34 Beautiful Gratitude Quotes

Remind your students that there’s always something to be thankful for by inspiring them with our collection of 34 gratitude quotes that radiate positivity! You’ll encourage them to appreciate the splendor of life, treat those around them with kindness, and motivate them to face any challenges in their lives with a positive attitude by reminding them that there’s always light at the end of the tunnel.

1. “Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust

2. “Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” – Melody Beattie

3. “Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anyone.” – Gertrude Stein

4. “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.” – Melody Beattie

5. “Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.” – Doris Day

6. “When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.” – G.K. Chesterton

7. “The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.” – John E. Southard

8. “Take time to give thanks for everything you have, especially your family, friends, & life itself!” – Roy T. Bennett

9. “Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy.” – Fred De Witt Van Amburgh

10. “The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.” – William James

11. “Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.” – Brian Tracy

12. “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” – G.K. Chesterton

13. “If you can’t think of a word of kindness, then don’t speak.” – Unknown

14. “Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” – Voltaire

15. “The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

16. “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” – William Arthur Ward

17. “Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.” – Native American saying

18. “The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.” – Oscar Wilde

19. “A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.” – Cicero

20. “When it comes to life, the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.” – G.K. Chesterton

21. “Give thanks for a little, and you will find a lot.” – Hausa saying

22. “If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is ‘thank you’, it will be enough.” – Meister Eckhart

23. “Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer.” – Maya Angelou

24. “Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

25. “Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: It must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.” – William Faulkner

26. “Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” – Charles Dickens

27. “The way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement.” – Charles Schwab

28. “Make it a habit to tell people thank you. Express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you’ll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you’ll find that you have more of it.” – Ralph Marston

29. “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

30. “We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” – Cynthia Ozick

31. “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

32. “There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy.” – Ralph H. Blum

33. “Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” – Melodie Beattie

34. “No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.” – St. Ambrose