“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 is a muscle — the more you use it, the stronger it gets. These quotes explore the habit of noticing what is good, saying thank you, and the research-backed connection between gratitude and genuine well-being.
“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.”
“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.”
“I feel so thankful that I'm able to be a part of something that I love to wake up and run to work every day.”
“Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.”
“I'm very thankful to be doing what I'm doing. I feel very blessed.”
“The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.”
“No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.”
“When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author.”
“I'm thankful for weird people out there 'cause they're some of the most creative people.”
“If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.”
“I'm thankful for the work that feminists like Gloria Steinem have done. I am a feminist, but the geography for women today is vastly different than it was in the '60s.”
“If I can do one hundredth part for the Indian that Mrs. Stowe did for the Negro, I will be thankful.”
“If I could write a story that would do for the Indian one-hundredth part what 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' did for the Negro, I would be thankful the rest of my life.”
“Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. I'm thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do.”
“I'm thankful for serendipitous moments in my life, where things could've gone the other way.”
“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.”