael Imperioli
450. “Appreciating what you have is the best cure for missing what you have lost.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana