Gratitude is twofold - love coming to visit us and love running out to greet a welcome guest.—Henry Van Dyke
Gratitude for the gift of life is the primary wellspring of all religions, the hallmark of the mystic, the source of all true art… It is a privilege to be alive in this time when we can choose to take part in the self-healing of our world.—Joanna Macy
Gratitude makes us feel bursting with delight, just to remember the gifts we have received. Thus we are doubly blessed when we receive something: for the gift itself and later, in recall, for the miracle of having been given it.—M.J. Ryan
Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. It makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.—Melody Beattie
Gratitude takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder and to praise of the goodness of God.—Merton
Gratitude places you in the energy field of plentitude. Perceiving life in a consciousness of gratitude is literally stepping into another dimension of living. Suddenly the seeming ordinariness of your days takes on a divine sparkle.—Michael Beckwith
Gratitude is a flower that blooms in noble souls.—Pope Francis
Gratitude invites a sense of sufficiency.—Wayne Muller
Gratitude is the understanding that...the underlying gift of life and incarnation as a living, participating human being is a privilege.—David Whyte
Gratitude is the capacity to stare doubt, loss, chaos and despair right in the eye and say, ‘I am still here’.—Diana Butler Bass
Gratitude for the present moment and the fullness of life now is the true prosperity.—Eckhart Tolle