Gratitude Quotes

The art of noticing what's already good. These quotes make the case for thankfulness.

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"Contentment is the greatest wealth one can possess."
Locke, John
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"The gratitude of the poor is the riches of the rich."
Locke, John
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"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."
Locke, John
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"The greatest gift is the gift of understanding."
Averroes
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"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."
Averroes
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"Ingratitude is a heavy evil, yet there is no greater gratitude than that which is silent."
Descartes, René
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"The grateful heart sees abundance even in scarcity."
Avicenna
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"Gratitude transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary."
Al-Ghazali
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"Gratitude is the antidote to despair and the gateway to contentment."
Al-Ghazali
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"Praise is the posture of the soul in gratitude."
Augustine of Hippo
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"Every moment has its grace."
Augustine of Hippo
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"Gratitude transforms the heart."
Augustine of Hippo
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"The gratification of natural appetite is justice."
Thomas Aquinas
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"Gratitude toward teachers and those who came before us is a sacred duty."
Averroes
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"To be ungrateful is to be fundamentally irrational and immoral."
Averroes
C
"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others."
Cicero
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"A single act of genuine kindness can transform the trajectory of another's life."
Avicenna
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"Those with grateful hearts always possess more than those with endless desires."
Avicenna
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"The proper response to beauty is appreciation and gratitude."
Thomas Aquinas
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"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."
Epictetus
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"Consider thyself to be dead, and review your life. See how little you have really wanted."
Seneca
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"Let us rise up and be thankful."
Seneca
"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive."
Marcus Aurelius
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"The greater is the debt we owe when the gift comes to us without any deserving."
Augustine of Hippo
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"Gratitude for what we possess opens the door to greater understanding and joy."
Averroes
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"The grateful heart sees abundance where the ungrateful sees only scarcity."
Averroes
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"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others."
Cicero
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"A grateful mind is a great mind."
Cicero
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"Gratitude is the willingness to recognize the unearned increments that one has received."
Thomas Aquinas
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"Every good that man possesses comes from God."
Thomas Aquinas