20 Quotes To Help You Become More Grateful

One of the main reasons behind why so many people are unhappy, miserable, depressed, and unsatisfied, is because they have a constant focus on all the things they don't have in life, that they really desperately want. From more money, to nicer furniture, to a nicer house, to a nicer car, to a better job, to more modern assets and gadgets, you name it, most people will always choose to focus on being underprivileged and hard done by from what they don't have in life. What they do have is simply not good enough, in their mind anyway. Only a few years ago, I was one of these people. I would be constantly moaning and groaning about how other people were so lucky to have the house, the car, the assets, the furniture, and the other luxuries they had in life, whilst I had to settle for everything average. I am glad I have changed from being that type of person. It's that glass half full versus glass half empty scenario, and I always saw things from a glass half empty perspective. If I didn't have that glass full, I wasn't happy, nor was I at all satisfied. Since we are talking about glasses here, have you ever paid for a drink at a restaurant or bar, and upon receiving it, you note that the person who served it has filled it nowhere near the top? You really full dudded and disappointed because you've paid good money for that drink, only to have the glass filled barely halfway. Naturally we are going to feel that way if we set the expectations that we would receive a full glass. It's funny though that there's no sign anywhere saying that glasses will be filled to a certain level, we just assume and expect that they will be filled close to the top. We focus completely on what we didn't receive, rather than what we did. We forget the fact that someone is taking the time to serve us, the fact that we are privileged enough to even be able to afford the drink in the first place, and the fact that we are blessed to even have that drink at all, considering many people around the world would be overwhelmed with appreciation to have that drink themselves.

More of us need to adopt that glass half full mentality, and actually appreciate what we have, rather than what we don't have. What we focus on is naturally going to impact on how we feel. There's the feeling of disappointment and unhappiness if we choose to focus on glass half empty, or there's the feeling of gratitude and happiness if we choose to focus on glass half full. If only more of us took the opportunity to have a look around ourselves, and start to realize what we actually do have in our lives, and all the numerous things that we have become so accustomed to having in our lives, that we've been taking for granted for so long. We may not have the nicest or best looking house, but we have shelter and a roof over our head. We may not have the biggest, nicest, or newest car, but we at least have a car and it provides us with a convenient means of getting to various places. We may not be wealthy, but we have money enough to buy food, pay the rent, and pay the bills. We may have a run down and old looking bathroom, but we at least have access to clean water and can enjoy hot showers. We may have a job we despise, but at least we have a job that provides us with an income to survive on. We actually have so much to be grateful for, but we are too busy focusing on all that we don't have, that it makes us feel unhappy, unsatisfied, and miserable. It's not just material things and assets that we are blessed with, but also the people around us. We tend to take for granted those who love us and support us, and sometimes we hit that time in life when they pass away, and it's then we finally realize how much we truly appreciated them, but it's too late to tell them.

Even when it comes to our own body, we forget how blessed we really are to be able to see, hear, touch, smell, taste, walk, and talk. We have fully functional limbs, yet there are many in this world who are far less fortunate, and would die to have their legs, their sight, their hearing, their arms, and their independence back. It doesn't take much to look around and see just how blessed we really are, and then be able to celebrate and be thankful for that. If we can't be truly grateful for all that we have right now, we will never be grateful in the future, no matter what other blessings and rewards come our way. That absence of satisfaction and happiness we have now will never change, because we will never be satisfied and happy with what we have. We will always be wanting more, more, more! We need to trade our expectations for appreciation. We need to exchange our focus from being unsatisfied from what we don't have, to being grateful for what we do have. Gratitude, thankfulness, and appreciation contribute to an amazing amount of happiness and satisfaction that so many people are missing out on, because they're too busy chasing their wants, and drowning in their own sorrows of disappointment in the process. Learn the art and power of gratitude yourself, and begin to acknowledge how blessed you already are in life. Here are 20 quotes to help encourage you to become more grateful and appreciative in life.

1.- “Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.”

- Zig Ziglar

2.- "Gratitude is one of the strongest and most transformative states of being. It shifts your perspective from lack to abundance and allows you to focus on the good in your life, which in turn pulls more goodness into your reality."

- Jen Sincero

3.- "Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation."

- Brian Tracy

4.- "Gratitude also opens your eyes to the limitless potential of the universe, while dissatisfaction closes your eyes to it."

- Stephen Richards

5.- "Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings."

- William Arthur Ward

6.- "I am happy because I'm grateful. I choose to be grateful. That gratitude allows me to be happy."

- Will Arnett

7.- "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them."

- John F. Kennedy

8.- "Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude."

- Denis Waitley

9.- "Often people ask how I manage to be happy despite having no arms and no legs. The quick answer is that I have a choice. I can be angry about not having limbs, or I can be thankful that I have a purpose. I chose gratitude."

- Nick Vujicic

10.- "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

11.- "Give yourself a gift of five minutes of contemplation in awe of everything you see around you. Go outside and turn your attention to the many miracles around you. This five-minute-a-day regimen of appreciation and gratitude will help you to focus your life in awe."

- Wayne Dyer

12.- "Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you."

- Eileen Caddy

13.- "Gratitude and attitude are not challenges; they are choices."

- Robert Braathe

14.- "I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness - it's right in front of me if I'm paying attention and practicing gratitude."

- Brene Brown

15.- "When it comes to life, the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude."

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

16.- “Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.”

- Henri Frederic Amiel

17.- "When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in."

- Kristin Armstrong

18.- "Never lose the childlike wonder. Show gratitude... Don't complain; just work harder... Never give up."

- Randy Pausch

19.- "Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity...it makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."

- Melody Beattie

20.- "Sometimes we should express our gratitude for the small and simple things like the scent of the rain, the taste of your favorite food, or the sound of a loved one's voice."

- Joseph B. Wirthlin

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