Quotes on Gratitude

“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy.

they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”

Marcel Proust

Proust points out that we thrive thanks to the generosity of those who care for us through their actions or by simply being there. This quote reminds me that those are people I often take for granted.

“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”

William Arthur Ward

Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.”

Albert Schweitzer

One of the benefits of practicing gratitude, is that we may realize how often our appreciation goes unexpressed to others. It feels good when someone says thank you and you know they really mean it.

"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

"Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty."

Doris Day

I love how this points to the importance of our perspective, how we look at things. Do we see the glass as half empty? Or can we think about it in another way, and see the glass as half full?

“In the late evening, on the road to nowhere,
I turned and saw the sky broken by the crescent moon
A yellow light spilled out from its curve
And I felt a sudden rush of thankfulness.”

Louise Bogan