Positive thinking is a powerful method that can help you turn your mind into a blessing instead of a burden.
One way to practice positive thinking is by expressing your gratitude for the things in your life, no matter how little you think they might be.
By realizing that you have been gifted a marvelous world to explore with a body and mind that is capable of imagining and creating the most amazing things, it’s hard not to feel gratitude for even the most mundane of things.
In order to help you get there, we have curated a list of 100 quotes on gratitude that will inspire mindfulness.
So without further ado, let’s jump in!
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100 Mindfulness and Gratitude Quotes
"It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.”
Brother David Steindl-Rast Tweet
“A grateful heart is a magnet for miracles.”
Unknown Tweet
“At times, our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.”
Albert Schweitzer Tweet
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.”
Alphonse Karr Tweet
“Gratitude for the present moment and the fullness of life now is the true prosperity.”
Eckhart Tolle Tweet
"The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have."
Unknown Tweet
"Gratitude magnifies the pleasures you get from life."
Robert Emmons Tweet
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
Albert Einstein Tweet
“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
Melody Beattie Tweet
"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 Tweet
"Close your eyes. Fall in love. Stay there."
Rumi Tweet
“Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.”
Lionel Hampton Tweet
"Remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."
Epicurus Tweet
"Remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."
Epicurus Tweet
“Enjoy every moment of the journey, and appreciate where you are at this moment instead of always focusing on how far you have to go."
Mandy Hale Tweet
"True forgiveness is when you can say, “Thank you for that experience”.
Oprah Winfrey Tweet
“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 Tweet
"Gratitude paints little smiley faces on everything it touches."
Richelle E. Goodrich Tweet
“Whatever you appreciate and give thanks for will increase in your life.”
Sanaya Roman Tweet
“Whatever you appreciate and give thanks for will increase in your life.”
Sanaya Roman Tweet
“So much has been given to me; I have no time to ponder over that which has been denied.”
Helen Keller Tweet
“Whatever you appreciate and give thanks for will increase in your life.”
Sanaya Roman Tweet
“Gratitude also opens your eyes to the limitless potential of the universe, while dissatisfaction closes your eyes to it.”
Stephen Richards Tweet
“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.”
Robert Brault Tweet
“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.”
Willie Nelson Tweet
“Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.”
John Wooden Tweet
“Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life.”
Rumi Tweet
“I was complaining that I had no shoes till I met a man who had no feet.”
Confucius Tweet
“There is always something to be thankful for.”
Unknown Tweet
"Life is precious, and when you’ve lost a lot of people, you realize each day is a gift."
Meryl Streep Tweet
The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.”
Dalai Lama Tweet
“God gave you a gift of 84,400 seconds today. Have you used one of them to say thank you?”
William Arthur Ward Tweet
“The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for."
Zig Ziglar Tweet
“In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Tweet
"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses."
Alphonse Karr Tweet
“Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.”
Christiane Northrup Tweet
"If everything were perfect, you would never learn and you would never grow."
Beyoncé Tweet
“Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.”
Doris Day Tweet
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.
Cicero Tweet
I work very hard, and I play very hard. I’m grateful for life. And I live it – I believe life loves the liver of it. I live it.”
Maya Angelou Tweet
"If tragedy never entered our lives, we wouldn’t appreciate the magic."
Nikki Rowe Tweet
“Gratitude opens our eyes to miracles that surround us. Life’s a miracle and a gift. Take every breath in gratitude.”
D. Denise Dianaty Tweet
“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.”
Buddha Tweet
Not all storms come to disrupt your life. Some come to clear your path.
Unknown Tweet
“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”
Oprah Winfrey Tweet
"Once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack."
Germany Kent Tweet
"Life becomes easier and more beautiful when we can see the good in other people."
Roy T. Bennett Tweet
“Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul.”
Amy Collette Tweet
“It is impossible to feel grateful and depressed in the same moment.”
Naomi Williams Tweet
“When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.”
Tony Robbins Tweet
"Losses are easier to point out and count than blessings. Blessings outnumber your losses for they are truly immeasurable."
Suzy Kassem Tweet
“In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have.”
Ralph Marston Tweet
“The struggle ends when gratitude begins.”
