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Quotes About Thankfulness

Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy?
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
There's a big difference between feeling thankful and giving thanks. One response involves emotions, the other, your will. Trusting God has nothing to do with trustful feelings.
~ Joni Eareckson Tada
Gratitude is a dialysis of sorts... it flushes the self-pity out of our systems.
~ Max Lucado
I find you have to take each day as it comes and be thankful for who's left and whatever you can still do.
~ George Burns
A thankful heart is the greatest virtue.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
I'm thankful for the sea breeze that feels so good right now, and the scent of jasmine when the sun starts going down.
~ Johnny Cash
The Bible tells us that whenever we come before God, whatever our purpose or prayer request, we are always to come with a thankful heart.
~ David Jeremiah
Gratitude is a flower that blooms in noble souls.
~ Pope Francis
The best way to be thankful is to use the goods the gods provide you.
~ Anthony Trollope
The best advice about getting older? Just be thankful you're not dead!
~ Chadwick Boseman
Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
~ Thomas Carlyle
If elected I shall be thankful; if not, it will be all the same.
~ Abraham Lincoln
Each year I become more mindful of being thankful for each life experience.
~ Wally Amos
People who live the most fulfilling lives are the ones who are always rejoicing at what they have.
~ Richard Carlson
Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity.
~ Baha'u'llah
The truly thankful person is a truly peaceful person.
~ Lysa TerKeurst
There is always something to be thankful for. If you can't pay your bills, you can be thankful you are not one of your creditors.
~ Charles E. McKenzie
Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone. G.B. Stern "If you count all your assets, you always show a profit."
~ Robert Quillen
...Be grateful for what you have to be thankful for instead of complaining about the little things that annoy you.
~ Dale Carnegie
Be thankful for the smallest blessing, and you will be worthy to receive greater.
~ Thomas a Kempis
So often we are depressed by what remains to be done and forget to be thankful for all that has been done.
~ Marian Wright Edelman
The greatest saint in the world is not he who prays most or fasts most; it is not he who gives alms, or is most eminent for temperance, chastity or justice. It is he who is most thankful to God.
~ William Law
Gratitude should be felt and experienced sincerely, expressed generously and received graciously.
~ Michael Josephson
Forgiveness is a form of gratitude. When we forgive others, we show them the mercy that we have often received and been thankful for.
~ Sarah Ban Breathnach