Grateful Inspirational Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes, all it takes to lift the sadness from another is to let them know how much you appreciate them and how grateful you are having them in your life. — Charles F. Glassman

I am grateful for all the goodness in my life. I think life for bringing me so much joy. — Amy Leigh Mercree

I am grateful just because I am alive today. — Debasish Mridha

What a blessed bliss to be alive? — Lailah Gifty Akita

Be grateful for the blessing of the moments. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can, there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did. — Sarah Caldwell

Just an observation: it is impossible to be both grateful and depressed. Those with a grateful mindset tend to see the message in the mess. And even though life may knock them down, the grateful find reasons, if even small ones, to get up. — Steve Maraboli

Be strong,be kind,be generous of spirit, be understanding and let people know how grateful you are.Dont get even. Comfort the ones i've hurt and let down.Say your prayers and ask for Gods understanding and strength.Finish with a smile and some gustoand do what's' right and finish strong. — George H. W. Bush

A joyful heart is an endless flowing stream. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Let us be appreciative and grateful for the abundance, beauty, experience, and bliss of life. — Debasish Mridha

My faith has strengthen. God has shown me through my son with Down syndrome to not take anything for granted. I'm more grateful. — Yvonne Pierre

Synchronize each breath with the present moment and become intertwined with happiness. Breathing in, we are grateful for the opportunities that are given to us; breathing out, we let go of the depression and anxiety that hold us back. — Forrest Curran

There are three words I like to repeat to myself: glass half full. Just to remind myself to be grateful for everything I have. — Goldie Hawn

I am really very grateful for this Award. It is one of the first given to a woman, and to two women at that. When I first started getting work published, I used to have wistful thoughts at the way all important awards were given to men. Women, I used to think, could be as innovative, imaginative and productive as possible - and women were the ones mostly at work in the field of fantasy for children and young adults - but only let a man enter the field, and people instantly regarded what he had to say and what he did as more Important. He got respectful reviews as well as awards, even if what he was doing - which it often was - was imitating the women. But you have changed all that.
Thank you for being so enlightened.
Women, large-minded, formidable women, have played an almost exclusive part in helping my career. I have hardly ever dealt with a man - at least, when it came to publishing: — Diana Wynne Jones

I'm not paralyzed by fear about what might have been or what might be. I'm grateful for what is and I make excellent use of what I've got. — Linda Gray

I carry within my heart all the great memories. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It's important to be grateful for the gifts we have — Sarah Weeks

Be the master of thy soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I am grateful to be alive. — Amy Leigh Mercree

Appreciate every breath you take. Someone else didn't get to take another breath today. — Blaque Diamond

I am learning to appreciate the gift of the moment. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Be grateful to everyone is about making peace with the aspects of ourselves that we have rejected ... If we were to make a list of people we don't like - people we find obnoxious, threatening, or worthy of contempt - we would discover much about those aspects of ourselves that we can't face ... other people trigger the karma that we haven't worked out. — Pema Chodron

I am forever grateful for not knowing - What would have been. WHAT WILL BE holds none of those bittersweet pangs and it is lit w joy. — Erica Goros

Be grateful for all the disappointments and failures you have had. They give you something extremely valuable: experience! — Johnathan Christ

There are many things for which I owe gratitude to my dad. Most of all, I am grateful to the only man who could love my mother more than me. — Ron Mayes

I will be forever grateful to Dora Brooking, for not only spotting my light bulb but also helping me turn up the wattage. — Simon Pegg

The good news is that being in gratitude does not require time and money. All it requires is an attitude of being grateful. — Vishwas Chavan

No matter where you are, just be grateful for your life and all of the beauty that surrounds you. — Debasish Mridha

Be more grateful, and less worried. — Hal Elrod

You have to be grateful for the small things, when any minute might be your last. — Joe Abercrombie

Be grateful for every sacred breath. — Lailah Gifty Akita

A Seed for Contemplation:
Creative people who cherish the gift of life often slip into the secret chambers of the creative mind. Their solutions are well-rounded, more sensible than those of people who rely solely upon reason as their mainstay. Gratitude unseals fountains of creativity, because a grateful person is relaxed. This allows him to take stock of his circumstances with an objective mind. A creative person often gets three-dimensional answers to his problems. - , — Harold Klemp

Life is amazing. Even when it sucks, it is amazing, and we should be grateful for every moment. — Hal Elrod

There was no lasting happiness ... You just need to be grateful when it comes ...
There was no eternal sadness ... You just need to be patient until it goes
So ... whatever happens, life must go on ..
Just live and love your life ... because we are not immortal .. # andry_lavigne — Andry Lavigne

Even if you don't have all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don't have that you don't want (Bob Dylan's dad) — Bob Dylan

Every new morning, I write a grateful gratitude for the new grace. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Those who have the ability to be grateful are the ones who have the ability to achieve greatness. — Steve Maraboli

