--- title: "12 Grateful Person Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 12 Grateful Person quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Grateful Person sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b52/jeannie-mai-7574_confidence_embracing-my-origin-has-made-me-the-conf_3072957.jpg" --- > [Embracing my origin has made me the confident and grateful person I am.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannie-mai/embracing-my-origin-has-made-me-the-confident-and-grateful-person-i-am/) [Jeannie Mai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannie-mai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b52/jeannie-mai-7574_confidence_embracing-my-origin-has-made-me-the-conf_3072957.jpg) > [A grateful person is rich in contentment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-a-bednar/a-grateful-person-is-rich-in-contentment/) [David A. Bednar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-a-bednar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b57/david-a-bednar-2121_contentment_a-grateful-person-is-rich-in-contentment_894766.png) > [A grateful person is rich in contentment. An ungrateful person suffers in the poverty of endless discontentment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-a-bednar/a-grateful-person-is-rich-in-contentment-an-ungrateful-person-suffers/) [David A. Bednar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-a-bednar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b65/david-a-bednar-2121_contentment_a-grateful-person-is-rich-in-contentment_2960306.png) > [The grateful person, being still the most severe exacter of himself, not only confesses, but proclaims, his debts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-south/the-grateful-person-being-still-the-most-severe-exacter-of-himself/) [Robert South](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-south/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/918/robert-south-15753_debt_the-grateful-person-being-still-the-most_1217678.jpg) > [The grateful person knows that God is good, not by hearsay but by experience. And that is what makes all the difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/the-grateful-person-knows-that-god-is-good-not-by-hearsay-but-by/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7a/thomas-merton-231_differences_the-grateful-person-knows-that-god-is-go_849942.jpg) > [The Universe loves a grateful person. The more you thank Life, the more Life will give you to be thankful for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-hay/the-universe-loves-a-grateful-person-the-more-you-thank-life-the-more/) [Louise Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-hay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb0/louise-hay-598_being-thankful_the-universe-loves-a-grateful-person-the_871293.jpg) > [I feel grateful that the person I end up working with a lot is Paul Rudd. He's a prince among men, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-hahn/i-feel-grateful-that-the-person-i-end-up-working-with-a-lot-is-paul/) [Kathryn Hahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-hahn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f4/kathryn-hahn-9479_effortless_i-feel-grateful-that-the-person-i-end-up_162840.png) > [My mum's always been a grateful person, a considerate, philosophical kind of person who just tries to do the best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/koffee/my-mum-s-always-been-a-grateful-person-a-considerate-philosophical/) [Koffee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/koffee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fa/koffee-5461_always_my-mum-s-always-been-a-grateful-person-a_1203482.jpg) > [The grateful person fears no court or judge, no sentence or executioner, but what he carries about him in his own breast:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-south/the-grateful-person-fears-no-court-or-judge-no-sentence-or/) [Robert South](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-south/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f4/robert-south-15753_be-grateful_the-grateful-person-fears-no-court-or-ju_222994.jpg) > [“You are so in love with your own profligate freedom that you refuse to even be grateful to another person lest you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tiffany-reisz/you-are-so-in-love-with-your-own-profligate-freedom-that-you-refuse/) [Tiffany Reisz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tiffany-reisz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b82/tiffany-reisz-1079_freedom_you-are-so-in-love-with-your-own-proflig_1235542.jpg) > [To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us - and He has given us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/to-be-grateful-is-to-recognize-the-love-of-god-in-everything-he-has-2/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/786/thomas-merton-231_awakening_to-be-grateful-is-to-recognize-the-love_1930011.jpg) > [Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. The person sitting in the shade now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/someone-s-sitting-in-the-shade-today-because-someone-planted-a-tree-a-2/) [Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/warren-buffett-183_be-grateful_someone-s-sitting-in-the-shade-today-bec_3074129.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grateful-person/#itemlist", "name": "Grateful Person Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Embracing my origin has made me the confident and grateful person I am.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeannie Mai" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannie-mai/embracing-my-origin-has-made-me-the-confident-and-grateful-person-i-am/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b52/jeannie-mai-7574_confidence_embracing-my-origin-has-made-me-the-conf_3072957.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b52/jeannie-mai-7574_confidence_embracing-my-origin-has-made-me-the-conf_3072957.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b52/jeannie-mai-7574_confidence_embracing-my-origin-has-made-me-the-conf_3072957.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Embracing my origin has made me the confident and grateful person I am.” — Jeannie Mai", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A grateful person is rich in contentment.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David A. 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