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65 Gratitude Quotes To Express How Thankful You Are

Giving thanks is what Thanksgiving is all about, hence the name.

If you're looking to express your appreciation for all of life's blessings this season or any time of the year, there are so many ways to show it like volunteering your time, helping out a friend or simply letting loved ones know how grateful you are for them by sharing one of these gratitude quotes.

Write one of these meaningful sentiments in a greeting card or send a gratitude quote via text. Either way, it's the thought the counts and whoever is on the receiving end will surely benefit from these thoughtful affirmations.

To give you plenty of options, we've gathered together a variety of quotes including short gratitude quotes, thankful quotes for friends, inspiring quotes and a host of others to share your feelings or post on Instagram as a caption.

From luminaries including John F. Kennedy and Louisa May Alcott to philosophers like Voltaire who's noted as saying, ""Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well," there's something in this collection of sayings for just about everyone.

Whatever you settle on is sure to remind anyone who reads it that practicing gratitude today and every day is what it's all about.

Gratitude quotes for friends

  • "When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands." — Maria Shriver
  • "To have friends who will always take you to higher ground is an incalculable blessing." — John Bytheway
  • "I'm just thankful for the people that never left me and equally thankful for those who did." ― Nitya Prakash
  • Gratitude Quotes
  • "We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives." ― John F. Kennedy
  • "There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship." — Thomas Aquinas
  • "When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place." — C.S. Lewis
  • "A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out." — Walter Winchell
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  • "There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship." — Thomas Aquinas
  • "To like and dislike the same things, that is what makes a solid friendship." —Sallust
  • "Friendship isn't a big thing — it's a million little things." — Paulo Coelho
  • "A friend is one of the best things you can be and the greatest things you can have." — Sarah Valdez
  • Short gratitude quotes
  • "When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude." — G.K. Chesterton
  • "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
  • Gratitude Quotes
  • "If the only prayer you said was 'thank you,' that would be enough." ― Meister Eckhart
  • "Being grateful does not mean that everything is necessarily good. It just means that you can accept it as a gift." — Roy T. Bennett
  • "Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." — Melody Beattie
  • "Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." ― Voltaire
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  • "Those who are not grateful soon begin to complain of everything." — Thomas Merton
  • "Gratitude isn't a burdening emotion." — Loretta Young
  • "Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy." — Jacques Maritain
  • "Never let the things you want make you forget the things you have." — Sanchita Pandey 
  • "The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely." — Louisa May Alcott
  • "Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." — Marcel Proust
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  • "Gratitude is one of the most powerful human emotions. Once expressed, it changes attitude, brightens outlook and broadens our perspective." ― Germany Kent
  • "Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet." — Thich Nhat Hanh, "Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life"
  • "Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty." — Doris Day
  • "Joy is the simplest form of gratitude." ― Karl Barth
  • "Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone." — Gertrude Stein
  • "The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude." ― Thornton Wilder
  • Inspiring gratitude quotes
  • "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, "Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer"
  • "Gratitude and love are always multiplied when you give freely. It is an infinite source of contentment and prosperous energy." — Jim Fargiano, "The Spoken Words of Spirit: Lessons from the Other Side"
  • "Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for." ― Epicurus
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  • "Whatever you appreciate and give thanks for will increase in your life." ― Sanaya Roman, "Living with Joy: Keys to Personal Power and Spiritual Transformation"
  • "We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses." ― Alphonse Karr, "A Tour Round My Garden"
  • "Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough." — Oprah Winfrey
  • "Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude." ― A.A. Milne, "Winnie-the-Pooh"
  • "It's up to us to choose contentment and thankfulness now — and to stop imagining that we have to have everything perfect before we'll be happy." — Joanna Gaines
  • "Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance." ― Eckhart Tolle, "A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose"
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  • "'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. 'Thank you' expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding." — Alice Walker
  • "Gratitude is one of the strongest and most transformative states of being. It shifts your perspective from lack to abundance and allows you to focus on the good in your life, which in turn pulls more goodness into your reality." — Jen Sincero
  • "Every once in a while God allows you to stub your toe as a kind reminder to be grateful for the miraculous body attached to it." ― Richelle E. Goodrich, "Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, and Grumblings for Every Day of the Year"
  • "Life is a celebration. Consider everything that makes you happy as a gift from God and say, 'Thank you." ― Francis Lucille, "The Perfume of Silence"
  • "I try hard to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion we can ever know." ― Bill Wilson
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  • "When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in." — Kristin Armstrong
  • "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
  • "Have gratitude for all that you have, and you can be happy exactly as you are." — Mandy Ingber
  • "Got no checkbooks, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks — I've got the sun in the mornin' and the moon at night." ― Irving Berlin
  • "Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you." — Eileen Caddy
  • Love and gratitude quotes
  • "What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude." ― Brené Brown
  • "Living in a state of gratitude is the gateway to grace." — Arianna Huffington
  • "The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings." ― Henry Ward Beecher
  • "Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It's the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul." — Amy Collette
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  • "Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy." — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  • "The best way to show my gratitude is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy." — Mother Teresa
  • "Of all the characteristics needed for both a happy and morally decent life, none surpasses gratitude. Grateful people are happier, and grateful people are more morally decent." — Dennis Prager
  • "Gratitude is a divine emotion. It fills the heart, not to bursting; it warms it, but not to fever." — Charlotte Bronte
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  • "When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude." — Elie Wiesel
  • "Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary." — Margaret Cousins
  • "Gratitude, warm, sincere, intense, when it takes possession of the bosom, fills the soul to overflowing and scarce leaves room for any other sentiment or thought." — John Quincy Adams
  • "Giving is an expression of gratitude for our blessings." — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
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  • "Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." ― William Arthur Ward
  • "If you want to find happiness, find gratitude." ― Steve Maraboli, "Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience"
  • "I may not be where I want to be but I'm thankful for not being where I used to be." ― Habeeb Akande
  • "I am happy because I'm grateful. I choose to be grateful. That gratitude allows me to be happy." — Will Arnett
  • Inspirational quotes for every occasion

    Use These Quotes To Show Your Gratitude This Thanksgiving — And Beyond

    When you think of all that you're thankful for, the first thing that likely comes to mind is your loved ones. Because while there's much to be grateful for in life, it's friends and family most people put at the top of the list.

