If the past year has taught us anything, it is to appreciate the little things in life. Whether watching the sunset, laughing to a stomachache or listening to your favorite song. Here are forty-five quotes to remind you not to overlook the little things.
“Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.” – Karl Barth
“Nobody who succeeds does so without the help of others. The wise and confident accept this help gratefully. ”- Alfred North Whitehead
“We often take for granted the things that most deserve our gratitude.” – Cynthia Ozick
“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” – Willie Nelson
“Gratitude helps you grow and expand; Gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you. ”- Eileen Caddy
“The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see.” – Mary Davis
“I have no check books, no banks, but I still want to say thank you. I have the sun in the morning and the moon at night. ”- Irving Berlin
“No duty is more urgent than saying thanks.” – James Allen
“Enjoy the little things, because one day you may look back and realize that it was the big things.” – Robert Brault
“Gratitude for the present moment and the fullness of life now is true prosperity.” – Eckhart Tolle
“Gratitude is not always experienced as a natural state of being, we have to work on it, similar to a kind of strength training for the heart.” – Larissa Gomez
“Gratitude will transport you to a higher frequency and you will attract much better things.” – Rhonda Byrne
“One can only say that we are alive in those moments when our hearts are aware of our treasures.” – Thornton Wilder
“Real forgiveness, when you can, is, ‘Thank you for the experience.” – Oprah Winfrey
“As we are grateful, we must never forget that the greatest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” – John F. Kennedy
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a gift and not giving it.” – William Arthur Ward
“When you open your eyes to more of the world around you, your gratitude practice can be profoundly improved.” – Derrick Zimmermann
“Let gratitude be the pillow you kneel on to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good. ”- Maya Angelou
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of all virtues, but the mother of all others.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Gratitude looks to the past and love looks to the present; Fear, avarice, lust and ambition look ahead. ”- CS Lewis
“What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.” – Brené Brown
“Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It frees us from the prison of self-employment. ”- John Ortberg
“Gratitude and attitude are not challenges; they are decisions. “- Robert Braathe
“Gratitude is awe-inspiring … and forever changes the way we experience life and the world.” – John Milton
“Gratitude goes beyond“ mine ”and“ yours ”and asserts the truth that all life is a gift.” – Henri JM Nouwen
“Appreciation can brighten up a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all it takes. ”- Margaret Cousins
“If you focus on finding the good in every situation, you will find that suddenly your life is filled with gratitude, a feeling that nourishes the soul.” – Rabbi Harold Kushner
“Be grateful for what you have; you will have more in the end. If you focus on what you don’t have, you will never have enough.” – Oprah Winfrey
“Gratitude is wealth. Lament is poverty. ”- Doris Day
“When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.” – Anthony Robbins
“If a guy is not grateful for what he has, he is probably not grateful for what he will get either.” – Frank A. Clark
“I owe a lot. I am healthy, happy and loved. ”- Reba McEntire
“The deepest desire in human nature is the need to be valued.” —William James
“Silent gratitude is not very important to anyone.” —Gertrude Stein
“We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also count our blessings” (Neal A. Maxwell)
“Not what we say about our blessings but how we use them is the true measure of our thanksgiving.” —WT Purkiser
“Gratitude gives meaning to our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” —Melody Beattie
“Whatever we expect – peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance – it will surely come to us, but only if we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.” – Sarah Ban Breathnach
“The soul that thanks can find consolation in everything; the complaining soul cannot find solace in anything. ”—Hannah Whitall Smith
“When you eat fruit, think of the one who planted the tree” (Vietnamese proverb)
“I would argue that thanks is the highest form of thinking; and that gratitude is happiness miraculously doubled. ”- GK Chesterton
“For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart every time I meet someone and look at their smile. ”- Elie Wiesel
“I woke up this morning with devout gratitude to my friends, old and new.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Gratitude can turn ordinary days into thanksgiving, turn routine jobs into joy, and turn ordinary opportunities into blessings.” (William Arthur Ward)
“Appreciation is something wonderful. As a result, that which is excellent in others also belongs to us. ”- Voltaire
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