Gratitude Quotes

"I don't have breasts—so why do I have to pretend like I do? That stuff isn't important. I'm just grateful to have been born at a time when the research made it possible for me to survive. I feel so incredibly lucky to be alive."

- Kathy Bates

"When I first was diagnosed, my gut reaction was, ‘This is a terrible thing.’ But as my journey has progressed, I feel so blessed because I’ve experienced the most incredible outpouring of love you can imagine."

- Victoria Lavine

"I don't have breasts — so why do I have to pretend like I do? That stuff isn't important. I'm just grateful to have been born at a time when the research made it possible for me to survive. I feel so incredibly lucky to be alive."

- Kathy Bates

"“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.”"

- Bill Keane

"How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard."

- A. A. Milne

"Whenever I start feeling sad, because I miss you, I remind myself how lucky I am to have someone so special to miss."

- Cheryl Ott

"If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough."

- Oprah Winfrey

"Enter this new year with gratitude for this new chance to create your dreams."

- Avina Celeste

"Not what we say about our blessing, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving."

- W.T. Purkiser

"What if, today, we were grateful for everything?"

- Charlie Brown

"Give thanks for a little, and you will find a lot."

- Hausa Proverb

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life."

- Melody Beattie

"Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more."

- Oprah Winfrey

"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

"The attitude of gratitude is the highest yoga."

- Yogi Bhajan

"To be able to watch your children’s children grow up is truly a blessing from above."

- Byron Pulsifer

"And so God gave them both the rewards of this world and the excellent rewards of the Hereafter: God loves those who do good."

- Quran 3:148

"And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, “My Lord has honored me.”"

- Quran

"The winds that sometimes take something we love, are the same that bring us something we learn to love. Therefore we should not cry about something that was taken from us, but, yes, love what we have been given. Because what is really ours is never gone forever."

- Bob Marley

"Winter is the time of sacred balance and rejuvenation of life in preparation for the coming spring. It represents abundance, teaching, and gratitude."

- Noelle Vignola

"And be grateful to Me and do not deny Me."

- Quran

"He who does not thank people, does not thank Allah."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"Gratitude for the abundance you have received is the best insurance that the abundance will continue."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"The condition of a believer is a wonder, it is all good. Only the believer enjoys this situation. When he enjoys good fortune, he thanks Allah and this benefits him. When he undergoes afflictions, he patiently endures, and this is also good for him."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"Thank your past, for it has made you into a better person today."

"So remember Me; I will remember you. And be grateful to Me and do not deny Me."

"If you are grateful, I will surely increase you [in favor]; but if you deny, indeed, My punishment is severe."

"Say, “My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to work righteousness of which You will approve and make righteous for me my offspring. Indeed, I have repented to You, and indeed, I am of the Muslims.”"

"Is the reward for good [anything] but good?"

"Is it you who brought it down from the clouds, or is it We who bring it down? If We willed, We could make it bitter, so why are you not grateful?"