To Be Thankful For Quotes

#1. Strive to find things to be thankful for, and just look for the good in who you are!

Bethany Hamilton

#2. I learned at an early age that every breath that we take is borrowed. We need to be thankful for our life and never take it for granted.

DeLisha Milton-Jones

#3. You can also look at your body and think about how the blood flows and the fact that your body is in constant renewal. It is a miracle of creation happening within you every second of the day. This is something to be thankful for.

Celso Cukierkorn

#4. If I'm not working, I have home time with my family, and if I spend that stressing what's going to happen next, then it's a waste. I have a lot to be thankful for.

Ewen Bremner

#5. And though age and infirmity overtake me, and I come not within sight of the castle of my dreams, teach me still to be thankful for life, and for time's olden memories that are good and sweet; and may the evening's twilight find me gentle still.

Max Ehrmann

#6. Thanksgiving is an attitude that must be rooted in the 'gift of life' if we ever hope to be thankful for the 'gifts' of life.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

#7. I cannot but think we have much to be thankful for, and more still to hope for in the future.

Winston Churchill

#8. As she realized what might have been, she grew to be thankful for what was.

Elizabeth Gaskell

#9. This morning I woke up, how blessed I am
Eyes to see, a voice to speak
Words to read and love to feel?
If this isn't something to be thankful for, I'm not sure what is.

Nikki Rowe

#10. We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.

Albert Barnes

#11. Life is too short to not to be grateful for every moment we are alive.Today I have so much to be thankful for.

Demi Lovato

#12. A person doesn't know how much he has to be thankful for until he has to pay taxes on it.

Ann Landers

#13. Thank God it has rained all day. I say thank God, though rain is no rarity, because it is the duty of every man to be thankful for whatever happens by the will of the Omnipotent Creator; yet it was not so agreeable to any of my party as a fine day would have been.

John James Audubon

#14. Everything is a present. Everything. This I learned to be thankful for everything.

Alice Herz-Sommer

#15. Never again should you wonder what you have to be thankful for.

Rick Warren

#16. So often we are depressed by what remains to be done and forget to be thankful for all that has been done.

Marian Wright Edelman

#17. Forgiveness - this needs to be our greatest skill. The way to get good at forgiveness is: to be thankful for all the little things you see in the other person.

Tony Robbins

#18. The Universe loves a grateful person. The more you thank Life, the more Life will give you to be thankful for.

Louise Hay

#19. A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life, to be thankful for a good one.

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

#20. He has seen enough of daily evil to be thankful for small goods that come his way.

Bernard Pomerance

#21. Mother used to say that however miserable one is, there's always something to be thankful for. And each morning, when the sky brightened and light began to flood my cell, I agreed with her.

Albert Camus

#22. All I have to be thankful for in this world is that I was sitting down when my garter busted.

Dorothy Parker

#23. Have the wisdom to perceive all there is to be thankful for, and then be thankful for the wisdom to perceive things so clearly.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#24. Yossarian decided to change the subject. "Now you're changing the subject." he pointed out diplomatically. "I'll bet I can name two things to be miserable about for every one you can name to be thankful for.

Joseph Heller

#25. Life is a gift. We don't earn it. We don't own it. Learn to be thankful for the time that you have.

Joshua David Swift

#26. It is always possible to be thankful for what is given rather than to complain about what is not given. One or the other becomes a habit of life.

Elisabeth Elliot

#27. One of the things we have to be thankful for is that we don't get as much government as we pay for.

Charles Kettering

#28. While there are many problems, if one focuses on the bigger picture there are numerous reasons to be thankful for living in a time of remarkable progress and wonderful possibilities for the future.

John Templeton

#29. I like to remember what I have to be thankful for. When it gets bad, I usually list them out loud to my wife and myself. Helps me maintain a balanced perspective.

Allen Evangelista

#30. There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way.

Jim Rohn

#31. To be thankful for just being alive...To survive means to win... That only applies to animals, but I'm a human being!

Nobuyuki Fukumoto

#32. One Life is about realizing there's no second chances in this one life that we were given to live. So we need to be thankful for all we have. Work hard for what we want and love one another no matter the difference.

Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#33. When you stop putting your focus on the bad things in your life and instead begin to be thankful for the good, your life will become more and more abundant. If

Sandra Leon

#34. Even with our differences There is a place we're all connected Each of us can find each other's light, There's so much to be thankful for.

Josh Groban

#35. It's amazing how the more thankful I am, the more things I get to be thankful for.

Jeanette Coron

#36. We don't need more to be thankful for, we just need to be more thankful.

Carlos Castaneda

#37. At spare moments in the day, make it a point to contemplate the loss of whatever you value in life. It can make you realize, if only for a time, how lucky you are - how much you have to be thankful for, almost regardless of your circumstances ...

William Braxton Irvine

#38. Thanksgiving being thankful or grateful results in more to be thankful for.

John Templeton

#39. If we take the time, no matter how crazy and troubled we feel, we can find something to be thankful for.

Terry Taylor

#40. Even if it is just one thing or person you have to be thankful for, that is enough.

