10 Powerful Quotes About Being Thankful & Grateful

With Thanksgiving Day this week, I thought it was appropriate to provide some inspirational quotes about being thankful and grateful for what we have. No matter how big or how small being thankful/grateful could just change your perspective on life.

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When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself. ― Tecumseh [Tweet This]

Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts. ―Henri Frederic Amiel [Tweet This]

When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others. ― Dalai Lama     [Tweet This]

I’m thankful to be breathing, on this side of the grass. Whatever comes, comes. ― Ron Perlman [Tweet This]

No one who achieves success does so without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. ― Alfred North Whitehead [Tweet This]

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 [Tweet This]

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings. ― William Arthur Ward [Tweet This]

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say, ‘Thank you? – William Ward [Tweet This]

There is no such thing as gratitude unexpressed. If it is unexpressed, it is plain, old-fashioned ingratitude. – Robert Brault [Tweet This]

If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily. – Gerald Good [Tweet This]

Which of the above quotes mean something to you? Leave your favorite thankfulness or gratefulness quotes in the comments section.