A Heartfelt Collection of Inspirational Thanksgiving Quotes

"Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer."

- Maya Angelou

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life."

- Melody Beattie

"Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity ... it makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow."

- Melody Beattie

"Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings."

- William Arthur Ward

"Joy is the simplest form of gratitude."

- Karl Barth

"Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts."

- Henri Frederic Amiel

"When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around."

- Willie Nelson

"If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough."

- Meister Eckhart

"A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues."

- Cicero

"Eucharisteo—thanksgiving—always precedes the miracle."

- Ann Voskamp

"If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is 'thank you' that would suffice."

- Meister Eckhart

"We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count."

- Neal A. Maxwell

"The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings."

- Henry Ward Beecher

"I give thanks to my Creator for this wonderful life where each of us has the opportunity to learn lessons we could not fully comprehend by any other means."

- Joseph B. Wirthlin

"Dear Lord; we beg but one boon more: Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving."

- Joseph Auslander

"If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share."

- W. Clement Stone

"Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song."

- Konrad von Gesner

"An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day."

- Irv Kupcinet

"When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place."

- C.S. Lewis

"Reflect upon your present blessings — of which every man has many — not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."

- Charles Dickens

"Count your blessings, not your problems. Count your own blessings, not someone else’s. Remember that jealousy is when you count someone else’s blessings instead of your own."

- Roy T. Bennett

"Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind."

- Lionel Hampton

"Thanksgiving just gets me all warm and tingly and all kinds of wonderful inside."

- Willard Scott

"To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do."

- Victor Hugo

"To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven."

- Johannes A. Gaertner

"Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy—because we will always want to have something else or something more."

- Br. David Steindl-Rast

"The soul that gives thanks can find comfort in everything; the soul that complains can find comfort in nothing."

- Hannah Whitall Smith

"No duty is more urgent than giving thanks."

- James Allen

"For my part, I am almost contented just now, and very thankful. Gratitude is a divine emotion: it fills the heart, but not to bursting; it warms it, but not to fever."

- Charlotte Brontë

"I can no other answer make, but, thanks, And thanks, and ever thanks."

- William Shakespeare

"Wear gratitude like a cloak, and it will feed every corner of your life."

- Rumi

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

- Hausa Proverb

"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others."

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

"The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest."

- William Blake

"Gratitude is the sign of noble souls."

- Aesop

"No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks."

- James Allen

"Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness."

- Henri Frederic Amiel

"A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues."

- Cicero

"Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little."

- Buddha

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more."

- Melodie Beattie

"When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out, and the tide of love rushes in."

- Kristin Armstrong

"Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action."

- W.J. Cameron

"There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark."

- Helen Keller

"Giving is not just about making a donation. It’s about making a difference."

- Kathy Calvin

"The heart that gives, gathers."

- Tao Te Ching

"For it is in giving that we receive."

- Francis of Assisi

"Small cheer and great welcome make a merry feast."

- William Shakespeare

"Thanksgiving is not just a day. It’s a way we can live our lives every day."

- Katrina Mayer

"Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received."

- Henry Van Dyke

"In all things, give thanks."

- 1 Thessalonians 5:18

"Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder."

- G.K. Chesterton

"The thankful heart opens our eyes to a multitude of blessings that continually surround us."

- James E. Faust

"Thanksgiving is the holiday of peace, the celebration of work and the simple life… a true folk-festival that speaks the poetry of the turn of the seasons, the beauty of seedtime and harvest, the ripe product of the year."

- Ray Stannard Baker

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

- John F. Kennedy

"Gratitude is the heart’s memory."

- French Proverb

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

- W.T. Purkiser

"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."

- Marcel Proust

"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have."

- Frederick Keonig

"The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated."

- William James

"When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands."

- Maria Shriver

"Whatever we are waiting for—peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance—it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart."

- Sarah Ban Breathnach

"If a fellow isn't thankful for what he’s got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get."

- Frank A. Clark

"Thanksgiving is a special virtue. But ingratitude is opposed to Thanksgiving. Therefore ingratitude is a special sin."

- Thomas Aquinas

"Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast."

- William Shakespeare

"Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary."

- Margaret Cousins

"What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal."

- Albert Pike

"Got no checkbooks, got no banks, still I’d like to express my thanks. I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night."

- Irving Berlin

"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses."

- Tom Wilson

"Enough is a feast."

- Buddhist Proverb

"Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone."

- Gertrude Stein

"One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay ‘in kind’ somewhere else in life."

- Anne Morrow Lindbergh

"We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning."

- Albert Barnes

"Let’s be thankful for today, for tomorrow is never promised."

"Family is the heart of Thanksgiving; it’s where the memories are made."

"Home is not a place, it’s the people you gather with."

"Friends are the family we choose to be thankful for every day."

"Good friends, good food, and gratitude — what more could we ask for on Thanksgiving?"

"Gratitude turns chaos into clarity."

"Gratitude is the soul’s true wealth."

"Thanksgiving is a moment to pause and reflect on the goodness in our lives."

"A heart full of gratitude sees blessings everywhere."

"The recipe for a perfect Thanksgiving: love, laughter, and a grateful heart."

"Thanksgiving is not about what’s on the table, but who’s around it."

"Gratitude is a dish best served warm, with a side of kindness."

"Thanksgiving is the gentle reminder to savor the goodness in life."

"Gratitude is the music of the heart that plays louder on Thanksgiving."

"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was ‘thank you,’ that would suffice."

"An attitude of gratitude brings great things."

"When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength."

"The joy of Thanksgiving is in the gratitude for moments spent with the people we love."

"True gratitude is when we give thanks not for what we have, but for what we have become."

"Thanksgiving is a reminder that we don’t need perfection, just togetherness."

"Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude."

"Gratitude turns what we have into enough."

"Thanksgiving is a time to give, a time to love, and a time to reflect on the things that matter most in life."

- Unknown

"Thanksgiving is a joyous invitation to shower the world with love and gratitude."

"Never let the things you want make you forget the things you have."

"Never delay gratitude."

"The more you practice gratitude, the more there is to be grateful for."

- Unknown

"May your Thanksgiving be filled with peace, love, and gratitude."

- Unknown

"Thankful, grateful, and blessed."

- Unknown

"Let our lives be full of both thanks and giving."

- Unknown

"Family and friends are the true treasures of Thanksgiving."

- Unknown

"There is always, always something to be thankful for."

- Unknown