Jaycee Dugard

#41. While it is best to believe in oneself, a little more from others can be a great blessing, a thing to be thankful for.

Ogwo David Emenike

#42. Be grateful for what you have to be thankful for instead of complaining about the little things that annoy you.

Dale Carnegie

#43. A basic law: the more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for. This, of course, is a fact. Thankfulness does tend to reproduce in kind. The attitude of gratitude revitalizes the entire mental process by activating all other attitudes, thus stimulating creativity.

Norman Vincent Peale

#44. Every paint-stroke takes you farther and farther away from your initial concept. And you have to be thankful for that.

Wayne Thiebaud

#45. To be thankful for what we grasp exceeding our proportion is to add hypocrisy to injustice.

Charles Lamb

#46. Be thankful for the people who have stood by you and cheered you on, but don't forget to be thankful for the ones that said it could not be done. Writing a book is no small task and even the skeptics can help you get where you want to be!

C.K. Webb

#47. The best way to be thankful for the gift of life is to not throw it away.

Bryant McGill

#48. One thing we got to be thankful for our Soldiers can win wars faster than our Diplomats can talk us into them,

Will Rogers

#49. When I think of all I have to be thankful for I wonder that You just don't kill me now because You've done so much for me already & I haven't been particularly grateful.

Flannery O'Connor

#50. Give thanks. Appreciate what you DO have ... the more we give thanks, the more we receive to be thankful for. Gratitude is the gift that always gives back.

Matthew McConaughey

#51. There is so much in the world for us if we only have the eyes to see it, and the heart to love it, and the hand to gather it ourselves- so much in men and women, so much in art and literature, so much everywhere in which to delight, and for which to be thankful for.

L.M. Montgomery

#52. The usual heresy consists in denying the existence of a god who has created us. It is a much more interesting heresy to imagine that possibly a god has created us and then to say that there isn't the least reason for us to be impressed by that fact. And certainly not to be thankful for it.

Lars Gustafsson

#53. My thoughts gravitate to whatever's missing, whatever's lost or broken or painful. My heart worries and fears. There is plenty to be thankful for but those are not the scenes I stay stuck in.

Jamie Tworkowski

#54. That is when you need faith the most. Not when everything is going your way, not when you have much to be thankful for, but when there is darkness all around.

Alexandra Adornetto

#55. I've grown quiet now. You won't hear me talk about you anymore. It doesn't hurt like it used to. I suppose that is something to be thankful for.

Lang Leav

#56. There is always something to be thankful for. If you can't pay your bills, you can be thankful you are not one of your creditors.

Charles E. McKenzie

#57. I have so much to be thankful for. I work with the most amazing people, get to make people laugh for a living and have the most amazing friends. But, I am mostly thankful for Spanx.

Whitney Cummings

#58. It is okay to be an outsider, a recent arrival, new on the scene - and not just okay, but something to be thankful for ... Because being an insider can so easily mean collapsing the horizons, can so easily mean accepting the presumptions of your province.

Tan Le

#59. I have realized that whatever good comes to me, comes from God, whatever bad comes to me, God has allowed it, and I choose to be thankful for both.

Jeff Goins

#60. In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.

H.L. Mencken

#61. Smile your best smile at everyone you see. Think about all the things you have to be thankful for ... and smile. The world will smile with you.

Frank Bettger

#62. My dear God, I am impressed with how much I have to be thankful for in a material sense; and in a spiritual sense I have the opportunity of being even more fortunate. But it seems apparent to me that I am not translating this opportunity into fact.

Flannery O'Connor

#63. In the deepest night of trouble and sorrow God gives us so much to be thankful for that we need never cease our singing. With all our wisdom and foresight we can take a lesson in gladness and gratitude from the happy bird that sings all night, as if the day were not long enough to tell its joy.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#64. I have a lot to be thankful for. I am healthy, happy and I am loved.

Reba McEntire

#65. In my desperation, I have finally discovered that the only way that I can begin to fill the gaping hole within me is to be thankful for what's there, and not angry for what's not.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

#66. Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on the many things we have to be thankful for, not so we feel guilty about what we have that others don't, but to be genuinely grateful for our blessings.

Michael Josephson

#67. 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

#68. But sometimes we has to be thankful for the things that hurt us,' I said, 'cause sometimes God does things that hurts us but they help somebody else.

Ron Hall

#69. There was no instruction to be thankful that the Christians were special people, chosen people. There was no nationalistic, political or ethnic superiority to be thankful for.

John Clayton

#70. If you look for God in your relationships, you will always find things to be thankful for. When God reigns in our hearts, peace reigns in our relationships. This work will only be complete in heaven but there is much we can enjoy now.

Timothy S. Lane

#71. Be Kind. Be Generous. Be Helpful. Show Mercy. Be Forgiving. Give Love.
Be Thankful. Be Cheerful. Do Acts Of Kindness for Those Who Can Never Repay you. It all helps to brighten humanity!

Timothy Pina

#72. Be thankful for the good, be patient under the evil, and presume not to enquire why the latter predominates

Charlotte Temple

#73. Thanksgiving should be celebrated in the spring ... I think it would be ever so much better than having it in November when everything is dead or asleep. Then you have to remember to be thankful; but in May one simply can't help being thankful ... that they are alive, if for nothing else.

