30 Famous Quotes To Inspire Gratitude This Holiday Season

August 19, 2022

Are you one of those people who always says “I’m going to start a gratitude journal,”, so you do and write in it diligently it for like three days, and then forget all about it, and then you find the journal under your bed covered in dust six months later and the cycles starts all over? 


No?


Just us…?


ANYWHO. We think we could all use a little more gratitude in our lives. Even you perfect people who can keep gratitude journals for more than three days.

‘Tis the season for taking the time to reflect on everything we are grateful for – both big and small! Here are some quotes to help inspire you. If you love them, please include us in your gratitude journal tonight. Please & thank you. 


Also, you’re welcome. 


  1. “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
  2. “There’s nothing nicer than unexpected appreciation. If you’re grateful, get a pen.” – Helen Ellis
  3. “I am happy because I’m grateful. I choose to be grateful. That gratitude allows me to be happy.” – Will Arnet
  4. “Live a life full of humility, gratitude, intellectual curiosity, and never stop learning.” – GZA
  5.  “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

6.  “Always have an attitude of gratitude.” – Sterling K. Brown


7.  “We learned about gratitude and humility – that so many people had a hand in our success.” – Michelle Obama



​​8.  “I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

9.    “Everything we do should be a result of our gratitude for what God has done for us.” – Lauryn Hill



10. “When I pray, I always thank Mother Nature for all the beauty in the world. It’s about having an attitude of gratitude.” – Miranda Kerr


11.  “Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.” – Doris Day


12.  “For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile.” – Elie Weisel


13.  “Reflect upon your present blessings—of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” – Charles Dickens


14.  “Strive to find things to be thankful for, and just look for the good in who you are.” – Bethany Hamilton


15.  “When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself.” – Tecumseh


16.  “I think gratitude is a big thing. It puts you in a place where you’re humble.” – Andra Day


17.  “This is a wonderful day. I have never seen this one before.” – Maya Angelou


18.  “Be grateful in your own hearts. That suffices. Thanksgiving has wings and flies to its right destination.” – Victor Hugo


19.   “I have a lot to be thankful for. I am healthy, happy and I am loved.” – Reba McEntire



20.  “Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” – Voltaire





21.  “For my part, I am almost contented just now, and very thankful. Gratitude is a divine emotion: it fills the heart, but not to bursting; it warms it, but not to fever.” – Charlotte Bronte


22. “When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” – Willie Nelson

23. “It’s a funny thing about life, 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


24.  “Silent gratitude isn’t very much to anyone.” – Gertrude Stein


25.  “The heart that gives thanks is a happy one, for we cannot feel thankful and unhappy at the same time.” – Douglas Wood

26.  Enough is a feast.” – Buddhis Proverb


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


28.  “I can no other answer make, but, thanks, And thanks, and ever thanks.” – William Shakespeare


29.  “Wear gratitude like a cloak, and it will feed every corner of your life.” – Rumi


30.  “What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.” – Brene Brown


And, here’s something else to be thankful for. We have available units for rent in Downtown Los Angeles, Koreatown, and Hollywood. 


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