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Use These Quotes About Gratitude To Express Your Deep Appreciation
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
Gratitude Quotes
"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
"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
Gratitude Quotes
"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
Gratitude Quotes
"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
"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
Gratitude Quotes
"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"
Gratitude Quotes
"'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
Gratitude Quotes
"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
"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
Gratitude Quotes
"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
Gratitude Quotes
"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
Gratitude Quotes
"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
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71 Halloween Quotes To Get Into The Spirit Of The Spooky Season
"There's a little witch in all of us," Aunt Jet is memorably quoted as saying in the Alice Hoffman classic, "Practical Magic."
Even if you aren't sure that witches are real (spoiler: they are), there's no denying that Halloween brings out the spirit of magic in just about everyone and there's no better time to celebrate it then the spooky season.
With Halloween quickly creeping up, you might be in need of a Halloween quote or two to share, whether it's for Instagram, to use as a Halloween greeting or accompany your award-winning costume photos.
And, good news, we've got 'em all right here, including lines from iconic scary horror movies like "The Sixth Sense," where Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) eerily admits, "I see dead people."
In fact, we've got all the short sayings you'll ever need from not only your favorite Halloween movies, books and spooky songs, but also a bunch of witty quotes from comedians like Jim Gaffigan and Stephen Colbert.
Along with those, we've got plenty of other fang-tabulous Halloween sayings from films like "The Nightmare Before Christmas," "Hocus Pocus," and the original serial-killer movie that started them all: "Halloween."
After all, you never know when having an amusing or scary Halloween message on deck might just come in handy. Whichever you choose, one thing is for certain, these short Halloween quotes are guaranteed to leave you spellbound.
Halloween quotes from movies"I am the pumpkin king." — Jack Skellington, "The Nightmare Before Christmas"
"Last night you were unhinged. You were like some desperate, howling demon. You frightened me. Do it again." — Morticia, "The Addams Family"
"This is my costume. I'm a homicidal maniac, they look just like everyone else." — Wednesday Addams, "The Addams Family"
Halloween Quotes
"You ever feel prickly things on the back of your neck?"— Cole Sear, "The Sixth Sense"
"There's a little witch in all of us." — Alice Hoffman, "Practical Magic"
"When I sleep my spirit slips away from my body and dances naked with the devil." — Thomasin, "The Witch"
"It's Halloween. Everyone's entitled to one good scare." — Sheriff Leigh Brackett, "Halloween"
Halloween Quotes
What's the good of being a ghost if you can't frighten people away?" — Barbara, "Beetlejuice"
"One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach; all the damn vampires." — Grandpa, "The Lost Boys"
"Sisters, All Hallows' Eve has become a night of frolic, where children wear costumes and run amok!" — Winifred Sanderson, "Hocus Pocus"
"Yeah, some of our clothes are from victims. You might bite someone and then, you think, 'Oooh, those are some nice pants!' — Viago, "What We Do in the Shadows"
"It's pronounced 'Fronkensteen.'" — Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, "Young Frankenstein"
Halloween Quotes
"Wench! Trollop! You buck-toothed, mop-riding firefly from hell!" — Billy Butcherson, "Hocus Pocus"
"If you were the only suspect in a senseless bloodbath — would you be standing in the horror section?" — Randy Meeks, "Scream"
"I'll stop wearing black when they make a darker color." —Wednesday Addams, "The Addams family"
"Oh, look. Another glorious morning. Makes me sick!" — Winifred Sanderson, "Hocus Pocus"
"Some people have swimming pools, others have private cemeteries. It can happen." — Sara Evers, "The Haunted Mansion"
"If I'd known you were coming, I could've made up the dungeon." — Morticia Addams, "The Addams Family"
Halloween Quotes
Funny Halloween quotes"Isn't the view beautiful? It takes my breath away. Well, it would if I had any." — The Corpse Bride, "The Corpse Bride"
"Pardon me, boy, is this the Transylvania station?" — Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, "Young Frankenstein"
"There are three things that I've learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics and the Great Pumpkin." — Linus, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"
Halloween Quotes
"That's what you dream about? Being a monster?" — Edward Cullen, "Twilight"
"Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker." ― Ogden Nash, "Reflections on Ice Breaking"
"Was deciding if I should dress as Batman or Spiderman for Halloween, when I realized I'm a grown man. So, Batman." — Stephen Colbert
"For Halloween, I'm going as that feeling you get at a store when you try to refold a sweater property and put it back on the shelf." — Rob Delaney
