10 Gratitude Quotes to Inspire You

Gratitude is about thankfulness, appreciation, and contentment. Be grateful, be happy and enjoy peace of mind.

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

~ David Steindl-Rast

2.      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

3.      The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.


~ William James

4.      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

5.      Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy – because we will always want to have something else or something more.

~ David Steindl-Rast

6.      Gratitude is one of the sweet shortcuts to finding peace of mind and happiness inside. No matter what is going on outside of us, there's always something we could be grateful for.

~ Barry Neil Kaufman

7.      Act with kindness, but do not expect gratitude.

~ Confucius

8.      If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice.

              ~Meister Eckhart

9.      Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all the others. 

~Cicero

10.  You cannot be grateful and bitter.

You cannot be grateful and unhappy.

You cannot be grateful and without hope.

You cannot be grateful and unloving.

So just be grateful.

~Author Unknown