12 Inspiring Gratitude Quotes

These inspirational quotes from authors, actors, and Guideposts readers, will encourage you to feel grateful today and for many days after.

We try to be more grateful, to reflect on the people and things that mean so much to us. However, practicing gratitude on a daily basis can be challenging. Some ways to make gratitude a part of your regular spiritual practice can include saying prayers, writing in a gratitude journal, or spend time reading gratitude quotes that will broaden your understanding of what it means to live a grateful life. And it will be worth it.

According to Healthline, “gratitude has been shown to help contribute to an overall sense of well-being.” The site states that practicing gratitude can boost your immune system, improve your mental health, enhance your relationships with your loved ones, and increase your feelings of optimism.

We hope these inspirational gratitude quotes will encourage you to feel grateful today and for many days after.

 

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In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy.

Brother David Steindl-Rast, monk

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To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything He has given us—and He has given us everything.

—Thomas Merton, writer, poet and social activist

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Grace isn’t a little prayer you say before a meal; it’s a way to live.

Andie MacDowell, actress

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There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart.

—Celia Thaxter, American poet

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Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

—G. K. Chesterton, author


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Wake up every morning expecting blessings from God and you will not be able to count them by the end of the day.

—submitted by Cynthia Scott of Medon, Tennessee


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With arms outstretched I thank. With heart beating gratefully I love. With body in health I jump for joy. With spirit full I live.

—Terri Guillemets, quotation anthologist

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If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money cannot buy.

—submitted by Dean Bunn, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Get on your knees and thank God you’re still on your feet.

—submitted by Maureen McCleery of Chesapeake, Virginia

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Gratitude is our most direct line to God and the angels.

—Terry Lynn Taylor, author


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A thankful heart hath a continual feast.

—W. J. Cameron, author

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Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.

—Zig Ziglar, motivational speaker and author

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