Thankful quotes for the mind, body and spirit

"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

“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

“It isn't what you have in your pocket that makes you thankful, but what you have in your heart.”

-Author Unknown

“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

"There is always, always, always something to be thankful for."

- Author Unknown

“If you can't be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped”

-Author Unknown

“Difficulties are opportunities to better things; they are stepping stones to greater experience. Perhaps someday you will be thankful for some temporary failure in a particular direction. When one door closes, another always opens.”

-Author Unknown

"It is impossible to feel grateful and depressed in the same moment."

- Naomi Williams

“If we fill our hours with regrets over the failures of yesterday, and with worries over the problems of tomorrow, we have no today in which to be thankful”

-Author unknown

“So often we dwell on the things that seem impossible rather than on the things that are possible. 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

“Be thankful for hard times in your life. Try not to look at them as bad things, but as opportunities to grow and learn”

-Author Unknown

“There's one thing for which you should be abundantly thankful -- only you and God have all the facts about yourself.”

-Author Unknown

“For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received.”

-Storm Jameson

"Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it."

-Ralph Marston I hope you have enjoyed these thankful quotes!

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