160 Spiritual Gratitude Quotes

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Famous Spiritual Gratitude Quotes

Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart- rendered to God for his goodness. — Nathaniel Parker Willis

Gratitude is the heart's memory. - Proverbs

Gratitude is the heart's memory. — Proverbs

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world. — John Milton

Gratitude is the sweetest thing in a seeker's life- in all human life. If there is gratitude in your heart, then there will be tremendous sweetness in your eyes. — Sri Chinmoy

Gratitude is the greatest prayer. Thank you is the greatest mantra. - Swami Nithyananda

Gratitude is the greatest prayer. Thank you is the greatest mantra. — Swami Nithyananda

The abundance of a grateful heart gives honor to God even if it does not turn to Him in words. An unbeliever who is filled with thanks for his very being has ceased to be an unbeliever. — Paul Tillich

An attitude of gratitude creates blessings. — John Templeton

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. — Aesop

A thankful heart is the greatest virtue. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Gratitude is the intention to count-your-blessings every day, every minute, while avoiding, whenever possible, the belief that you need or deserve different circumstances. — Timothy Miller

The gratitude ... should be commensurate with the boundless blessings which we enjoy. — James K. Polk

Gratitude bestows reverence.....changing forever how we experience life and the world. — John Milton

Gratitude is the first sign of a thinking, rational creature. - Solanus Casey

Gratitude is the first sign of a thinking, rational creature. — Solanus Casey

Gratitude takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder. — Thomas Merton

Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind. - Lionel Hampton

Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind. — Lionel Hampton

Short Spiritual Gratitude Quotes

  • A state of mind that sees God in everything is evidence of growth in grace and a thankful heart. — Charles Grandison Finney
  • Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty. — Doris Day
  • A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer. — Gotthold Lessing
  • Join me in the pure atmosphere of gratitude for life. — Hafez
  • Gratitude is the key to manifesting abundance. — Gary Brecka
  • A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer. — Doris Lessing
  • Gratitude is a wonderful way to draw more beauty into your life. — Katrina Mayer
  • Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy. — Jacques Maritain
  • The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart. — Plutarch
  • A moment of gratitude makes a difference in your attitude. — Bruce Wilkinson

Spiritual Gratitude Image Quotes

Spiritual gratitude quote Look back and be grateful, look ahead and be hopeful, look around and be helpful.
Look back and be grateful, look ahead and be hopeful, look around and be helpful.

Inspirational Quotes

Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there. — David Bowie

One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life. — Kahlil Gibran

Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly - Paulo Coelho

Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly — Paulo Coelho

Spiritual gratitude quote Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals.
Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. — Helen Keller

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds — Paul the Apostle

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader. — John Quincy Adams

Spiritual gratitude quote Today I look at all the positive things in my life, and I am grateful for them.
Today I look at all the positive things in my life, and I am grateful for them.

If God is for us, who can be against us? — Paul the Apostle

The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE. — Winston Churchill

I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them. — Madam C. J. Walker

Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day — Alice Morse Earle

Gratitude Quotes

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not. - Epicurus

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not. — Epicurus

Happiness doesn't depend on what we have, but it does depend on how we feel toward what we have. We can be happy with little and miserable with much. — William D. Hoard

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. — Deepak Chopra

Be grateful for challenges because... Had there been no difficulties and no thorns in the way, then [each woman and] man would have been in his primitive state and no progress made in civilisation and mental culture. — Anandi Gopal Joshi

Let us remember the past with gratitude, live the present with enthusiasm, and look forward to the future with confidence. — Pope John Paul II

Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because the regret is stronger than gratitude. — Anne Frank

If our religion is based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our religion is based on wonder, our chief emotion will be gratitude. — Carl Jung

If you aim for only wealth, beauty, fame, & power, you aim too low. Humility, gentleness, gratitude, & service is aiming high. — LeCrae

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

Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart. — Zig Ziglar

Thankfulness And Gratitude Quotes

I try hard to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion we can ever know. — Bill W.

Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours. — Marcus Aurelius

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. — Robert Breault

Before and after practicing Judo or engaging in a match, opponents bow to each other. Bowing is an expression of gratitude and respect. In effect, you are thanking your opponent for giving you the opportunity to improve your technique. — Kano Jigoro

This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before. — Maya Angelou

The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful. — David Steindl-Rast

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

Reflect upon your present blessings - Charles Dickens

Reflect upon your present blessings — Charles Dickens

Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude. — A. A. Milne

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy. — Marcel Proust

Deep Gratitude Quotes

A desire to kneel down sometimes pulses through my body, or rather it is as if my body has been meant and made for the act of kneeling. Sometimes, in moments of deep gratitude, kneeling down becomes an overwhelming urge, head deeply bowed, hands before my face. — Etty Hillesum

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. — Alfred North Whitehead

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

Think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flames within us. — Albert Schweitzer

Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep. — Felix Frankfurter

If we perceived life with reverence, we would stand in awe at the experience of physical life and walk the earth in a very deep sense of gratitude. — Gary Zukav

Things which provide deep and lasting happiness and gratitude are the things which money cannot buy: our families, the gospel, good friends, our health, our abilities, the love we receive from those around us. — Thomas S. Monson

There are moments on most days when I feel a deep and sincere gratitude, when I sit at the open window, and there is a blue sky or moving clouds. — KaThe Kollwitz

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. — Oprah Winfrey

I have such a fantastic life that I feel an overwhelming sense of gratitude for it. . . . But I don't have anyone to express my gratitude to. This is a void deep inside me, a void of wanting someone to thank, and I don't see any plausible way of filling it. — Bart D. Ehrman

Expressing Gratitude Quotes

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

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. — William Arthur Ward

'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

Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but wise men appreciate and are grateful. Wise men try to express their appreciation and gratitude by some return of kindness, not only to their benefactor, but to everyone else — Buddha

If ingratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes its place among the noblest of virtues. — Thomas S. Monson

Expand the number of things you’re grateful for and the people you express your gratitude to. This will quickly take on powerful momentum. — Dan Sullivan

I can’t begin to express how remarkable it feels to finally love who I am enough to pursue my authentic self. — Elliot Page

Prayer becomes more meaningful as we counsel with the Lord in all of our doings, as we express heartfelt gratitude, and as we pray for others. — David A. Bednar

The more we express our gratitude to God for our blessings, the more he will bring to our mind other blessings. The more we are aware of to be grateful for, the happier we become. — Ezra Taft Benson

O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness! — William Shakespeare

Attitude Of Gratitude Quotes

Fill your hearts with love and gratitude. Life gives us what we need and not necessarily what we want. It follows its own wisdom, which is often incomprehensible to our gross minds. We should learn to accept situations in life. This attitude of acceptance is the secret to happiness. — Mata Amritanandamayi

Wealth can also be that attitude of gratitude with which we remind ourselves everyday to count our blessings. — Chris Gardner

Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude. — Maya Angelou

Movement should be approached like life - with enthusiasm, joy and gratitude - for movement is life, and life is movement, and we get out of it what we put into it. — Ron Fletcher

Practicing an attitude of gratitude spills over to acts of generosity. — Debbie Macomber

Of all the 'attitudes' we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important and by far the most life-changing. — Zig Ziglar

The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one’s freedoms is to choose ones attitude in any given circumstance. — Viktor E. Frankl

If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want. — Oscar Wilde

You are in charge of your own attitude whatever others do or circumstances you face. The only person you can control is yourself...worry more about your attitude than your aptitude or lineage. — Marian Wright Edelman

An attitude of gratitude creates blessings. Help yourself by helping others. You have the most powerful weapons on earth - love and prayer. — John Templeton

Love And Gratitude Quotes

If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans. — James Herriot

Feelings of love and gratitude arise directly and spontaneously in the baby in response to the love and care of his mother. — Melanie Klein