I opened the diary that is my life this morning, and began again with the words - I am grateful. — Sherri Lynea Gerek

It's my birthday, by the way, and as of 2:05 this morning (the time of my birth in the middle of a snow storm on the Fort Dix army base in New Jersey) I'm 52 years old. I decided to say that because there's such pressure in our culture for women ... well, for everybody ... to stay perpetually young. And that's never going to change if we (women especially) don't embrace, enjoy, and take pride in each and every age that we pass through. I'm not young, I'm half a century old, and grateful to have made it this far. And I have this to say to the young women coming on behind me: 52 feels pretty damn good! — Terri Windling

This world is not a wonderful place where unfortunately many evil things happen; but this world is a terrible place where fortunately many miracles and other wonderful things happen. — C. JoyBell C.

The truth is, God has redeems the world across cultures, countries, world powers, systems, religious orders, trends, movements, and human heart since the beginning of time. His ways are entirely outside of our understanding. Sure, I know and love God and my contacts, because it is the only one I know; and I am grateful he found me here. But he has rescued people in and out of church, in and out of religions, and in and out of traditions since the beginning. He operates and truly mysterious ways we won't know until heaven. And we will probably be shocked. — Jen Hatmaker

God Almighty, I don't want to ask for more. But to say more thanks. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Let's be grateful to all those who came in before us. Grateful to all those men and women, young and old alike, who paved the path forward for us, brick by brick. To those men and women who marched across the bridge in Selma on that great day, those men and women who rallied behind the Gandhis and the Mandelas every single time they were needed, to those men and women who stood up for voting rights and civil rights and gay rights and equality and justice and a free world, those men and women who invented the future by inventing things that fundamentally changed the world from the electricity to vaccinations, from airplanes to birth control pills, from the printing press to the internet. — Sharad Vivek Sagar

Be thankful always. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I can't do small talk really, and that's fine. I've got old friends and family that love me, thank God. I'm grateful for what a city gives you access to, but I do feel that I'm only here until I figure out how to get out again. — Laura Marling

Everyday has its unique blessings. — Lailah Gifty Akita

RVM Thought for Today -
The simplest way to Rejoice is to count your Blessings and be Grateful for them. You will automatically feel joy in your Heart. — R.v.m.

Embrace the miracle of the sacred moment. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Be grateful for life. Show gratitude to others, whether it's verbally or energetically, it has the same effect. — Kasi Kaye Iliopoulos

Blessed be the grateful soul! — Lailah Gifty Akita

There shall be an eternal summer in the grateful heart. — Celia Thaxter

My heart filled with endless praise. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Be Grateful- Your Life is a Miracle. — Dashama Konah Gordon

I AM GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE
BACKSTABBING
BECAUSE IT MADE ME
A STRAIGHT-SHOOTER! — Qwana M. BabyGirl Reynolds-Frasier

We joyfully pray with grateful heart to welcome blessings in New Year. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Moments are best when everyone can take a moment to remember to be grateful for their life and those who cherish theirs. It ought not to take a tragedy to awaken someone to truly value what he/she has and the people who have always been there to bring comfort every day. — Steven Cuoco

The more grateful you are, the more your life overflow with abundance. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It is a joy to share good advice. It takes a grateful ear to listen wisely. It's always up for us to take the right action and fulfilling path that can truly serve for what is the best. — Angelica Hopes

For years, I have searched and searched for this God. This feeling of complete love and acceptance. He was always out of reach. But here, where food is scare, money is tight, heat is heavy and tensions should run high, God is everywhere. Just as during the night around the gypsy fire, I am mesmerized by watching people who are truly happy. At peace. Kind. Grateful. — Julie Cantrell

Growing old is God's privilege to you ... you only can be compared to any antique and old wine ... antiques are expensive and old wines taste best ... above all, it beats the alternative
DYING YOUNG. So cheer up and be grateful that God is giving you that privilege. — Peekey

Life doesn't get good until you learn to be grateful. — Gregor Collins

Gratitude is an overflowing joy. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Once a year, take her somewhere she's never been. Once a month, do something new that melts her in the sack. Once a week, stop everything and just listen to her. Once a day, catch her doing one thing you love. Once an hour, kiss her on the mouth. And every minute of every day, be grateful that you got her. — Roxanne St. Claire

I've learned something peculiar in my life, every time rejection comes on my way; my break through shows up. Now I'm sort of enjoying rejection, so bring it on, I'm ready to celebrate my break through and I'm grateful to those who reject me. — Euginia Herlihy

Gratitude makes the world a softer, kinder place. It softens that brittle shell of defence. There is always something to be grateful for, no matter how small or simple. — Janey Colbourne

As I look back on the time I've spent with him, loving him, learning him, I'm grateful for the moments. Because in the end, it's the moments that make life worth living ... — Marie Hall

