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Thanksgiving is officially here, and it is time to show gratitude to your friends, family, and coworkers. Sometimes, putting those feelings into words is a challenge and might have you searching "What's a good Thanksgiving quote?" That's where our list of the best thankful quotes comes in, to help recenter you on gratitude. Bring one out when it's time to share what you're thankful for on Thanksgiving Day, or write a special Thanksgiving greeting to a loved one who lives far way.
In fact, making time to be thankful can change your outlook on life. Science says so! Experts report that expressing gratitude can even lower your blood pressure and keep you from getting sick in addition to helping your relationships. For those reasons alone, it's sure worth making time to focus on giving thanks.
To help cultivate an attitude of gratitude, read through this set of quotes. They are sure to inspire you to be thankful and transform the way you see the world and your interactions with people in your life. You might want to also reflect on appreciating life's simple pleasures while you are at it, and with all those inspirational quotes in mind, you will likely find yourself journaling out your thoughts, writing notes for friends to say thank you, or deciding on just the right Thanksgiving blessing to share around the table.
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Reba McEntire
"I have a lot to be thankful for. I am healthy, happy, and I am loved."
2
Meister Eckhart
“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.”
3
Alphonse Karr
"Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses."
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James Allen
“No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.”
5
LL Cool J
“I am what I am, I’m doing very well in my life, and I’m thankful to God for that.”
6
Bethany Hamilton
“Strive to find things to be thankful for, and just look for the good in who you are.”
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Frank A. Clark
“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.”
8
Cicero
“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.”
9
Anonymous
“I’m thankful for my struggle because without it I wouldn’t have stumbled across my strength.”
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Anonymous
“It isn’t what you have in your pocket that makes you thankful, but what you have in your heart.”
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Israelmore Ayivor
“A little ‘thank you’ that you will say to someone for a ‘little favour’ shown to you is a key to unlock the doors that hide unseen ‘greater favours’. Learn to say ‘thank you’ and why not?”
12
Cecelia Ahern
“For the yesterdays and today’s, and the tomorrows I can hardly wait for – Thank you.”
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William Faulkner
“Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: It must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.”
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Charlotte Brontë
“For my part, I am almost contented just now, and very thankful. Gratitude is a divine emotion: it fills the heart, but not to bursting; it warms it, but not to fever.”
15
Elie Wiesel
“For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile.”
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William Shakespeare
“O Lord that lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness.”
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Robert Louis Stevenson
“Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.”
18
Jefferson Bethke
“Thankfulness is the quickest path to joy.”
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Gerald Good
“If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily.”
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.”
Katie Bowlby
Katie Bowlby is Digital Director at Country Living, where she covers gift guides, product reviews, crafts, and TV shows like Yellowstone. She’s currently stitching up a cross-stitch pattern for the magazine’s next issue
