Gratitude is a powerful emotion – one that can easily shift our perspective and remind us just how much we have to be thankful for in our lives. Expressing gratitude is believed to bring about positive change and cultivate our inner strength. 

To celebrate this wonderful feeling, we’ve compiled 100 timeless quotes on the power of gratitude so we can all take a moment to appreciate the many blessings that may come our way each day.

Let’s dive in and explore the inspiring words from some of the wisest minds throughout history!

1. Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, and confusion into clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.-Melody Beattie
2. Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul. -Amy Collette
3. Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses. -Alphonse Karr
4. The heart that gives thanks is a happy one, for we cannot feel thankful and unhappy at the same time. -Douglas Wood
5. Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is. –Ernest Hemingway
6. The only people with whom you should try and get even are those who helped you. -John E. Southard
7. Got no checkbooks, got no banks, but still, Id likes to express my thanks. I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night. -Irving Berlin
8. There is something that happens when you are grateful: You continue to keep receiving blessings. So I will always be grateful. -Chrissy Metz
9. The soul that gives thanks can find comfort in everything; the soul that complains can find comfort in nothing. -Hannah Whitall Smith
10. 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 for those who have lighted the flame within us. – Albert Schweitzer
11. 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
12. Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. – Thich Nhat Hanh
13. Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation. -John Ortberg
14. Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. -Charles Dickens
15. When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears. -Anthony Robbins
16. A grateful heart is the beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being. -James E. Faust 
17. Gratitude is the fairest blossom that springs from the soul. –Henry Ward Beecher
18. 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
19. There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy. -Ralph H. Blum
20. Don’t let negativity from yesterday dull the sparkle of today.  – Doreen Virtue
21. Gratitude looks to the Past and loves to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead. -C.S. Lewis
22. Most onus never stops to consider our blessings; rather, we spend the day only thinking about our problems. But since you have to be alive to have problems, be grateful for the opportunity to have them. -Bernie Siegel
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. Gratitude turns what we have into enough. –Anonymous
25. Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul. –Amy Collette
26. If you believe it will work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you believe it won’t, youll see obstacles. –Wayne Dyer
27. The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. -William Blake
28. Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. -Marcel Proust
29. Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. -Robert Brault
30. Strive to find things to be thankful for, and just look for the good in who you are. -Bethany Hamilton
31. Whatever we are waiting for – peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance – it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart. -Sarah Ban Breathnach
32. When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around. -Willie Nelson
33. Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. -Robert Brault
34. Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck. – Dalai Lama
35. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. – Melody Beattie
36. The heart that gives thanks is a happy one, for we cannot feel thankful and unhappy at the same time. -Douglas Wood
37. If you truly get in touch with a piece of carrot, you can get in touch with the soil, the rain, and the sunshine. You get in touch with Mother Earth and eat it in such a way, you feel in touch with true life, your roots, and that is meditation. If you chew every morsel of our food in that way we become grateful and when you are grateful, you are happy. -Thich Nhat Hanh
38. No one who achieves success does so without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. -Alfred North Whitehead
39. 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. -Rabbi Harold Kushner
40. Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts. – Henri Frederic Amiel
41. Learn to be thankful for what you already have, while you pursue all that you want.  – Jim Rohn
42. Exercise is about being grateful for the body you have and sustaining the life you have. -Nicole Ari Parker
43. The way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. -Charles Schwab
44. No duty is more urgent than giving thanks. -James Allen
45. 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
46. Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn, or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude. – Denis Waitley
47. If you have someone in your life that you are grateful for – someone to whom you want to write another heartfelt, slanted, misspelled thank you note – do it. Tell them they made you feel loved and supported. That they made you feel like you belonged somewhere and that you were not a freak. Tell them all of that. Tell them today. -Lisa Jakub
48. Gratitude turns what we have into enough and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, and confusion into clarity…it makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. -Melody Beattie
49. Joy is the simplest form of gratitude. – Karl Barth
50. If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share. -W. Clement Stone
51. Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. -William Arthur Ward
52. What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude. – Brené Brown
53. When eating fruit, remember the one who planted the tree. -Vietnamese Proverb
54. Be grateful in your own hearts. That suffices. Thanksgiving has wings and flies to its right destination. -Victor Hugo
55. No one who achieves success does so without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. – Alfred North Whitehead
56. I believe that if you don’t derive a deep sense of purpose from what you do, if you don’t radiantly alive several times a day, if you don’t feel deeply grateful for the tremendous good fortune that has been bestowed on you, then you are wasting your life. And life is too short to be wasted. -Srikumar Rao
57. Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. -Robert Brault
58. No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. -James Allen
59. Sometimes we spend so much time and energy thinking about where we want to go that we don’t notice where we happen to be. – Dan Gutman
60. 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
61. If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough. -Meister Eckhart
62. I think gratitude is a big thing. It puts you in a place where you’re humble. -Andra Day
63. A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues. -Cicero
64. The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low. -Richard Carlson
65. No duty is more urgent than giving thanks. -James Allen
66. Gratitude also opens your eyes to the limitless potential of the universe, while dissatisfaction closes your eyes to it. -Stephen Richards
67. Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines. – Leroy Satchel Paige
68. Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind. – Lionel Hampton
69. Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others. – Marcus Tullius Cicero
70. I feel a very unusual sensation – if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude. -Benjamin Disraeli
71. Gratitude and attitude are not challenges; they are choices. -Robert Braathe
72. We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. –Cynthia Ozick
73. Never take anything for granted. -Benjamin Disraeli
74. The real gift of gratitude is that the more grateful you are, the more present you become. – Robert Holden
75. Everything we do should be a result of our gratitude for what God has done for us.-Lauryn Hill
76. I truly believe 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. For me, I’m going to believe in miracles, celebrate life, rejoice in the views of eternity, and hope my choices will create a positive ripple effect in the lives of others. This is my choice. -Mike Ericksen
77. 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
78. You cannot do kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
79. Reflect upon your present blessings – of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. -Charles Dickens
80. When you are grateful, fear disappears, and abundance appears. -Tony Robbins
81. Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. -Eckhart Tolle
82. Always have an attitude of gratitude. -Sterling K. Brown
83. With an undefended heart, we can fall in love with life over and over every day. We can become children of wonder, grateful to be walking on earth, grateful to belong to each other and to all of creation. We can find our true refuge in every moment, in every breath.-Tara Brach
84. We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. -Cynthia Ozick
85. Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty. -Doris Day
86. I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. –Gilbert C. Chesterton
87. The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated. -William James
88. Love yourself a little extra right now. You’re evolving, learning, healing, growing, and discovering yourself all at once. It’s about to get magical for you. – Idil Ahmed
89. 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
90. We learned about gratitude and humility – that so many people had a hand in our success.-Michelle Obama
91. A single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer. -Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 
92. Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for. -Zig Ziglar
93. You cannot do kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
94. When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around. -Willie Nelson
95. We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count. -Neal A. Maxwell
96. I learned a long time ago, the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side. -Maya Angelou
97. Always have an attitude of gratitude. -Sterling K. Brown
98. The struggle ends when gratitude begins. -Neale Donald Wash 
99. I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. -Gilbert K. Chesterson
100. I am happy because I’m grateful. I choose to be grateful. That gratitude allows me to be happy. -Will Arnett
101. Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give. -Edwin Arlington Robinson
102. When gratitude becomes an essential foundation in our lives, miracles start to appear everywhere. -Emmanuel Dagher
103. Live a life full of humility, gratitude, and intellectual curiosity, and never stop learning. -GZA

Gratitude is an emotion so powerful and beneficial to us in our daily lives. It can bring positive changes to not only yourself but also to others around you, even though it may sometimes be difficult to express.

Having an attitude of gratitude helps us slow down and appreciate the life we have been blessed with. Enjoying the little things, and learning from life’s harshest moments teaches us that being thankful for what we do have leads to a happier way of living each day.

Gratitude is so important, as 100 quotes about this beautiful emotion suggest, and should be something we strive to maintain in our lives no matter the challenge we face.