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15 Quotes That Sum Up The Importance Of Gratitude And How It Can Change Our Lives

Gratitude is the wine of the soul. Go on. Get drunk! 
Rania Naim
November 23, 2016
“I've realised that sometimes you get no second chance and that it's best to accept the gifts the world offers you.”
— Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes
Tagged: Second Chances, Change, Acceptance, Accepting Change, Gratitude
“As she realized what might have been, she grew to be thankful for what was.”
— Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South(Penguin Classics)
Tagged: thankful, Life
“Try to focus on the things that you do have instead of obsessing over things you don't.”
— Hannah Hart, My Drunk Kitchen: A Guide to Eating, Drinking, and Going with Your Gut
Tagged: obsessions, thankful
“Be grateful for what you have now. As you begin to think about all the things in your life you are grateful for, you will be amazed at the never ending thoughts that come back to you of more things to be grateful for. You have to make a start, and then the law of attraction will receive those grateful thoughts and give you more just like them.”
— Rhonda Byrne, The Secret
Tagged: grateful, thankful
“Gratitude is the wine of the soul. Go on. Get drunk!”
— Rumi, Jalaluddin Rumi Quotes & Poems on Life, Love & Death
Tagged: Rumi, Spirtuality, Gratitude
“Don’t grieve for what doesn’t come. Some things that don’t happen keep disasters from happening.”
— Rumi, The Essential Rumi, New Expanded Edition
Tagged: Love, Spirituality, Rumi
“Everything I've ever been through has brought me here because this is where I need to be. Every bump in the road, every chance relationship, every confusing moment. It's been so purposeful. So perfect. All of it.
I have no regrets. No complaints. Thank you, life. For absolutely everything.”
— Rachel Brathen, @yoga_girl
Tagged: purpose, thankful, Relationships, Blessed
“When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude.”
— Elie Wiesel, The Elie Wiesel Foundation For Humanity
Tagged: Gratitude, humanity, Heart and Love, Elie Wiesel Quotes
“Knowing it can always get worse, I try to be grateful for whatever good I have.”
— Elizabeth A. Smart, My Story
Tagged: grateful
“I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Tagged: Best Days, Happiness, Suffering, Future, unknown, Surprises
“When you give thanks as though you have already received what you want, you are emitting a powerful signal to the Universe. That signal is saying that you have it already because you are feeling gratitude for it now. Each morning before you get out of bed, make it a habit to feel the feelings of gratitude in advance for the great day ahead, as though it is done.”
— Rhonda Byrne, The Secret
Tagged: grateful, Relationships, Habit
“After everything that's happened, how can the world still be so beautiful? Because it is.”
— Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake
Tagged: The World, beauty, Gratitude, Appreciation, Nature
“If you have a roof over your head and food in your fridge, you're already doing better than a lot of people.”
— Kendra Syrdal, All The Reminders You Need To Get You Through Anything In Life
Tagged: Gratitude, Life
“Count your blessings, not your blemishes.”
— Margo Maine, 20 Ways To Love Your Body
Tagged: body confidence, Blessings, blemishes, Flaws
“Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”
— Charles Dickens, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
Tagged: Blessings, thankful, Misfortunes, Optimism