Last Updated on September 6, 2024
A lot of people take gratitude for granted. Being thankful for everything around you goes far beyond thanking your barista after handing you your cup of Joe. It’s a habit.
For instance, after waking up in the morning, do you smile and whisper thanks for the chance of another day? Or do you remember to be grateful for the strangers who opened doors for you when your hands were full?
A Way of Life
Being appreciative should be a part of your life. This doesn’t mean simply being thankful for material stuff, such as your house, car, or wealth. It could be for simple things too, like good food to eat, friends to keep, and family to come home to. There are Holidays that allow us a chance to express our gratitude. Thanksgiving for example, is a great day to show how you appreciate your friends and family.
The Christmas season is another Holiday that gives us a similar opportunity. Through gifts, preparing food, and spending time with loved ones, we can show how much they mean to us. But don’t stop there! You can demonstrate your gratitude to anyone at any given day. It doesn’t have to be Christmas or a birthday. In fact, you can show appreciation for people and for life in various ways, every day.
Simple Ways To Be Thankful
You don’t need to shower friends and family with gifts to show you love them. Simple, every day gestures will do. Making eye contact when they talk is a good start. For a few minutes, take the time to truly listen to what someone has to say instead of tinkering with your phone.
Doing chores you don’t like is another. If you’re living with roommates for instance, remember all the times they picked up the laundry or did the dishwashing. Be thoughtful and do it for them, too. Especially when they have exams or go on overtime at work. Take a little load off of them and show that you’re a fantastic roommate!
Want to journal your appreciation, or send a personalized gift to your loved ones? Then include these beautiful thank you quotes in your gratitude projects:
The Best Thank You Quotes
“You have influenced my life in such a positive way words cannot express my appreciation. You are truly an inspiration.” – Catherine Pulsifer
“You changed my life without even trying, and I don’t think I could ever tell you how much you mean to me. I can’t imagine what things would be like if I hadn’t met you.” – Steve Maraboli
“We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.” – John F. Kennedy
“The truth is, not saying ‘thank you’ does more damage than actually saying ‘thank you’ does good.” – Tommy Wyatt, Appreciation Marketing
“…saying thank you, or offering other words of appreciation, along with sincere compliments and other grateful or kind words are the best way to fortify relationships.” – Chris Johnston, 101 Greatest Life Lessons
“If you want to thank me, go do something for somebody else.” – Don Meyer
“If someone ever says you’re weird, say thank you.” – Ellen DeGeneres
“When we start paying attention to the services we receive, stop and really see the person who is doing it and take the time to say thank you, our entire day will change.” – Brenda Shoshanna, Everyday Gratitude
“From young to old, there are two words that carry a person forth in grace and honor; please and thank you.” – Byron Pulsifer
“I once read that, ‘A friend is someone who brings us laughter, even in our tears, whose memories make us smile across the miles and through the years.’ In my book you are that friend.” – Catherine Pulsifer
“All my lifetime through, I’ll be thanking heaven for a special friend like you.” – Author Unknown
“So thank you so much for all your smiles, And for loving me each day. Life can be very tough but thankfully, I’ve got you to help shine my way.” – Julie Hebert, Your Smile
“Imagine when you die and get to heaven, you will encounter friends who say, ‘Thank you for investing in me. I’m in heaven because of you! I’m not your friend for life; I’m your friend for eternity.’” – David Jeremiah
“Your friendship has touched my life in ways you will never know. I wouldn’t trade material wealth for the friend I have in you!” – Kate Summers
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell
“Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you, and act accordingly.” – Thomas Jefferson
“I’m thankful for my struggle because without it I wouldn’t have stumbled across my strength.” – Anonymous
“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
“I will forever remain humble because I know I could have less. I will always be grateful because I know I’ve had less.” – Anonymous
“For one minute, walk outside, stand there, in silence. Look up at the sky and contemplate how amazing life is.” – Anonymous
“I want to thank you for never being there anymore. Your absence has forced me to find my own way.” – Anonymous
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” – Thornton Wilder
“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
“If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier.” –John Wooden
“Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” – Guillaume Apollinaire
“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.” – Oscar Wilde
“God gave us our relatives; thank God we can choose our friends.” – Ethel Watts Mumford
“Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.” – Mark Twain
“I feel a very unusual sensation—if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.” – Benjamin Disraeli
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” – Mother Teresa
“There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.” – Helen Keller
“It’s not about how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” – Mother Teresa
“A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.” – Steve Maraboli
“Happiness doesn’t result from what we get, but from what we give.” – Ben Carson
“Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.” – Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
“You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.” – Amy Carmichael
“For it is in giving that we receive.” – Francis of Assisi
“I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks.” – William Shakespeare
“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” – G.K. Chesterton
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Gandhi
“Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim.” – William Feather
“Oh, Lord! How can we thank You? For we have seen the light; We realize without You we are lost.” – Greta Zwaan, Stooping To Save
“I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“So God, I cannot pen the thoughts of all Your love and care, Far beyond my human power, but God! I’m glad You’re there!” – Greta Zwaan, God Is There
“If our people could only see all this, they would stop grumbling about their own misfortunes and offer thanks to God for blessing them with such abundance” – Mother Teresa
“Say ‘Thank You’ because your faith is so strong that you don’t doubt that whatever the problem, you’ll get through it. You’re saying thank-you because you know that even in the eye of the storm, God has put a rainbow in the clouds.” – Oprah Winfrey
“A life of faith is a life of gratitude – it means a life in which I am willing to experience my complete dependence upon God and to praise and thank him unceasingly for the gift of being.” – Henri J. M. Nouwen, Show Me the Way
“God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say ‘thank you”?’” – William Arthur Ward
“Do not waste a single breath with feelings of hate or jealousy. Instead, show gratitude and thank God for the beautiful life He has given you in knowing Christ.” – Pearl Little; Julie Schoen, Christian Yoga
“I’m glad I have you for the rest of my life as a best friend, lover, and fellow adventurer. Thank you for constantly supporting me, forgiving me, loving me, making me laugh, and challenging me to be a better person.” – Raquel Martin, Love Letters 2
“Thank you for loving and believing in me, and for making me the proudest mother and grandmother on earth. You are my reason for living, and my greatest accomplishment. I love you with everything that I am.” – Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Life She Was Given
“Thank you, Mom. We will always be grateful for the life lessons you taught and the love you shared.” – Sandra Bullock Smith, Trading Places
“Thank you my dear for all the things you do/My heart is sincere when I say I love you.” – Catherine Pulsifer, Love Is a Treasure
“Our love grows stronger with each passing day. I feel God has blessed us with a great love and I am so thankful.” – Kate Summers
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust
“A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver.” – Thomas á Kempis
“Just a ‘thank you’ is a mighty powerful prayer. Says it all.” – Rosie Cash
“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
“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.” – Washington Irving