I have noticed that the Universe loves gratitude. The more grateful you are, the more goodies you get. When I say 'goodies', I don't mean only material things. I mean all the people, places and experiences that make life so wonderfully worth living. — Louise Hay

We love Foxwoods. They have always been good to us and we have filmed our TV show there. — Joe Gatto

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. — W. T. Purkiser

When I saw this painting, I was struck with so much excitement and gratitude for my love of art. — Yusaku Maezawa

Prayer is an aspiration of the heart, it is a simple glance directed to heaven, it is a cry of gratitude and love in the midst of trail as well as joy; finally, it is something great, supernatural, which expands my soul and unites me to Jesus. — Therese of Lisieux

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

Be grateful, for gratitude can bring life to life, it can turn a meal to a feast, resentment to love, a grudge to forgiveness, an enemy to a friend, a disease to hope, and you to enough. — Steven Bartlett

Every breath we draw is a gift of God's love; every moment of existence is a grace. — Thomas Merton

Showing Gratitude Quotes

Don’t complain; just work harder. — Randy Pausch

Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other. — Randy Pausch

Blessings sometimes show up in unrecognizable disguises. — Janette Oke

The Prince, charmed with these words, and much more with the manner in which they were spoken, knew not how to show his joy and gratitude; he assured her that he loved her better than he did himself. — Charles Perrault

I’ve got talent from my gut and I did my job to show to everyone that I’m simply the best. — Joanna Jedrzejczyk

Showing gratitude for the good things you have is the most powerful happiness boosting activity there is. — Eric Barker

I want to show to everyone that I am simply the best. — Joanna Jedrzejczyk

Achievement and abundance show up because they’re the natural outcomes of doing the right things with no limits attached. — Gary Keller

Show me a manager who ignores the power of praise, and I will show you a lousy manager. — Michael Abrashoff

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. — Theodore Roosevelt

Thankful Gratitude Quotes

May your heart be an altar, from which the bright flame of unending thanksgiving ascends to heaven. — Mary Euphrasia Pelletier

God much are the truly wealthy. So our inner happiness depends not on what we experience but on the degree of our gratitude to God, Gratitude — the Secret of Life. — Albert Schweitzer

If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul — Harold S. Kushner

Whatever happens in your life, no matter how troubling things might seem, do not enter the neighborhood of despair. Even when all doors remain closed, God will open up a new path only for you. Be thankful! — Elif Safak

Real life isn't always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgement of what is working in our lives can help us not only to survive but surmount our difficulties. — Sarah Ban Breathnach

I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God. — Helen Keller

We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count. — Neal A. Maxwell

Many people achieve success, but to sustain the same over an entire lifetime requires humility, gratitude, and a constant learning mind-set. — Gautam Baid

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. — Thornton Wilder

If you’re unable to reward, then make sure to thank. — Arabic Proverbs

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More Spiritual Gratitude Quotes

During the year 1957, I experienced, by the grace of God, a spiritual awakening which was to lead me to a richer, fuller, more productive life. At that time, in gratitude, I humbly asked to be given the means and privilege to make others happy through music. I feel this has been granted through His grace. ALL PRAISE TO GOD. — John Coltrane

No matter our circumstances, no matter our challenges or trials, there is something in each day to embrace and cherish. There is something in each day that can bring gratitude and joy if only we will see and appreciate it. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

There are days when we can bring before God...laughter of joy and gratitude. There will be other days when we can only muster a bitter, angry complaint. Be confident that God will accept whatever we lift up before him, and he will make it serve his purpose and our good. — Gardner C. Taylor

One regret dear world, that I am determined not to have when I am lying on my deathbed is that I did not kiss you enough. — Hafez

The heart is always the place to go. Go home into your heart, where there is warmth, appreciation, gratitude and contentment — Ayya Khema

You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you. — Sarah Ban Breathnach

Ask yourself whose voice are you listening to? What you see in me is the result of prayer and hard work and obedience to the voice of God. — Folorunsho Alakija

The more I hold myself close and fully embrace who I am, the more I thrive. — Elliot Page