Neale Donald Walsch Tweet
"If we never experience the chill of a dark winter, it is very unlikely that we will ever cherish the warmth of a bright summer’s day.
Anthon St. Maarten Tweet
“It’s not possible to experience constant euphoria, but if you’re grateful, you can find happiness in everything.”
Pharrell Williams Tweet
Gratitude opens the door to the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe. You open the door through gratitude.”
Deepak Chopra Tweet
“Gratitude and attitude are not challenges; they are choices.”
Robert Braathe Tweet
"The best way to show my gratitude is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy."
Mother Teresa Tweet
“We have to fill our hearts with gratitude. Gratitude makes everything that we have more than enough.”
Susan L. Taylor Tweet
“Learn to be thankful for what you already have, while you pursue all that you want.”
Jim Rohn Tweet
"We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not."
Audre Lorde Tweet
"Before you get mad of someone, find something he/she did for you that deserves gratitude."
Asmaa Dokmak Tweet
“We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.”
Fredrick Koeing Tweet
“Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals. If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more.”
Roy T. Bennett Tweet
“If you want to find happiness, find gratitude.”
Steve Maraboli Tweet
"we can either see the connections, celebrate them, and express gratitude for our blessings, or we can see life as a string of coincidences that have no meaning or connection.
Mike Ericksen Tweet
"Some people are happy that they have lost one instead of both legs, whereas some are unhappy because they have each lost a toenail."
Mokokoma Mokhonoana Tweet
Life is a series of thousands of tiny little miracles. Notice them.
Unknown Tweet
“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not but rejoices for those which he has.”
Epictetus Tweet
"Nothing feels better than the privilege of being alive. Be grateful for life. Not everyone made it this far."
Gift Gugu Mona Tweet
“Begin and end each day with gratitude and more blessings will flow into your life.”
Damien Thomas Tweet
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”
Thornton Wilder Tweet
“Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves and spend without fear of bankruptcy.”
Fred De Witt Van Amburgh Tweet
“Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why they call it the present.”
Unknown Tweet
“To say thank you, is in recognition of humanity.”
Toni Mont Tweet
“Be grateful for what you have, work hard for what you don’t have.”
Unknown Tweet
“Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.”
Seneca Tweet
“Living in a state of gratitude is the gateway to grace.”
Arianna Huffington Tweet
“The most fortunate are those who have a wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder, and even ecstasy.”
Abraham Maslow Tweet
“Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart.”
Roy T. Bennett Tweet
The secret to having it all is knowing that you already do.
Unknown Tweet
“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 Tweet
“No one who achieves success does so without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.”
Alfred North Whitehead Tweet
“There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.”
Ralph H. Blum Tweet
“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 Tweet
“If you're not thankful for what you've got, You aren't likely to be thankful for what you're going to get.”
Frank A. Clark Tweet
“Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot.”
Hansa proverb Tweet
"Gratitude is one of the sweet shortcuts to finding peace of mind and happiness inside."
Barry Neil Kaufman Tweet
"The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude."
Thornton Wilder Tweet
“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
Marcel Proust Tweet
“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."
Melody Beattie Tweet
“Be thankful for everything that happens in your life; it’s all an experience.”
Roy T. Bennett Tweet
"Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet."
Thich Nhat Hanh Tweet
“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.”
Eckhart Tolle Tweet
“Forget yesterday-it has already forgotten you. Don’t sweat tomorrow–you haven’t even met. Instead, open your eyes and your heart to a truly precious gift–today.”
Steve Maraboli Tweet
“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was “thank you” that would suffice.”
Meister Eckhart Tweet
“In life, one has a choice to take one of two paths: to wait for some special day–or to celebrate each special day.”
Rasheed Ogunlaru Tweet
The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see.”
Mary Davis Tweet
"“Thank you” is the best prayer that anyone could say."
Alice Walker Tweet
“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 Tweet
"That’s the gift of gratitude: to feel it, your ego has to take a backseat."
Oprah Winfrey Tweet
Conclusion
As you can see there are tons of truly inspiring words of wisdom out there. Evidently, these do not only come from spiritual teachers, but also from successful businessmen and celebrities.
Let me know which of these 100 quotes for gratitude and mindfulness you like the most in the comments below!
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