Quotes on Gratitude

To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it.

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

When we direct our thoughts properly i.e. 'Things could be worse but aren't', we can control our emotions... i.e. and feel relieved, grateful, satisfied, hopeful and happy

In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared with what we owe to the help of others.

The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

Things which provide deep and lasting happiness and gratitude are the things which money cannot buy: our families, the gospel, good friends, our health, our abilities, the love we receive from those around us.

Deep at the center of my being there is an infinite well of gratitude. I now allow this gratitude to fill my heart, my body, my mind, my consciousness, my very being. This gratitude radiates out from me in all directions, touching everything in my world, and returns to me as more to be grateful for. The more gratitude I feel, the more I am aware that the supply is endless.

I'm happy to say that at 62, I think I've reached that point where stuff doesn't bother me as much, and my gratitude level has gone way up, especially having gone through the loss that I've had, and losing so many of the great artists that I was close to. They taught me how to see it with a grain of salt and a lot of humor and perspective.

Gratitude is one of the most effective ways of getting in touch with your soul.

No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has escaped the kingdom of night.

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.

Contemplation is life itself, fully awake, fully active, and fully aware that it is alive. It is spiritual wonder. It is spontaneous awe at the sacredness of life, of being. It is gratitude for life, for awareness, and for being. It is a vivid realization of the fact that life and being in us proceed from an invisible, transcendent, and infinitely abundant Source.

You cannot do a kindness too soon.

Bees sip honey from flowers and hum their thanks when they leave. The gaudy butterfly is sure that the flowers owe thanks to him.

It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.

Gratitude is a flower that blooms in noble souls.

In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.

'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.

Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.

Thank you for the tragedy. I need it for my art.