Bodily and spiritual affliction are the surest sign of Divine predilection. Gratitude for suffering is a precious jewel for our heavenly crown... Man should always firmly believe that God sends just that trial which is most beneficial for him. — Gertrude the Great

Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise then you will discover the fullness of your life. — David Steindl-Rast

I want to tell someone here today, that just as He (God) singled me out to bless in all areas of my life, He will do that same to you: if you listen to His voice. — Folorunsho Alakija

I never fight for the money, this is about my heart, this is about my spirit, this is about where I am from. — Khabib Nurmagomedov

I’d never say I will stay at Spurs for the rest of my career, I would never say that I would leave Spurs. — Harry Kane

What you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it. — Oprah Winfrey

True salvation is freedom from negativity. — Eckhart Tolle

Gratitude is an attitude that hooks us up to our source of supply. And the more grateful you are, the closer you become to your maker, to the architect of the universe, to the spiritual core of your being. It's a phenomenal lesson. — Bob Proctor

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. — Melody Beattie

The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust — not only for all the gifts that I receive from God, but gratitude for all the suffering. Because in that purifying experience, suffering has often been the shortest path to intimacy with God. — Brennan Manning

Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality. — Alfred Agache

Coming to a team like the Spurs, you’re automatically going to learn how to play the game the right way. — Kawhi Leonard

Humility and gratitude go hand in hand... Awareness increases so that we become grateful for everything we are given. We have to learn, literally learn, to be grateful for what we receive day by day, simply to balance the criticism that day by day we voice because of powerful emotions. — Sivananda Radha Saraswati

Those who are Awake live in a state of constant amazement. — Jack Kornfield

Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road. — John Henry Jowett

If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery of things. — Fyodor Dostoevsky

It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up. — Eckhart Tolle

Constantly apply cheerfulness, if for no other reason than because you are on this spiritual path. Have a sense of gratitude to everything, even difficult emotions, because of their potential to wake you up. — Pema Chodron

Spiritual growth is more than procedure, it’s a wild search for God in the midst of the tangled jungle of our souls, a search for which involves a volatile mix of messy reality, wild freedom, frustrating stuckness, increasing slowness and a healthy dose of gratitude — Mike Yaconelli

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live in every experience, painful or joyous, to live in gratitude for every moment, to live abundantly. — Dorothy Thompson

What you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it. Opportunities, relationships, even money flowed my way when I learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my life. — Oprah Winfrey

The movement of grace toward gratitude brings us from the package of self-obsessed madness to a spiritual awakening. — Anne Lamott

Gratefulness is the great task, the how of our spiritual work, because, rightly understood, it re-roots us. — David Steindl-Rast

The most meaningful and spiritual prayers I have experienced contained many expressions of thanks and few, if any, requests. — David A. Bednar

The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust — Brennan Manning

...I learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my life! — Oprah Winfrey

There is a definite link between gratitude and spirituality. — Elaine L. Jack

Gratefulness makes us aware of the gift and makes us happy. As long as we take things for granted they don't make us happy. Gratefulness is the key to happiness. Practicing gratitude is so central to my spirituality. — David Steindl-Rast

Gratitude is the open door to abundance. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi

Wilderness has been characterized as barren and unproductive; little can be grown in its sand and rock. But the crops of wilderness have always been its spiritual values - silence and solitude, a sense of awe and gratitude - able to be harvested by any traveler who visits. — David Douglas

The sense of gratitude produces true spiritual alchemy, makes us magnanimous - large souled. — Sam Keen

Self-awareness and healthy self-love go hand in hand. When we love what God has given us and share it with others naturally and without expectations for gratitude we are truly people who have spiritual self-confidence and compassion; and isn't that a great way to live? — Robert J. Wicks

All moments are beautiful, only you have to be receptive and surrendering. All moments are blessings, only you have to be capable of seeing. All moments are benedictions. If you accept with a deep gratitude, nothing ever goes wrong. — Osho

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