--- title: "31 Feel Gratitude Quotes by 29 authors" description: "Browse 31 Feel Gratitude quotes by 29 authors. Discover the best Feel Gratitude sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/012/esther-hicks-592_born_when-you-feel-gratitude-you-are-the-clos_2271626.png" --- > [When you feel gratitude, you are the closest to the natural state you were born to live in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-hicks/when-you-feel-gratitude-you-are-the-closest-to-the-natural-state-you/) [Esther Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/012/esther-hicks-592_born_when-you-feel-gratitude-you-are-the-clos_2271626.png) > [The best way of become forgiving is to feel gratitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-vitale/the-best-way-of-become-forgiving-is-to-feel-gratitude/) [Joe Vitale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-vitale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57b/joe-vitale-9700_best-way_the-best-way-of-become-forgiving-is-to-f_1924404.png) > [Advise and you will feel superior. Serve and you will feel gratitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julio-olalla/advise-and-you-will-feel-superior-serve-and-you-will-feel-gratitude/) [Julio Olalla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julio-olalla/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d1/julio-olalla-54773_advise_advise-and-you-will-feel-superior-serve_2427004.png) > [We owe our lives to the sun... How is it, then, that we feel no gratitude?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-thomas/we-owe-our-lives-to-the-sun-how-is-it-then-that-we-feel-no-gratitude/) [Lewis Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-thomas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/lewis-thomas-2299_earth-day_we-owe-our-lives-to-the-sun-how-is-it-th_3064019.png) > [I like the U.S. and feel gratitude towards it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/i-like-the-u-s-and-feel-gratitude-towards-it/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b90/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_america_i-like-the-u-s-and-feel-gratitude-toward_100362.png) > [I pretty much always feel gratitude. I thank God throughout the day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/queen-noor-of-jordan/i-pretty-much-always-feel-gratitude-i-thank-god-throughout-the-day/) [Queen Noor of Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/queen-noor-of-jordan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f6/queen-noor-of-jordan-14403_feels_i-pretty-much-always-feel-gratitude-i-th_1519348.png) > [For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/for-me-every-hour-is-grace-and-i-feel-gratitude-in-my-heart-each-time/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b82/elie-wiesel-341_feels_for-me-every-hour-is-grace-and-i-feel-gr_2245421.png) > [I really feel gratitude every day in my life that I'm able to do what I love, and I think, because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christen-press/i-really-feel-gratitude-every-day-in-my-life-that-i-m-able-to-do-what/) [Christen Press](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christen-press/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ac/christen-press-5547_day_i-really-feel-gratitude-every-day-in-my_456095.jpg) > [My inspiration is coming more and more from the way I feel and the gratitude I feel. The older you get the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louie-anderson/my-inspiration-is-coming-more-and-more-from-the-way-i-feel-and-the/) [Louie Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louie-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/170/louie-anderson-9861_feels_my-inspiration-is-coming-more-and-more-f_3066727.jpg) > [Looking forward with an eternal perspective gives one hope, a reason to look up and feel gratitude for even the smallest bit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosemary-m-wixom/looking-forward-with-an-eternal-perspective-gives-one-hope-a-reason/) [Rosemary M. Wixom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosemary-m-wixom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/559/rosemary-m-wixom-28516_bits_looking-forward-with-an-eternal-perspect_2832943.png) > [What are the things you are grateful for?? Feel the gratitude.. focus on what you have right now that you are grateful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhonda-byrne/what-are-the-things-you-are-grateful-for-feel-the-gratitude-focus-on/) [Rhonda Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhonda-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/rhonda-byrne-585_attraction_what-are-the-things-you-are-grateful-for_2721654.png) > [Be inspired to ignore their ignorant message, and feel gratitude in your heart that you are not burdened or addicted to hate,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lady-gaga/be-inspired-to-ignore-their-ignorant-message-and-feel-gratitude-in/) [Lady Gaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lady-gaga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/lady-gaga-359_be-inspired_be-inspired-to-ignore-their-ignorant-mes_2943485.jpg) > [If each of my words were a drop of water, you would see through them and glimpse what I feel: gratitude, acknowledgement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavio-paz/if-each-of-my-words-were-a-drop-of-water-you-would-see-through-them/) [Octavio Paz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavio-paz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a79/octavio-paz-1790_acknowledgement_if-each-of-my-words-were-a-drop-of-water_2091295.jpg) > [God