"Tonight the Great Pumpkin will rise out of the pumpkin patch. He flies through the air and brings toys to all the children of the world." — Linus, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"
"I ain't 'fraid of no ghost." — Ray Parker Jr., "Ghostbusters"
Halloween Quotes
"On Halloween, the parents sent their kids out looking like me." — Rodney Dangerfield
"Halloween is just finals week for parents." — Jim Gaffigan
"Halloween: the night that fathers get their hearts broken when they see their daughters costume." — Whitney Cummings
Halloween Quotes
Short Halloween quotes"Evil has only the power that we give it." — Ray Bradbury, "Something Wicked This Way Comes"
"Every day is Halloween, isn't it? For some of us." — Tim Burton
"Flip the switch and let the cauldron bubble!" — Aunt Frances Owens, "Practical Magic"
Halloween Quotes
"They cannot be seen because they creep only in the dark." — H.P. Lovecraft, "The H.P. Lovecraft Collection"
"On Hallowe'en they all jump off the roof and fly!" — Ice Cream Boy, "Practical Magic"
"In masks and gowns we haunt the street and knock on doors for trick or treat." — Jack Prelutsky, "It's Halloween"
"Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places." — H.P. Lovecraft, "The Short Stories of H.P. Lovecraft"
"I knew nothing but shadows and I thought them to be real." -Oscar Wilde, "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
Halloween Quotes
"Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble." — William Shakespeare, "Macbeth"
"There is something haunting in the light of the moon." — Joseph Conrad
"At night the fog was thick and full of light, and sometimes voices." — Erin Bow, "Plain Kate"
"Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living." — Thomas Browne, "Garden of Cyrus"
Halloween Quotes
"Vampires, werewolves, fallen angels and fairies lurk in the shadows, their intentions far from honorable." — Jeaniene Frost
"Imagination be a witch tonight." — Robert Bagg, "Hallowe'en"
"Such are the autumn people. Beware of them." — Ray Bradbury, "Something Wicked This Way Comes"
"We are the things that others fear." — Anne Rice, "The Vampire Lestat"
Halloween Quotes
"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes." — William Shakespeare, "Macbeth"
"He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts." — Stephen King, "It"
"She'd always loved Halloween. A magic night. A night when anything could happen. Monsters could be real. Magic could whisper in the air." — Cynthia Eden
"Anyone could see that the wind was a special wind this night, and the darkness took on a special feel because it was All Hallows' Eve." — Ray Bradbury, "The Halloween Tree"
Halloween Quotes
"It's Halloween! It's Halloween! The moon is full and bright and we shall see that can't be seen on any other night." — Jack Prelutsky, "It's Halloween"
"If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!" — Mary Shelley, "Frankenstein"
"Oh how the candles will be lit and the wood of worm burn in a fiery dust. For on all Hallows' Eve will the spirits come to play." — Solange nicole
"They thought of All Hallows' Night and the billion ghosts awandering the lonely lanes in cold winds and strange smokes." — Ray Bradbury, "The Halloween Tree"
Halloween Quotes
"A witch never gets caught. Don't forget that she has magic in her fingers and devilry dancing in her blood." — Roald Dahl, "The Witches"
"I know of witches who whistle at different pitches, calling things that don't have names." — Helen Oyeyemi, "White is for Witching"
Halloween Quotes
"We shall see that at which dogs howl in the dark, and that at which cats prick up their ears after midnight." — H.P. Lovecraft, "The Collected Works of H.P. Lovecraft"
"Tis now the very witching time of night, when churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out contagion to this world." — William Shakespeare, "Hamlet"
"Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen, voices whisper in the trees, 'Tonight is Halloween!'" — Dexter Kozen
"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." — H.P. Lovecraft, "Supernatural Horror in Literature"
"Suddenly the day was gone, night came out from under each tree and spread." — Ray Bradbury, "The Halloween Tree"
Halloween Quotes
"Be careful in the company of monsters that you don't become one." — Cindy Gerard, "Take No Prisoners"
"Fear has many eyes, and can see things underground." — Miguel de Cervantes, "The Adventures of Don Quixote"
"Darkness falls across the land, the midnight hour is close at hand." — Vincent Price, "Thriller"
"Whoever is not in his coffin and the dark grave, let him know he has enough." — Walt Whitman
Halloween Quotes
"You are about to enter another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Next stop: The Twilight Zone." — Rod Serling, "The Twilight Zone"
"So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing." — T.S. Eliot
"I be the witch of the wood." — Thomasin, "The Witch"
"The jack-o'-lantern follows me with tapered, glowing eyes. His yellow teeth grin evily. His cackle I despise." — Richelle Goodrich, "Slaying Dragons"
"Candle, spoon and carving knife: nearing the vigil of the dead, let's impose a little life upon a ripening, faceless head." — Robert B. Shaw, "Jack O' Lantern"
"The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper." — Eden Phillpotts, "A Shadow Passes"
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