Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. [Matthew]

There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy.

Because gratification of a desire leads to the temporary stilling of the mind and the experience of the peaceful, joyful Self it's no wonder that we get hooked on thinking that happiness comes from the satisfaction of desires. This is the meaning of the old adage, "Joy is not in things, it is in us."

Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend... when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present -- love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature and personal pursuits that bring us pleasure -- the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience Heaven on earth.

I don't like it when people on the street say "smile" or "cheer up." It's a real cheap line. I'm feeling good. I'm feeling real grateful for everything. It's a solid time in my life. When people say I look sad, they're wrong.

Remember that not to be happy is not to be grateful.

Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.

Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones -- with ingratitude.

To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.

He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.

True thanksgiving means that we need to thank God for what He has done for us, and not to tell Him what we have done for Him. -

For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude.

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.

Do you realize what this means? The fact of being alive... I still find it staggering that I am here at all.

One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay "in kind" somewhere else in life.

Nothing purchased can come close to the renewed sense of gratitude for having family and friends.

Gratitude is the heart's memory.

Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give.

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.

Gratitude is our most direct line to God and the angels. If we take the time, no matter how crazy and troubled we feel, we can find something to be thankful for. The more we seek gratitude, the more reason the angels will give us for gratitude and joy to exist in our lives.

God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.

Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness.