Gratitude Quotes

"I love to think that the day you're born, you're given the world as your birthday present."

- Leo Buscaglia

"God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?"

- William Arthur Ward

"Volleyball has allowed me to travel throughout the world, to see so many interesting places, to meet so many interesting people including my husband and three presidents, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton."

- Debbie Green

"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

"Then you have to remember to be thankful; but in May one simply can't help being thankful that they are alive, if for nothing else."

- L. M. Montgomery

"To me, it doesn't matter whether it's raining or the sun is shining or whatever: as long as I'm riding a bike I know I'm the luckiest guy in the world."

- Mark Cavendish

"Whoever invented the bicycle deserves the thanks of humanity"

- Lord Charles Beresford

"Being a mother is not about what you gave up to have a child, but what you've gained from having one."

- Jill Churchill

"I'm blessed and I couldn't be more grateful. Do you want to know why? Because I'm a mother, but that's only half of it. I'm blessed because, when I need to, I can still just be a daughter. I get the feeling that there is nothing more precious than to have both of these roles, simultaneously."

- Adrianna Stepiano

"Every morning, I wake up saying, 'I'm still alive, a miracle.' And so I keep on pushing."

- Jim Carrey

"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

"We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives"

- John F. Kennedy

"I don't need a holiday or a feast to feel grateful for my children, the sun, the moon, the roof over my head, music, and laughter, but I like to take this time to take the path of thanks less traveled."

- Paula Poundstone

"It's not until you lose everything that you can truly appreciate everything."

- Belle

"O Allah! You blessed me with Islam and I didn't ask You for it, O Allah bless me with Jannah and I am asking for it."

- Imam al-Shafi'i

"In the morning, instead of saying to yourself, 'I got to wake up,' say 'I get to wake up!"

- Erykah Badu

"I am a product of every other black woman before me who has done or said anything worthwhile. Recognizing that I am part of history is what allows me to soar."

- Oprah Winfrey

"You define a good flight by negatives: you didn't get hijacked, you didn't crash, you didn't throw up, you weren't late, you weren't nauseated by the food. So you are grateful."

- Paul Theroux

"When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love."

- Marcus Aurelius

"Every breath we draw is a gift of God's love; every moment of existence is a grace."

- Thomas Merton

"Smile. Be thankful."

- Mitta Xinindlu

"God doesn't owe us anything yet in His grace, He still gives us good things."

- Billy Graham

"When you arise in the moring, think of what a precious privelege it is to be alive-- to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love"

- Marcus Aurelius

"I swear this life is like the sweetest thing I've ever known."

- Drake

"Heap high the farmer's wintry hoard! Heap high the golden corn! No richer gift has Autumn poured From out her lavish horn!"

- John Greenleaf Whittier

"I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose."

- Woody Allen

"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God such men lived."

- General George S. Patton Jr.

"There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."

- Albert Einstein

"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers"

- L.M. Montgomery

"Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It's the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul."

- Amy Collette