To say, 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.

When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.

Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.

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.

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

Of all the characteristics needed for both a happy and morally decent life, none surpasses gratitude. Grateful people are happier, and grateful people are more morally decent.

Gratitude is one of the strongest and most transformative states of being. It shifts your perspective from lack to abundance and allows you to focus on the good in your life, which in turn pulls more goodness into your reality.

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.

I don't need a holiday or a feast to feel grateful for my children, the sun, the moon, the roof over my head, music, and laughter, but I like to take this time to take the path of thanks less traveled.

We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean... and we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect.

Give yourself a gift of five minutes of contemplation in awe of everything you see around you. Go outside and turn your attention to the many miracles around you. This five-minute-a-day regimen of appreciation and gratitude will help you to focus your life in awe.

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

I try to be grateful for the abundance of the blessings that I have, for the journey that I'm on and to relish each day as a gift.

Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

Greet every morning with open arms and say thanks every night with a full heart. Each day is a precious gift to be savored and used, not left unopened and hoarded for a future that may never come.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

Every one of our greatest national treasures, our liberty, enterprise, vitality, wealth, military power, global authority, flow from a surprising source: our ability to give thanks.

There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise.

None of us got to where we are alone. Whether the assistance we received was obvious or subtle, acknowledging someone's help is a big part of understanding the importance of saying thank you.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

By taking the time to stop and appreciate who you are and what you've achieved - and perhaps learned through a few mistakes, stumbles and losses - you actually can enhance everything about you. Self-acknowledgment and appreciation are what give you the insights and awareness to move forward toward higher goals and accomplishments.

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.

Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.

'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.

Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.

A smart manager will establish a culture of gratitude. Expand the appreciative attitude to suppliers, vendors, delivery people, and of course, customers.

Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.

On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver.

Everything we do should be a result of our gratitude for what God has done for us.

When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude.

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.

Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving.

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.

Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude.

I believe gratitude leads to happiness.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it.

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

Goodness and hard work are rewarded with respect.

When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.

When someone saves your life and gives you life, there's gratitude, humility; there's a time you've been so blessed you realize you've been given another chance at life that maybe you did or didn't deserve.

Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.

Tonight I should like to thank all those who have shared my work and to acknowledge the debt that I owe to my wife whose encouragement to put research before all other things has been a great strength to me.

When you are grateful - when you can see what you have - you unlock blessings to flow in your life.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by 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.

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

It was a lovely opportunity for the first time in my whole career to stand up and thank people who are really responsible for me getting to realize my dreams.

Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.

When we take time to notice the things that go right - it means we're getting a lot of little rewards throughout the day.

We think the ability to rattle off people you are grateful to and thankful to is often sort of a proxy for openness to learning from others.

When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.

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.

A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

When you view your world with an attitude of gratitude, you are training yourself to focus on the good in life.

To find gratitude and generosity when you could reasonably find hurt and resentment will surprise you. It will be so surprising because you will see so much of the opposite: people who have much more than others yet who react with anger when one advantage is lost or with resentment when an added gift is denied.

The simple act of saying 'thank you' is a demonstration of gratitude in response to an experience that was meaningful to a customer or citizen.

The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low.