"If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough."
— Oprah Winfrey

"In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it's wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices."
— Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia)

"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

"Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance."
— Eckhart Tolle (A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose)

"We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count."
— Neal A. Maxwell

"Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good."
— Maya Angelou (Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer)

"Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses."
— Alphonse Karr

"Get down on your knees and thank God you're still on your feet."
— Irish proverb

"Everyday, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can."
— Dalai Lama XIV

"You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance."
— Kahlil Gibrán (The Prophet)

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."
— Epicurus

"My gratitude for good writing is unbounded; I’m grateful for it the way I’m grateful for the ocean."
— Anne Lamott (Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life)

"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy: They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."
— Marcel Proust

"The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude."
— Thornton Wilder

"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."
— William Aruthur Ward

"In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared with what we owe to the help of others."
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Letters and Papers from Prison)

"My gratitude to him is as boundless as the Pacific ocean."
— Yann Martel (Life of Pi)

"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."
— William Arthur Ward

" Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.

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— W. T. Purkiser

"And when you crush an apple with your teeth, say to it in your heart:

"Your seeds shall live in my body,
"And the buds of your tomorrow shall blossom in my heart,
"And your fragrance shall be my breath,
"And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons.""
— Kahlil Gibrán

"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "Thank you," that would suffice. "
— Meister Eckhart

"The poor man shuddered, overflowed with an angelic joy; he declared in his transport that this would last through life; he said to himself that he really had not suffered enough to deserve such radiant happiness, and he thanked God, in the depths of his soul, for having permitted that he, a miserable man, should be so loved by this innocent being"
— Victor Hugo (Les Misérables)

"When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears."
— Anthony Robbins

"Whatever you appreciate and give thanks for will increase in your life."
— Sanaya Roman (Living With Joy: Keys to Personal Power and Spiritual Transformation)

"Got no checkbooks, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks - I've got the sun in the mornin' and the moon at night."
— Irving Berlin

"If the only prayer you ever say is thank you, that would be sufficient."
— Meister Johann Eckhardt

"Today's Quote:
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.

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— W. T. Purkiser

"The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you."
— John E. Southard

"To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us - and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it immense graces from Him.
Gratitude therefore takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder and to praise of the goodness of God. For the grateful person knows that God is good, not by hearsay but by experience. And that is what makes all the difference."
— Thomas Merton

"The poor man shuddered, overflowed with an angelic joy; he declared i his transport that this would last through life; he said to himself that he really had not suffered enough to deserve such radiant happiness, and he thanked God, in the depths of his soul, for having permitted that he, a miserable man, should be so loved by this innocent being."
— Victor Hugo (Les Misérables)

"Vergiss Kränkungen, doch Vergiss Freundlichkeiten nie."
— Confucius

"Gratitude is a heart' memory"
— French Proverb

"You hardly lose a gift that's given to you."
— Ken Clarkson

"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

"When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears."
— Anthony Robbins

"An attitude of gratitude brings great things.

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— Yogi Bhajan

"In the end, though, maybe we all must give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it's wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices."
— Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia)