Quotes about gratitude

Participants described happiness as an emotion that’s connected to circumstances, and they described joy as a spiritual way of engaging with the world that’s connected to practicing gratitude.

Brené Brown

My father walked to school 4 o’clock every morning with no shoes on, uphill, both ways, in 5 feet of snow and he was thankful.

Bill Cosby

Don’t overload gratitude; if you do, she’ll kick.

Benjamin Franklin

It is a dangerous experiment to call in gratitude as an ally to love. Love is a debt which inclination always pays, obligation never.

Blaise Pascal

One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

Carl Jung

Often people ask how I manage to be happy despite having no arms and no legs. The quick answer is that I have a choice. I can be angry about not having limbs, or I can be thankful that I have a purpose. I chose gratitude.

Nick Vujicic

I’m very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name.

Yoko Ono

There is no gratitude for things past. Gratitude is always for what you’re going to do for people in the future.

Harry S. Truman

I never felt so fervently thankful, so soothed, so tranquil, so filled with the blessed peace, as I did yesterday when I learned that Michael Angelo was dead.

Mark Twain

Until we can tolerate vulnerability and transform it into gratitude, intense feelings of love will often bring up the fear of loss.

Brené Brown