L.M. Montgomery

#74. PRAYER Dear Lord, teach me to cultivate a thankful heart as a gift to You and to the world around me. Remind me when I grumble and complain that Your will for me is to speak blessings and to be a blessing to everyone I know. Amen.

Carole Lewis

#75. A President has a great chance; his position is almost that of a king and a prime minister rolled into one. Once he has left office he cannot do very much; and he is a fool if he fails to realize it all and to be profoundly thankful for having had the great chance.

Theodore Roosevelt

#76. Gratitude is the antidote for misery. When you are counting your blessings you are too busy to be counting your problems.

Miya Yamanouchi

#77. I'm happy with who I am inside. I'd hate to have accolades and all that and not really be happy with who I was. So I'm really thankful for my family and for the support system that I have for being the person that I am today. I'm proud of who I am.

Keke Palmer

#78. Like every other good thing in this
world, leisure and culture have to be paid for. Fortunately, however,
it is not the leisured and the cultured who have to pay. Let us be
duly thankful for that, my dear Denis
duly thankful.

Aldous Huxley

#79. Dear world, I am excited to be alive in you, and I am thankful for another year.

Charlotte Eriksson

#80. I'm starting to wonder if the whole point of life is to be thankful and to live in such a way others are thankful for theirs as well.

Donald Miller

#81. Always be joyful. 17 Never stop praying. 18 Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.

Anonymous

#82. Everyone says there's a lack of leadership in the world these days. I think we should all be thankful, because the only reason for leadership is to convince people to do things that are either dangerous (like invading another country) or stupid (working extra hard without extra pay).

Scott Adams

#83. God showers us with a lot of things that we should be grateful for. We do not need to look far and wide. One look at the mirror and a look under our noses, and we already find beautiful blessings that we should be thankful for.

Kcat Yarza

#84. Where are we going tonight?"
"To meet Eddy at the Brickyard again. It's Thirsty Thursday apparently."
"Oh no, not participating in Thirsty Thursday. Wasted Wednesday was enough for me."
"Just be thankful it's not Mystery Monday or Tanked Tuesday.

Shey Stahl

#85. Many times I sit back and say, 'I can't believe that this is my life!' Other times, I feel self-satisfied. I mean, there's a lot to be proud and thankful for but, nonetheless, it's just a life!

Lily Tomlin

#86. Herger said to me, "Be thankful, for you are fortunate."
I inquired the source of my fortune. Herger said in reply, "If you have the fear of high places, than this day you shall overcome it; and so you shall have faced a great challenge; and so you shall be adjudged a hero.

Michael Crichton

#87. Life is beautiful. You have to be thankful that we are living. Wherever you look is beauty. I know about the bad things, but I look for the good things.

Alice Herz-Sommer

#88. most. If I could be alone, I would. Gratefully. I'd rather be alone than have to pretend I'm okay. But they won't give me that option. So I'll settle for being with someone who at least doesn't love me as much. I'm thankful for Margot. Not that I tell her this. Not that I tell her anything. I don't.

Katja Millay

#89. I am thankful for the way I was raised, to be positive. Even when times have gotten rough I have always tried to look on the bright side. Even when I was put down, yelled at and made feel insignificant, I still thought things were alright. I did realize when enough is enough.

Angela Merkel

#90. If I live to be old enough, I may sit down under some bush, the last left in the utilitarian world, and feel thankful that intellect in its march has spared one vestige of the ancient forest for me to die by.

Thomas Cole

#91. I'm really looking forward to the Hall of Fame ceremonies. It's going to be unbelievable - just crazy. I'm looking forward to thanking all the fans for inspiring me to go out there and play my best football each and every game.

Jerry Rice

#92. You can expect nothing in being a musician, and you have to be just very thankful every time it goes positively for you.

Halsey

#93. Be thankful for your allotment in an imperfect world. Though better circumstances can be imagined, far worse are nearer misses than you probably care to realize.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#94. Heavenly Father, thank You for Your peace that rules my heart. I choose Your peace today and thank You for guiding my every step. I choose to be thankful today and bless You for Your faithfulness. In Jesus Name. Amen.

Joel Osteen

#95. Life is a web of intersections and choices. Your 1st choice is to recognize an intersection. Your 2nd choice is to be grateful for it.

Ryan Lilly

#96. Be thankful you can feel pity and horror at the death of an enemy. The day we cease to care, even for our enemies, is the day we have lost this battle.

Margaret Weis

#97. One of the most important things is to remind yourself of where you are from and be thankful. I don't for a second take anything for granted. That's a good way to start your day.

Colin Morgan

#98. Be thankful for even the little things in your life. Be brave & strong to overcome your troubles ... for it could be better but it could always be worse!

Timothy Pina

#99. It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.

Aristotle.

#100. Will you tell Him frankly, that you cannot carry your load, and that you need help? Will you suffer Him to help you in His own way, and be glad and thankful if He will only take you under His care, and direct the whole course of your life for you?

Washington Gladden