145+ Gratitude Quotes and More, for Inspiration and Perspective

Chances are if you’ve arrived at this article, you’re already interested in gratitude and aware of the proven benefits to your health and wellbeing. To help you in your gratitude journey, you may wish to bookmark this article and return for your daily dose of gratitude quotes.

It is with no small certainty that I can attest to the incredibly transformative power of gratitude. My life and sanctity, and clarity and strength of mind and body are testament to the power of gratitude.

And I know I am not alone in this experience. 

When we feel the least grateful is when we need it the most. To practice gratitude—the art of being grateful—is to smooth the rough edges of the day, and turn the furrows of frowns into the lilting lines of smiles.

Gratitude increases positivity… and positivity increases gratitude. More than that, psychologists are finding gratitude to be an antidote to depression.^[1]https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2015-13991-003

If you want to skip straight to a long list of gratitude quotes and memes, you can jump to gratitude quotes here, or you may enjoy perusing some of the interesting information that follows on health benefits and more.

Proven Health Benefits of Gratitude

Practicing gratitude through thoughts, expression and gratitude journaling have been found to positively enhance every area of life.

Gratitude Improves

• Depression
• Fatigue
• Generosity^[2]https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20364907/
• Happiness^[3]https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/pdfs/GratitudePDFs/2Wood-GratitudeWell-BeingReview.pdf
• Health & wellbeing
  • physical
    • blood pressure^[4]https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25736389/
    • exercise^[5]https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/images/application_uploads/Emmons-CountingBlessings.pdf
  • emotional
  • psychological
• Mental strength
• Optimism
• Personal empowerment
• Positive thinking
• Recovery
  • substance abuse
  • crises
    • health
    • relational
    • loss
• Self care
• Self esteem
• Sleep^[6]https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25736389/
• Spirituality
• Relationships
  • romantic^[7]https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21401225/
  • friendships
  • co-worker relations

ADDITIONAL SOURCE/S: 2015 Study of heart failure patients.

“Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.”
~Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian polymath, theologian, author, philosopher, physician, 1875-1965

What is Gratitude?

Gratitude is from the latin word gratia, meaning grace, graciousness, or gratefulness.

5 Synonyms for Gratitude

1. Gratefulness – for gifts, blessings, and privileges
2. Thankfulness – and appreciation for another/others
3. Appreciation – deep appreciation for beauty, nature, pets, etc.
4. Gladness – for benefits or gifts received
5. Kindness – experienced or expressed

Daily gratitude can change your life.

Proven to increase health and wellbeing, gratitude is free and available to anyone anywhere at anytime.^[8]https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2015-13991-003
~LeAura Alderson, Cofounder iCreateDaily.com®

Gratitude has Power…

Gratitude has the power to:
– Heal
– Energize
– Change lives
~Robert A. Emmons, PhD., psych. prof., gratitude researcher, author, b.6/12/1958

Gratitude Studies

• How gratitude makes you happier – Harvard Study
• Studies by psychologists, Dr. Robert A. Emmons-University of California, Davis, and Dr. Michael E. McCullough-University of Miami^[9]

“Acting happy coaxes one’s brain toward positive emotions.”
~Andrea Brandt Ph.D. M.F.T.. Mindful Anger, author

The act of gratitude, when practiced daily, is like an invisible ever-present force for good which we can consciously invoke any moment in time. 

Consciously aligning with feeling and being grateful, even — or especially — when life seems hard, is like tapping into the holy grail of life itself… an infinite reservoir of more.  To ground yourself in gratitude is to prepare yourself to receive more by first fully receiving that which you already have.

The Habit of Gratitude

As with any ritual, habit, or new thing we start, gratitude takes time to cultivate, but it’s not hard! The simplest form of practicing gratitude is jotting down just one thing each morning and/or each evening for which you’re grateful.

Chances are you’ll immediately think of more things, and that’s fine. Write those down too. However, it’s important for this to be and feel natural and spontaneous rather than a chore. So just writing down or thinking one gratitude thing each day is utterly manageable.

The best way to start any new habit such as gratitude is through simple things added over time.

When starting a new practice, whether it’s journaling about gratitude or your daily creative ritual, it’s best to start out simply… so that you may simply start.

How to Express Gratitude – K.I.S.S. – Keep is Super Simple

“If we can have a practice that we can incorporate into our daily lives just by noticing things that are already happening around us… just by not taking things for granted… just by becoming more aware of benefits that we are receiving… looking at life like a gift… just using the language of gifts and givers and receivers.

[I call it] ‘trafficking in the language of thankfulness’… you don’t have to do anything special, you don’t have to carve out any special time of the day.”

