On gratitude: 27 quotations to help you reflect on what you are thankful for
By Danielle Mellema, Chief Ghostwriter, Digital Content Manager
One of the greatest gifts of the holiday season is ample opportunities to reflect on all we have to be thankful for—that is, if we choose to take advantage of those opportunities amidst the busyness of meal preparations, meeting Q4 goals, and making travel plans.
Here are some thoughts on gratitude that might be a place to start as you consider the blessings in your life. Even if it’s different than the kind of content you typically share with colleagues or your social media followers, consider sharing one of these quotations in a post, a thoughtful email to your team, or a personal note to the people you are most grateful for.
Happy Thanksgiving from engage5w!
Quotations about Gratitude
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
- G.K. Chesterton
What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.
- Brene Brown
Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.
- A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh
'Enough' is a feast.
- Buddhist Proverb
The more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.
- Norman Vincent Peale
Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
- John Ortberg
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
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
- Melody Beattie
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
- Cicero
Those who are not grateful soon begin to complain of everything.
- Thomas Merton
Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anyone.
- Gertrude Stein
The greatest thing is to give thanks for everything. He who has learned this knows what it means to live. He has penetrated the whole mystery of life: giving thanks for everything.
- Albert Schweitzer
The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
- Louisa May Alcott
When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.
- Kristin Armstrong
When eating fruit, remember the one who planted the tree.
- Vietnamese Proverb
Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.
- Maya Angelou
The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
- Karl Barth
Gratitude is the intention to count-your-blessings every day, every minute, while avoiding, whenever possible, the belief that you need or deserve different circumstances.
- Timothy Miller
Look closely and you will find that people are happy because they are grateful. The opposite of gratefulness is just taking everything for granted.
- David Steindl-Rast
The wonder of a moment in which there is nothing but an upwelling of simple happiness is utterly awesome. Gratitude is so close to the bone of life, pure and true, that it instantly stops the rational mind, and all its planning and plotting…Where might such gratitude end?
- Regina Sara Ryan
Gratitude is here presented as more than a feeling, a virtue, or an experience; gratitude emerges as an attitude we can freely choose in order to create a better life for ourselves and for others. The Nigerian Hausa put it this way: Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot.
- David Steindl-Rast
There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy.
- Ralph H. Blum
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.
- Denis Waitley
God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'
- William A. Ward
Gratitude is the memory of the heart.
- Jean Baptiste Massieu
We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.
- Neal A. Maxwell