It’s so easy for us to get caught up in things and to forget what we’re grateful for. Not only does this have an effect on our happiness, but it has a much larger impact on our lives.
Focus on gratitude daily and notice the huge change in your attitude and the events in your life.
In his book, “The Science of Getting Rich,” Wallace D. Wattles says “There is a Law of Gratitude, and it is absolutely necessary that you should observe the law, if you are to get the results you seek” (here’s the plus one). We’ve put together this list of 23 plus 1 quotes about gratitude for you to enjoy:
- “When you are grateful fear disappears and abundance appears.” ~ Tony Robbins
- “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.” ~ Albert Einstein
- “Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.” ~ François Duc de La Rochefoucauld
- “If the only prayer you say in your life is thank you, that would suffice.” ~ Meister Eckhart
- “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”~ G.K. Chesterton
- “Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.” ~ Christiane Northrup
- “Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
- “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” ~ Epictetus
- “Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.” ~ Doris Day
- “Whatever we think about and thank about we bring about.” ~ Dr John F Demartini
- “Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.” ~ Christiane Northrup
- “Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.” ~ Buddha
- “The grateful mind is constantly fixed upon the best. Therefore it tends to become the best. It takes the form or character of the best, and will receive the best.” ~ Wallace D. Wattles
- “The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher
- “If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily.” ~ Gerald Good
- “Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.” ~ Seneca
- “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” ~ Cicero
- “Everything is a gift. The degree to which we are awake to this truth is a measure of our gratefulness, and gratefulness is a measure of our aliveness.” ~ Brother David Steindl-Rast
- “When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” ~ Lao Tzu
- “Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.” ~ Betty Smith
- “Gratitude is absolutely the way to bring more into your life.” ~ Marci Shimoff
- “Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality.” ~ Alfred Painter
- “If you count all your assets, you always show a profit.” ~ Robert Quillen
I hope you’ve enjoyed these quotes. If you have some of your own, share them in the comments below.


It pays to be appreciative for what you have. It’s the only way to realize you are richer than you may perceive.
It’s so true, Jonathan! It’s amazing how things change for the better when you really focus on being grateful!