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Quotes About Thankfulness

All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.
~ Daniel Defoe
I live in a constant state of gratitude, thankfulness, and appreciation for the second chance I was given, so anytime in any film, when that is given to someone, I always appreciate it.
~ Shawn Michaels
I would say a lot of the emotion in what I do is a sort of a thankfulness for those energies being around, because there's been points in my life when they weren't around, and it's a real sort of miserable existence.
~ John Frusciante
For my parents, leaving the close social quarters of Abilene was like getting out of jail. They were not true West Texans; they had not come to love the unending monotony of mesquite barrens or the high, hot blue sky that made sunsets a matter of prayerful thankfulness.
~ Lawrence Wright
Indeed, I should be very stupid or very thankless if I did not congratulate myself every hour of the day on the lot which it has pleased Providence to assign me. My Husband is so kind! So, in all respects, after my own heart!
~ Jane Welsh Carlyle
When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author.
~ Sherman Alexie
I give thanks everyday that I've been able to take my craziness and make it work for me.
~ Fritz Scholder
You dear women, I say thanks to you. Thank you for being the kind of people you are and doing the things you do.
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
First thing I do in the morning is give thanks to God for another day, and then turn to HLN News or ESPN to see what's going on in the world.
~ Vivica A. Fox
I give all thanks to God. But I'm just here to play football.
~ Shaquem Griffin
I'm happy. I give thanks every morning that I can get up, that I still have my husband with me. I'm extremely grateful. After all, how many 93-year-old cover girls do you know?
~ Iris Apfel
I've been very close to Konnan for many years now. I thank him for much of my success in this industry. He opened the doors for me in AAA, ECW, and WCW. I'm very thankful.
~ Rey Mysterio
When I get out of bed in the morning, I literally say a prayer. The first thing I do is thank God that I got through the night.
~ Shannon Bream
I wake up and meditate for 20 minutes. The first thing I do when I wake up is say, 'Thank you.'
~ Mandy Ingber
Be grateful. That's one of the most important lessons in life, I think, is to just be grateful for every minute, every moment.
~ Stephanie McMahon
The most important thing in the world is the moment you're in now, so take it and be grateful.
~ Emily Atack
Taking time to contemplate what you're grateful for isn't merely the 'right' thing to do. It also improves your mood because it reduces the stress hormone cortisol by 23%.
~ Travis Bradberry
Thanksgiving is a season that is very much in accord with the themes and teachings of Jesus Christ.
~ John Clayton
Tell you what, Sunshine—I'm upright, walking around, healthy, have a brain to think with and the option to enjoy my life. Well, I'm not going to take that for granted.
~ Robyn Carr
There is an antidote to sadness—it is gratitude. There's a great trick to escaping the pain of loss, and that is giving.
~ Robyn Carr
Thank you for the sun you brought this morning even though the sky was full of clouds.
~ Rod McKuen
Çok eÄŸlendim, teÅŸekkür ederim. HoÅŸçakal?n.
~ Romain Gary
I've had a lot of fun. Good-bye, and thank you.
~ Romain Gary
That night Anne knelt sweetly by her open window in a great sheen of moonshine and murmured a prayer of gratitude and aspiration that came straight from her heart. There was in it thankfulness for the past and reverent petition for the future; and when she slept on her white pillow her dreams were as fair and bright and beautiful as maidenhood might desire.
~ Lucy Maud Montgomery