The Sun would have wasted its life but for the evolution of life on earth. The one who gives should be grateful to the one who receives. — R.N. Prasher

There's so much to be grateful for, and praising God for giving you His Spirit is a great place to begin.
Even if you don't think you have much to be grateful for right now, know that you can always praise God for the Holy Spirit's presence in your life! — Stormie O'martian

I am so grateful that I have my family and friends on this journey. They are my blessings! I need them; and just the same, I know they need me too. That is why I have never thought of giving up. — Kcat Yarza

If all that I know as being alive will end one day, shouldn't I be grateful that I still get to enjoy it now? — Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

When we are truly aware of great abundance in our life, feel grateful and express gratitude for those treasures and beauty, then we are fully living. — Debasish Mridha

May you have a joyful and grateful spirit. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Be grateful because you are blessed with life. — Debasish Mridha

I am grateful to everyone who believes in me. — Lailah Gifty Akita

To achieve greatness, feel grateful for what you have. — Debasish Mridha

Be grateful always for everything and everyone at every moment. — Master Cheng Yen

A grateful heart is good medicine. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It's impossible to feel sad or have any negative feeling when you're grateful. If you're in the midst of a difficult situation, look for something to be grateful for. — Rhonda Byrne

Be grateful for the rain because without it we wouldn't have beautiful rainbows. — Marcus Asutaitis

I'm alive with love in my heart.. I'm grateful for each moment.. With a little patience and god's grace I know everything in my life will work out on its own time! — Nehali Lalwani

Be glad, be gracious, be grateful. — Paula Scanland

There's so much to be grateful for, words are poor things. — Marilynne Robinson

It is a fact of life that injustice has no color and stupidity comes in all colors. Still I am grateful and believe the world is brimming with people whose hearts are colorblind. In my eyes, they are the most resplendent. — Dodinsky

No matter what the situation is ... close your eyes and think of all the things you could be grateful for in your life right now. — Deepak Chopra

You're not a mistake. You were fearfully and wonderfully. Be grateful for what you are and for what you have. Have a Tremendous Day Ahead<3<3 — Reason Nkosinathi Makhubela

Celebrate the breath of existence. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I am most grateful to the Lord for the gift of life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Remember, whatever you focus upon, increases ... When you focus on the things you need, you'll find those needs increasing. If you concentrate your thoughts on what you don't have, you will soon be concentrating on other things that you had forgotten you don't have-and feel worse! If you set your mind on loss, you are more likely to lose ... But a grateful perspective brings happiness and abundance into a person's life. — Andy Andrews

By remembering how much we have to be grateful for we remind ourselves how beautifully God is already providing for our current needs. — Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson

Oh! The morning sun, I am grateful for your light and warmth.
Oh! The pristine nature, I am grateful for your beauty and life sustaining air.
Oh! The river and oceans, I am grateful for your generosity and water for thirst.
Oh! The vast sky, I am grateful for your vastness and deepness of love. — Debasish Mridha

To me, I see scars of courage. Inflicting them gave him the strength to survive the pain that's plagued him all his life. I'm grateful to every one of them because he's still here, with me. — Nicola Haken

Even when you don't see Him working, He's busy working on your behalf. Forever grateful for God's grace! — Yvonne Pierre

Grateful and appreciating hearts radiate happiness. Gratitude and thankfulness fill life with joyfulness. — Debasish Mridha

Let us be grateful and express gratitude for all those beauties and magic of our life. — Debasish Mridha

We all experience highs and lows in life. If you are feeling down right now, each second that passes is another moment to turn it all around. Feelings, good and bad, always come and go. The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low. When you stop expecting people and situations to be perfect, you can start appreciating them for who and what they are. Imperfections are important, and so are mistakes. We get to be good by learning from our mistakes and we get to be real by being imperfect. — John Geiger

Happiness is not defined by how much money you possess. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Now there are many, many people in the world, but relatively few with whom we interact, and even fewer who cause us problems. So when you come across such a chance for practicing patience and tolerance, you should treat it with gratitude. It is rare. Just as having unexpectedly found a treasure in your own house, you should be happy and grateful toward your enemy for providing you that precious opportunity. Because if you are ever to be successful in your practice of patience and tolerance, which are critical factors in counteracting negative emotions, it is due to your own efforts and also the opportunity provided by your enemy. — Dalai Lama XIV

May the sacredness of Christmas gladden your heart. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I think the secret to a hoppy life is a selective memory. Remember what you are most grateful for and quickly forget what your not. — Richard Paul Evans

I am a flawed person. A brook with many stones, a clear blue sky with many blackbirds. I have many shortcomings. A rainbow that's not long enough, a starry night with clouds. But I can only be thankful to the God who loves me just this way, and I can only be grateful to the people in my life who accept the clear blue sky with many blackbirds and who are patient with the rainbow that isn't long enough. And because of this, I am taught love, because of this I love my God, and I love these people. — C. JoyBell C.