1000 Words of Gratitude

 

Have you ever wanted to say a heartfelt thank you, but couldn’t find the right words?  Below are more than 1000 words of gratitude (1278 to be exact).  Share these words with the ones you love.  Let them know what they mean to you. 

Send out a heartfelt THANK YOU!

Be grateful for all you have. 

Appreciate your life as it is today. 

There is always something for which to be grateful.  What are you grateful for?

I am grateful for you.

I send these words to you with gratitude.

Sincerely,

Tywanquila Walker

 

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more... ~ Melody Beattie

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

At times, our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. ~ Albert Schweitzer

Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals. If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more. ~ Roy T. Bennett

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. ~ Epictetus

Being thankful is not always experienced as a natural state of existence, we must work at it, akin to a type of strength training for the heart. ~ Larissa Gomes

When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears. ~ Tony Robbins

What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude. ~ Brené Brown

‘Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding. ~ Alice Walker

Gratitude will shift you to a higher frequency, and you will attract much better things. ~ Rhonda Byrne

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

None is more impoverished than the one who has no gratitude. Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy. ~ Fred De Witt Van Amburgh

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. ~ Thornton Wilder

Gratitude is many things to many people...It is savoring; it is not taking things for granted; it is coping; it is present-oriented.  Gratitude is an antidote to negative emotions, a neutralizer of envy, avarice, hostility, worry, and irritation. ~ Sonja Lyubomirsky

Learn to be thankful for what you already have, while you pursue all that you want. ~ Jim Rohn

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

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. ~ Frank A. Clark

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

You don’t get many chances to pay back what’s been done for you. Take them. ~ Woody Hayes

Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for. ~ Zig Ziglar

In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer

After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations. ~ Oscar Wilde

If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul. ~ Rabbi Harold Kushner

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. ~ Brian Tracy

I looked around and thought about my life. I felt grateful. I noticed every detail. That is the key to time travel. You can only move if you are actually in the moment. You have to be where you are to get where you need to go. ~ Amy Poehler

Gratitude doesn’t change the scenery. It merely washes clean the glass you look through so you can clearly see the colors. ~ Richelle E. Goodrich

When something does not insist on being noticed...we take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. ~ Cynthia Ozick

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude. ~ Denis Waitley

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

The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see. ~ Mary Davis

Reflect upon your present blessings — of which every man has many — not your misfortunes, of which all men have some. ~ Charles Dickens

You complain of seeing roses with thorns;

Me, I rejoice and give thanks to the gods that thorns have roses. ~ Alphonse Karr

When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. And when life is bitter, say thank you and grow. ~ Shauna Niequist

To look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory. ~ Betty Smith

Gratitude opens the door to...the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe. ~ Deepak Chopra

The real gift of gratitude is that the more grateful you are, the more present you become. ~ Robert Holden

Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation. ~ John Ortberg

In life, one has a choice to take one of two paths: to wait for some special day – or to celebrate each special day. ~ Rasheed Ogunlaru

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around. ~ Willie Nelson

As long as this exists, this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can I be sad? ~ Anne Frank

If you don’t appreciate what you have, you may as well not have it. ~ Rosalene Glickman

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart. ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Those with a grateful mindset tend to see the message in the mess. And even though life may knock them down, the grateful find reasons, if even small ones, to get up. ~ Steve Maraboli

I may not be where I want to be but I’m thankful for not being where I used to be. ~ Habeeb Akande

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

The soul that gives thanks can find comfort in everything; the soul that complains can find comfort in nothing. ~ Hannah Whitall Smith

The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy. ~ Henri Nouwen

What you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it. Opportunities, relationships, even money flowed my way when I learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my life. ~ Oprah Winfrey

Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty. ~ Christian Science Hymnal

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them. ~ Marcus Aurelius

Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines. ~ Leroy "Satchel" Paige

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. ~ Epicurus

We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing. ~ Charlotte Whitton

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. ~ William Arthur Ward

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. ~ Robert Brault

No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night. We know that every moment is a moment of grace, every hour an offering… ~ Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel

May the gratitude in my heart kiss all the universe. ~ Hafiz

Today I choose to live with gratitude for the love that fills my heart, the peace that rests within my spirit, and the voice of hope that says all things are possible. ~  Anonymous

There are always flowers for those who want to see them. ~ Henri Matisse

It is not joy that makes us grateful, it is gratitude that makes us joyful. ~ David Steindl-Rast

 

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