doesn't want us to just feel gratitude, but for us to show it by giving thanks to God with our lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul/god-doesn-t-want-us-to-just-feel-gratitude-but-for-us-to-show-it-by/) [R. C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/019/r-c-sproul-1006_feels_god-doesn-t-want-us-to-just-feel-gratitu_2687924.png) > [Objects of Appreciation: Every time you go to use a utensil or instrument, take pleasure and feel gratitude for the fact that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zelig-pliskin/objects-of-appreciation-every-time-you-go-to-use-a-utensil-or/) [Zelig Pliskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zelig-pliskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e9/zelig-pliskin-22951_able_objects-of-appreciation-every-time-you-g_246388.jpg) > [“When you feel thankful, you can be appreciative for a moment, then not at all the next. It seems the tank is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-rim/when-you-feel-thankful-you-can-be-appreciative-for-a-moment-then-not/) [J.R. Rim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-rim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad0/j-r-rim-16856_appreciate_when-you-feel-thankful-you-can-be-apprec_3150972.jpg) > [Can we walk that thin line between constant change and continuation? And in the middle of this flux, feel gratitude but not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-goldberg/can-we-walk-that-thin-line-between-constant-change-and-continuation/) [Natalie Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-goldberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/866/natalie-goldberg-1741_change_can-we-walk-that-thin-line-between-const_439155.png) > [When my body gets to the point where I can no longer function or feel gratitude, then I'll leave it and become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-siegel/when-my-body-gets-to-the-point-where-i-can-no-longer-function-or-feel/) [Bernie Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-siegel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/bernie-siegel-2465_appreciate_when-my-body-gets-to-the-point-where-i-c_277035.jpg) > [“It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-shelley/it-is-true-we-shall-be-monsters-cut-off-from-all-the-world-but-on/) [Mary Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-shelley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/mary-shelley-1789_gratitude_it-is-true-we-shall-be-monsters-cut-off_2034338.jpg) > [It didn't matter if it was the Catholic Church or Episcopal Church or Presbyterian Church and it still doesn't today. I just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-rinna/it-didn-t-matter-if-it-was-the-catholic-church-or-episcopal-church-or/) [Lisa Rinna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-rinna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/387/lisa-rinna-22540_catholic_it-didn-t-matter-if-it-was-the-catholic_1985722.png) > [I like to wake up and just feel gratitude. Gratitude for waking up, for my health, for my kids, for my family.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-corcoran/i-like-to-wake-up-and-just-feel-gratitude-gratitude-for-waking-up-for/) [Barbara Corcoran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-corcoran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18a/barbara-corcoran-4101_family_i-like-to-wake-up-and-just-feel-gratitud_4794.png) > [I have lived large parts of my life in wonderful circumstances that I utterly failed to appreciate. Reasons to be happy were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-have-lived-large-parts-of-my-life-in-wonderful-circumstances-that-i/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da8/anonymous-1_appreciate_i-have-lived-large-parts-of-my-life-in-w_1302469.jpg) > [It’s hard to stay mad, when there’s so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I’m seeing it all at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/it-s-hard-to-stay-mad-when-there-s-so-much-beauty-in-the-world/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f72/alan-ball-7404_balloons_it-s-hard-to-stay-mad-when-there-s-so-mu_1830348.jpg) > [When your heart's gratitude comes to the fore, when you become all gratitude, this gratitude is like a flow, a flow of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-chinmoy/when-your-heart-s-gratitude-comes-to-the-fore-when-you-become-all/) [Sri Chinmoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-chinmoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0c/sri-chinmoy-517_consciousness_when-your-heart-s-gratitude-comes-to-the_37413.png) > [“I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me, but it’s hard to stay mad when there’s so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/i-guess-i-could-be-pretty-pissed-off-about-what-happened-to-me-but-it-2/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e38/alan-ball-7404_feel_i-guess-i-could-be-pretty-pissed-off-abo_3231820.jpg) > [Counting our blessings can transform melancholy into cheerful mass; laughter and joy are expressions of praise and thanksgiving for life's glories. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-templeton/counting-our-blessings-can-transform-melancholy-into-cheerful-mass/) [John Templeton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-templeton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dec/john-templeton-3668_attractive_counting-our-blessings-can-transform-mel_775740.jpg) > [The first step of gratitude is to see the gift...if you are in the middle of difficulties and problems, how can you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neale-donald-walsch/the-first-step-of-gratitude-is-to-see-the-gift-if-you-are-in-the/) [Neale Donald Walsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neale-donald-walsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c1/neale-donald-walsch-239_difficulty_the-first-step-of-gratitude-is-to-see-th_1693404.jpg) > [“We must begin by learning what it means to have enough… to feel gratitude for having been born on a planet so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masaru-emoto/we-must-begin-by-learning-what-it-means-to-have-enough-to-feel/) [Masaru Emoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masaru-emoto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da0/masaru-emoto-23230_gratitude_we-must-begin-by-learning-what-it-means_2237555.jpg) > [“Once you've played for someone, sweated blood for them, won and lost games for them, then that person is transformed forever in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/once-you-ve-played-for-someone-sweated-blood-for-them-won-and-lost/) [Pat Conroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-conroy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c11/pat-conroy-768_rest-of-your-life_once-you-ve-played-for-someone-sweated-b_1505498.jpg) > [“I had always heard your entire life flashes in front of your eyes the second before you die. First of all, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/i-had-always-heard-your-entire-life-flashes-in-front-of-your-eyes-the/) [Alan Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-ball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/370/alan-ball-7404_boy-scout_i-had-always-heard-your-entire-life-flas_366124.jpg) > [I have learned over a period of time to be almost unconsciously grateful--as a child is--for a sunny day, blue water, flowers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faith-baldwin/i-have-learned-over-a-period-of-time-to-be-almost-unconsciously/) [Faith Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faith-baldwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef2/faith-baldwin-20645_acceptance_i-have-learned-over-a-period-of-time-to_540974.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feel-gratitude/#itemlist", "name": "Feel Gratitude Quotes", "numberOfItems": 31, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you feel gratitude, you are the closest to the natural state you were born to live in.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Esther Hicks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-hicks/when-you-feel-gratitude-you-are-the-closest-to-the-natural-state-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/012/esther-hicks-592_born_when-you-feel-gratitude-you-are-the-clos_2271626.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/012/esther-hicks-592_born_when-you-feel-gratitude-you-are-the-clos_2271626.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/012/esther-hicks-592_born_when-you-feel-gratitude-you-are-the-clos_2271626.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When you feel gratitude, you are the closest to the natural state you were born to live in.” — Esther Hicks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The best way of become forgiving is to feel gratitude.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joe Vitale" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-vitale/the-best-way-of-become-forgiving-is-to-feel-gratitude/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57b/joe-vitale-9700_best-way_the-best-way-of-become-forgiving-is-to-f_1924404.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57b/joe-vitale-9700_best-way_the-best-way-of-become-forgiving-is-to-f_1924404.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57b/joe-vitale-9700_best-way_the-best-way-of-become-forgiving-is-to-f_1924404.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The best way of become forgiving is to feel gratitude.” — Joe Vitale", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Advise and you will feel superior. 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You have no idea what I’m talking about, I’m sure; but don’t worry….you will someday.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alan Ball" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-ball/i-guess-i-could-be-pretty-pissed-off-about-what-happened-to-me-but-it-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e38/alan-ball-7404_feel_i-guess-i-could-be-pretty-pissed-off-abo_3231820.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e38/alan-ball-7404_feel_i-guess-i-could-be-pretty-pissed-off-abo_3231820.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e38/alan-ball-7404_feel_i-guess-i-could-be-pretty-pissed-off-abo_3231820.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me, but it’s hard to stay mad when there’s so…” — Alan Ball", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 26, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Counting our blessings can transform melancholy into cheerful mass; laughter and joy are expressions of praise and thanksgiving for life's glories. 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If you open your eyes you will see that the world is full of so much that deserves our gratitude. When you have become the embodiment of gratitude, think about how pure the water that fills your body will be. 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