Here’s my last post on Giving and Thanks and it’s simply a listing of quotes that I’ve found that pertain to these subjects. Perhaps one of them will please you:

 

  • When you are grateful fear disappears and abundance appears. -Tony Robbins
  • Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.  -Melody Beattie
  • Gratitude begins where my sense of entitlement ends. -Steven Furtick
  • I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. -G.K. Chesterton
  • If a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful for what he’s going to get. -Frank A. Clark
  • Grace isn’t a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal.  It’s a way to live. -Jacqueline Winspear
  • He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. -Epictetus
  • Gratitude is the best attitude. -Unknown
  • Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. -W.T. Purkiser
  • We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. -Thornton Wilder
  • Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all. -William Faulkner
  • If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness.  It will change your life mightily. -Gerald Good
  • There is no greater difference between men than between grateful and ungrateful people. -R.H. Blyth
  • Who does not thank for little will not thank for much. -Estonian Proverb
  • Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. -Henry Ward Beecher
  • As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. -John F. Kennedy
  • Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things. -Horace
  • Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. -William Arthur Ward
  • Gratitude is a two fold love – love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest. – Henry Van Dyke
  • Be grateful for the tiny details of your life and make room for unexpected and beautiful blessings.
  • 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. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. – Innerspace
  • Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To 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
  • Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. – Charles Dickens
  • What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it – would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have. – Ralph Marston
  • Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. – Robert Brault
  • For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude. – Clarence E. Hodges
  • 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

Happy Thanksgiving!