    But there are plenty of other blessings to celebrate as well. Think of the neighbor who grabbed your mail while you were away on vacation, or a coworker that remembered you love pumpkin spice lattes and brought you one to brighten your day.

    It's in those moments that expressing your gratitude means everything. So we've compiled a collection of inspiring thankful quotes to help find exactly the right words to say.

    These words of appreciation for friends and relatives include short quotes to post on Instagram, plus a host of others to let your circle know they matter to you.

    From luminaries like Maya Angelou and William Shakespeare to presidents and poets, we hope you'll find what you're looking for in the list below.

    The best part? When you share one of these meaningful quotes, chances are you'll be reminded of all the reasons people are thankful for you too.

    Thankful quotes for friends
  • "There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship." — Thomas Aquinas

  • "When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place." — C.S. Lewis

  • "A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out." — Walter Winchell

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

  • "Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude." — A.A. Milne, "Winnie-the-Pooh"

  • "To have friends who will always take you to higher ground is an incalculable blessing." — John Bytheway

  • "I'm just thankful for the people that never left me and equally thankful for those who did." ― Nitya Prakash

  • "We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives." ― John F. Kennedy

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

  • "Having a place to go is a home. Having someone to love is a family. Having both is a blessing." — Donna Hedges

  • "If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share." — W. Clement Stone

  • Thankfulness quotes
  • "Never let the things you want make you forget the things you have." — Sanchita Pandey

  • "Express gratitude for the greatness of small things." — Richie Norton

  • "The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings." ― Henry Ward Beecher

  • "Great things happen to those who don't stop believing, trying, learning, and being grateful." ― Roy T. Bennett, "The Light in the Heart"

  • "One way to love yourself and take charge of your life is through the practice of gratitude. Practicing gratitude increases self-awareness." ― Veronica Smith

  • "Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." — William Arthur Ward

  • "When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around." — Willie Nelson

  • "We are in a wrong state of mind if we are not in a thankful state of mind." — Charles Spurgeon

  • "Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer " ― Maya Angelou, "Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer"

  • "If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough." ― Meister Eckhart

  • "The more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for." — Norman Vincent Peale

  • "When everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on the increase." ― Bernard Berenson

  • "I can no other answer make, but, thanks, And thanks, and ever thanks." — William Shakespeare, "Twelfth Night"

  • "Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough." ― Oprah Winfrey

  • Short thankful quotes
  • "Always be thankful for the little things... Even the smallest mountains can hide the most breathtaking views!"― Nyki Mack

  • "When one has a grateful heart, life is so beautiful." ― Roy T. Bennett, "The Light in the Heart"

  • "Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." ― Voltaire

  • "In matters of love: When giving, be generous! When taking, be thankful!" ― Mehmet Murat ildan

  • "No matter how big or small the service is, always express your thanks to the person who served you." ― Mohith Agadi

  • "What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude." ― Brené Brown

  • "By writing what I was grateful for, I learned to look for things that made me smile." ― Ranjani Rao, "Rewriting My Happily Ever After — A Memoir of Divorce and Discovery"

  • "When life is sweet, be thankful, and rejoice; but when bitter, be strong, and persevere." ― Matshona Dhliwayo

  • "Thankfulness creates gratitude which generates contentment that causes peace." ― Todd Stocker

  • "I may not be where I want to be but I'm thankful for not being where I used to be." ― Habeeb Akande

  • Gratitude quotes
  • "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

  • "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

  • "Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse." — Henry Van Dyke

  • "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

  • "Life is strange, beautiful, and terrifying … and I am thankful for every minute of it that I have had." ― Benjamin W. Bass, "Alone In The Light"

  • "We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts." ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, "Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community"

  • "Whatever you appreciate and give thanks for will increase in your life." ― Sanaya Roman, "Living with Joy: Keys to Personal Power and Spiritual Transformation"

  • "Something so simple, but it's important to take the time out from living and just appreciate what you've got right in front of you." ― L.A. Fiore, "Collecting the Pieces"

  • "Letting go of expectation allowed me to celebrate even the smallest victories, to be utterly in the winning moment and thankful for my current state." ― Hillary Allen, "Out and Back: A Runner's Story of Survival and Recovery Against All Odds"

  • "It's a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack." ― Germany Kent

  • "In your darkest hour, give thanks, for in due time, the morning will come. And it will come with a ray of sunshine." ― Michael Bassey Johnson, "Song of a Nature Lover"

  • "If you want to find something to be offended about, you will. If you want to find something to be thankful for, you will. You can do both at the same time." ― Bill Weller

  • "The extent, to which you are happy, is in direct proportion to your recognition of what you have to be thankful." ― J.S. Felts, "Ageless Wisdom: A Treasury of Quotes to Motivate & Inspire"

  • "Reflect upon your present blessings — of which every man has many — not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." — Charles Dickens, "A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings"

  • "Lets just be thankful that we get to be on Earth at the same time as everybody we get to meet, OK."― Jomny Sun, "Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too"

  • This article was originally published on TODAY.Com


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