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40 Gratitude Quotes To Show Appreciation

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A grateful heart stays healthy and happier every day. If only we can recognize all the good things that have happened to us, we will not fail to say thank you. That is why you need these gratitude quotes to show appreciation for the simple act of kindness and love you have received from friends or family members.

Thank you quotes help you to express gratitude in words. Thanksgiving does not only show you appreciate the blessings you have received, it also shows you have a grateful heart. Below are some short inspirational quotes about gratitude to appreciate yourself, and all those that have shown love to you.

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"If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough."

1. “If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” Meister Eckhart-

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"When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself."

2. “When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.” -Tecumseh-

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"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."

3. “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-

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"Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors."

4. “Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.” –Francois de La Rochefoucauld-

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"When we develop the right attitude of compassion and gratitude, we take a giant step towards solving our personal and international problems."

5. “When we develop the right attitude of compassion and gratitude, we take a giant step towards solving our personal and international problems.” -Dalai Lama-

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"Everything we do should be a result of our gratitude for what God has done for us."

6. “Everything we do should be a result of our gratitude for what God has done for us.” -Lauryn Hill-

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"Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue."

7. “Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.” -William Bennett-

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"To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude when it is not in our power to repay it."

8. “To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude when it is not in our power to repay it.” -Benjamin Franklin-

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"Got no chequebooks, got no banks, still, I'd like to express my thanks-I've got the sun in the mornin' and the moon at night."

9. “Got no chequebooks, 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-

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"A person however learned and qualified in his life's work in whom gratitude is absent, is devoid of that beauty of character which makes personality fragrant."

10. “A person however learned and qualified in his life’s work in whom gratitude is absent, is devoid of that beauty of character which makes personality fragrant.” –Hazrat Inayat Khan-

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"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."

11. “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-

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"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."

12. “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-

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“Gratitude to God is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy.”

13. “Gratitude to God is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy.” -Mother Teresa-

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

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

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"Thank you is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding."

15. “Thank you is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.” -Alice Walker-

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“Be grateful for your life, every detail of it, and your face will come to shine like a sun, and everyone who sees it will be made glad and peaceful. Persist in gratitude, and you will slowly become one with the Sun of Love, and Love will shine through you as its all-healing joy. The path of gratitude is not for children; it is the path of tender heroes, of the heroes of tenderness who, whatever happens, keep burning on the altar of their hearts the flame of adoration.”

16. “Be grateful for your life, every detail of it, and your face will come to shine like a sun, and everyone who sees it will be made glad and peaceful. Persist in gratitude, and you will slowly become one with the Sun of Love, and Love will shine through you as its all-healing joy. The path of gratitude is not for children; it is the path of tender heroes, of the heroes of tenderness who, whatever happens, keep burning on the altar of their hearts the flame of adoration.” -Rumi-

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"If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it looked when we got through with it."

17. “If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it looked when we got through with it.” -Lyndon B. Johnson-

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"Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts."

18. “Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.” -Alan Cohen-

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"Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse."

19. “Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.” -Henry Van Dyke-

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 "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."

20. “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. And it can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.” Melody Beattie-

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"Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life."

21. “Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.” -Joel Osteen-

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"Happiness cannot be travelled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude."

22. “Happiness cannot be travelled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” -Denis Waitley-

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“Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips and shows itself in deeds.”

23. “Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips and shows itself in deeds.” -Teddy Roosevelt-

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"All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother."

24. “All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” -Abraham Lincoln-

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 "Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated."

25. “Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.” -H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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"Without gratitude and appreciation for what you already have, you’ll never know true fulfilment."

26. “Without gratitude and appreciation for what you already have, you’ll never know true fulfilment.” -Tony Robbins-

"Appreciation can make a day — even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary."

27. “Appreciation can make a day — even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.” -Margaret Cousins-

"Gratitude is the heart's memory."

28. “Gratitude is the heart’s memory.” -French Proverb-

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"O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!"

29. “O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!” -William Shakespeare-

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"Live every day with an attitude of gratitude."

30. “Live every day with an attitude of gratitude.” -Tony Robbins-

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"If you can’t reward then you should thank."

31. “If you can’t reward then you should thank.”-Arabic Proverb

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"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love"

32. “When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love” – Marcus Aurelius

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"A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things."

33. “A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things.” -Plato

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34. “When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.” -Maya Angelou

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"The more you are in a state of gratitude, the more you will attract things to be grateful for."

35. “The more you are in a state of gratitude, the more you will attract things to be grateful for.” Walt Disney

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"When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out, and the tide of love rushes in."

36. “When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out, and the tide of love rushes in.” -Kristin Armstrong-

Through the eyes of gratitude, everything is a miracle."

37. “Through the eyes of gratitude, everything is a miracle.” -Mary Davis-

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"Gratitude opens the door to the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe. You open the door through gratitude."

38. “Gratitude opens the door to the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe. You open the door through gratitude.” -Deepak Chopra-

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Quote about gratitude by Arianna Huffington

39. “Living in a state of gratitude is the gateway to grace.” -Arianna Huffington-

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40. “When gratitude becomes an essential foundation in our lives, miracles start to appear everywhere.” -Emmanuel Dagher-

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