~Robert A. Emmons, Ph. D., Professor of Psychology at UC Davis, Gratitude researcher

“[Through daily incorporating gratitude] it just becomes very automatic and very habitual, and I think that’s when gratitude will achieve its most power.‘
~Robert A. Emmons, Ph. D., Professor of Psychology, author, 6/12/1958

90 Everyday Gratitude Ideas

Here are some ideas to pull from to get your gratitude engine going, or to come back to for when you feel stuck. These are just some generic appreciation things. Express your words in your way, and add your own personalizations to it.

Examples – I’m grateful for:
–‘A new day’... you can keep it simply that, or you can personalize it, such as adding something particular about today that you like if something comes to mind.
–‘My bed’… you can add specifics about your bed that you appreciate most.

I’m Grateful for…

1. A new day
2. The roof over my head
3. Coffee (or your favorite drink)
4. Warm blankets in winter
5. A comfy bed
6. My favorite pen
7. The world at my fingertips in my computer, pad or smartphone.
8. My phone
9. The opportunity to create
10. Internet connection (or ability to access the internet)
11. Fresh drinking water
12. Hot showers
13. Customer service people
14. Hot cocoa
15. Positive and encouraging friends
16. Bananas
17. The unconditional love from your pet/s
18. Your family and/or friends
19. Your support group, mastermind circle, or accountability partners
20. Employees, team, and/or virtual assistants that help you with your business
21. Being able to work through roadblocks in life and/or business
22. The sunshine, rain, snow, or whatever weather of the day
23. To be able to really make a difference in the lives of others
24. The first snow of the season
25. ______ for believing in me (name that special someone)
26. The first flower of the season
27. Tech support people
28.  Popcorn
29. Being able to take a day off
30. Spending the afternoon relaxing
31. Harry Potter 🙂
32. Salads
33. Gardens and gardening
34. Books! Especially may favorites [list some]
35. Technology that places the world at my fingertips
36. The ability to learn something about anything anywhere, anytime
37. Grateful for memories of __________
38. Herbal remedies
39. Singing
40. The Sound of Music – (or other all time favorite classic movie)
41. My favorite childhood book [list]
42. Birds singing their morning songs
43. The quiet of snowfall
44. Sunrises heralding the potential of a new day
45. Sunsets putting the day to bed… a day well done
46. This amazing planet earth
47. The night sky full of stars
48. Honey bees and the miracle of honey
49. A cat’s meow
50. The smell of fresh rain
51. A cool breeze on a hot day
52. Amazing little plants like dandelions that provide food and medicine
53. My favorite fruits
54. A washing machine and dryer
55. Fresh clean laundry
56. Soap and showers
57. Soaking in a hot bath infused with my favorite essential oil
58. A clean fresh sheet of paper
59. A clear computer screen and keyboard… ready to write
60. A fertile creative mind
61. The privilege of doing art
62. The privilege of writing
63. Industry and endeavor
64. Entrepreneurship and inventions
65. Storms and rainbows
66. Movies on the big screen
67. Mom’s cooking
68. My cooking
69. My favorite restaurant
70. A car or other transportation that can get me where I need to go
71. Running water
72. Flushing toilets
73. Toilet paper
74. Toothbrushes and toothpaste
75. Deodorant!
76. Shampoo and conditioner
77. Music
78. Art
79. Dancing
80. Bicycles
81. Hiking
82. Walks in fresh air and nature
83. Exercise for health and strength
84. Yoga for stretching and flexibility
85. Meditation
86. Impulses from my soul
87. Intuition
88. Nachos
89. Tears
90. Laughter

Daily gratitude prompts, such as you’ll find in this article, help to kickstart the habit of incorporating gratitude as a way of life. If this is new territory and you’d like a little guidance, you can download our free 30 Day Gratitude Journal PDF with daily prompts and weekly reflections.

Over time, you might start to notice that you have more to feel grateful for. This is because the act of gratitude helps us become more aware of what we have.

Being Grateful for What You Have

This video below does a great job of depicting how there are times we can get so caught up in wanting what others have that we forget how much we have already. We can forget to be grateful for the blessings.

Wanting more is not wrong; it is a natural progression of life and evolution. Desire is that which propels us to do more and be more… to grow and to become. But to remember and appreciate our current blessings keeps us grounded in gratitude and gratitude brings joy.

Toward positive reminders, and to uplift and inspire your days ahead, we hope you’ll enjoy this poignant video clip and return often to peruse and share some of these many Gratitude Quotes.

GRATITUDE QUOTES

Now… let’s get on with more quotes about gratitude!

145+ Gratitude Quotes and Counting! Send us your favorites (your own or quotes by others) and we’ll add them here!

“Fill the earth with your songs of gratitude.”
~Charles Spurgeon, preacher, author, 1834-1892

Abundance

When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.
~Tony Robbins, entrepreneur,