--- title: "11 Choose Grateful Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 11 Choose Grateful quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Choose Grateful sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2b/dieter-f-uchtdorf-762_be-grateful_we-can-choose-to-be-grateful-no-matter-w_1962704.png" --- > [We can choose to be grateful, no matter what,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dieter-f-uchtdorf/we-can-choose-to-be-grateful-no-matter-what/) [Dieter F. Uchtdorf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dieter-f-uchtdorf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2b/dieter-f-uchtdorf-762_be-grateful_we-can-choose-to-be-grateful-no-matter-w_1962704.png) > [“Gratitude will make you feel great, choose to be grateful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gift-gugu-mona/gratitude-will-make-you-feel-great-choose-to-be-grateful/) [Gift Gugu Mona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gift-gugu-mona/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/390/gift-gugu-mona-338_choose_gratitude-will-make-you-feel-great-choos_806872.jpg) > [At any moment, some things are going well, while others are not going as we would choose. Being grateful for the blessings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/at-any-moment-some-things-are-going-well-while-others-are-not-going/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87b/anonymous-1_being-grateful_at-any-moment-some-things-are-going-well_2222183.jpg) > [I am happy because I'm grateful. I choose to be grateful. That gratitude allows me to be happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-arnett/i-am-happy-because-i-m-grateful-i-choose-to-be-grateful-that/) [Will Arnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-arnett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbd/will-arnett-8059_grateful_i-am-happy-because-i-m-grateful-i-choose_1980329.jpg) > [We can choose to be grateful, no matter what. This type of gratitude transcends whatever is happening around us. It surpasses disappointment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dieter-f-uchtdorf/we-can-choose-to-be-grateful-no-matter-what-this-type-of-gratitude/) [Dieter F. Uchtdorf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dieter-f-uchtdorf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a63/dieter-f-uchtdorf-762_be-grateful_we-can-choose-to-be-grateful-no-matter-w_1642555.png) > [Gratitude as a discipline involves a conscious choice. I can choose to be grateful even when my emotions and feelings are still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-nouwen/gratitude-as-a-discipline-involves-a-conscious-choice-i-can-choose-to/) [Henri Nouwen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-nouwen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b50/henri-nouwen-600_be-grateful_gratitude-as-a-discipline-involves-a-con_1947506.png) > [I can choose to grateful when I am criticized, even when my heart still responds in bitterness. I can choose to speak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-nouwen/i-can-choose-to-grateful-when-i-am-criticized-even-when-my-heart/) [Henri Nouwen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-nouwen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af7/henri-nouwen-600_beauty_i-can-choose-to-grateful-when-i-am-criti_3230989.jpg) > [The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viktor-e-frankl/the-one-thing-you-can-t-take-away-from-me-is-the-way-i-choose-to-3/) [Viktor E. Frankl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viktor-e-frankl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/217/viktor-e-frankl-668_attitude_the-one-thing-you-can-t-take-away-from-m_2849231.jpg) > [“Much of the time, we cannot control what happens to us. But we can always control how we respond to what happens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-s-kushner/much-of-the-time-we-cannot-control-what-happens-to-us-but-we-can/) [Harold S. Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-s-kushner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36d/harold-s-kushner-4877_control_much-of-the-time-we-cannot-control-what_1326763.png) > [“But if we choose to be grateful and thank God for the unchangeable things in our lives, whether it is facial features…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-duggar/but-if-we-choose-to-be-grateful-and-thank-god-for-the-unchangeable/) [Jill Duggar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-duggar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fb/jill-duggar-47084_fear-of-rejection_but-if-we-choose-to-be-grateful-and-than_235504.jpg) > [“two feet in this year i choose to burn my good candles on a Tuesday at noon just because i choose to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danielle-doby/two-feet-in-this-year-i-choose-to-burn-my-good-candles-on-a-tuesday/) [Danielle Doby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danielle-doby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fd/danielle-doby-97114_all-is-possible_two-feet-in-this-year-i-choose-to-burn-m_566609.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choose-grateful/#itemlist", "name": "Choose Grateful Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We can choose to be grateful, no matter what,", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dieter F. 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