Pick up just about any self-help book and it will talk about the importance of gratitude. Why is gratitude so important to cultivating a fuller, richer life? Maybe some of these quotes about gratitude will help you find the answer.
The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.
John E. Southard
In a world where revenge seems to be a way of life, this gives you a different way to think about it. But what does this have to do with gratitude? It shifts your focus from trying to get even with those who have hurt you to being so grateful to those who helped you that you want to help them.
If a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful for what he’s going to get.
Frank A. Clark
This quote about gratitude is a key element. No matter how little you may have, be grateful for it. If you go around complaining all the time about what is not working in your life, you are likely to get more of the same. On the other hand, if you go around being grateful for what you do have all the time, you are likely to get more abundance.
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
Eric Hoffer, Reflections On The Human Condition
Why is it that sometimes it is hard to see the many wonderful things we have in our life? It can help to sit down and make a list of everything you are grateful for. Don’t forget to count the little things like the beauty of a rose in full bloom and feeling the warmth of the sun on your face. Count everything that you have to be grateful for.
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
This is all about putting your gratitude into action. It is nice to say “thank you” to someone for helping you. But it is more powerful to act on your gratitude by helping them in return or by doing something special for that person. It is not enough to say that we are grateful, we must perform actions that express our gratitude.
Gratitude is an art of painting an adversity into a lovely picture.
Kak Sri
This one can be challenging. How do you find something to be grateful for in something that is awful? Maybe it is being grateful for the strength you have to get through it. Maybe it is being grateful for the lessons you have learned from going through it. Look for the blessing in the bad things that happen.
Quotes source: “Quotations about Gratitude,” Quote Garden