Adults Quote by Betty Smith

“Gratitude was a lost art, she felt. People accepted things, took them as their right, and had forgotten how to give proper thanks.”

— Alexander McCall Smith

“Gratitude is a gift, too! she realizes. It multiplies a hundred times the desire to thank. It's is like becoming aware of coolness of…

— Muriel Maufroy

“What gets me most about these people, Daddy, isn't how ignorant they are, or how much they drink. It's the way they have of…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Each person is just an imprint of the many people who have crossed paths with us over the years, some more than others. Most…

— Rose Christo

“Everybody loves to hear a heartfelt thank you. There’s impressive power in saying thank you, as gratitude begets sincerity. When you acknowledge somebody, you…

— Art Rios

“she said, “thank you for your childhood.”

— Lois Lowry

“...that's what I want them to know. Saying thank you, when you really mean it, when you remember what someone done for you”

— Kathryn Stockett

“The habit of saying thank you is the mark of a cultivated mind.”

— Gordon B. Hinckley

“I wanted to thank you," I said. She wrinkled her nose and squinted like I'd said something funny. "Thank me for what?" she said.…

— Ransom Riggs

“Gratitude opens you heart to receive more goodness. Then you give thanks and are blessed again. It’s an endless cycle.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

“Never let them try out this gratitude, for they would immediately discover that it supplies the first and most important component to happiness: Contentment.”

— Geoffrey Wood

“It says give thanks, not feel thankful. I find that the act of giving thanks even when—especially when—I don’t feel thankful is a discipline…

— Ginny L. Yttrup