94 Thankful Thursday Quotes To Help Practice Gratitude (2025)

/ Self-love / Last Updated On: January 14, 2024 / 12 minutes of reading

One of the biggest things that helped me to shift my mindset from negative to positive is gratitude. It is often easier to focus on everything you are unhappy with in your life. However, shifting your attention to the things you have in your life that you are thankful for can change everything.

If you aren’t ready to jump headfirst into the world of gratitude a good place to start would be Thankful Thursday.

What is Thankful Thursday?

What is one day every single year when people focus on what they are thankful for? Thanksgiving.

And it happens that Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. This is where the saying “Thankful Thursday” originated from, but it doesn’t mean that you have to limit your gratitude to Thanksgiving only. There are 51 other Thursdays in the year that you could practice Thankful Thursdays.

How Can You Celebrate Thankful Thursday?

On Thanksgiving, many people celebrate it by sharing a meal (usually Turkey) with their friends and family and sharing what they are thankful for.

For the other 51 Thankful Thursdays in the year, there are many different things you can do to celebrate gratitude.

You could:

• Start a gratitude journal
• Try a guided gratitude meditation
• Try out gratitude affirmations
• Write thank you letters to important people in your life
• Make a thank you post on social media to someone who means a lot to you
• Send thank you texts to people you are thankful for

How Can You Use Thankful Thursday Quotes?

There are many different ways that you can choose to use the quotes below. Some of the most common ones are:

Write them in your gratitude journal

Screenshot your favorites on your phone

Share them on social media

Print them out and post them in places where you can see them

Use them as your screensaver/background on your phone or computer

Add them to your vision board

Thankful Thursday Quotes

1. “There’s no happier person than a truly thankful, content person.”– Joyce Meyer
2. “Thankful Thursday. Count your blessings, make your blessings count and have a beautiful day.” – unknown
3. “Every morning is a fresh start. Wake up with a thankful heart.”– Kristen Butler
4. “Here is to a beautiful Thankful Thursday and a blessed new day. Be grateful. Enjoy every moment of it. Because we only get to live it once.” – unknown
5. “Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and the lives of all those around you.”– Eileen Caddy
6. “The truly grateful are also grateful for being grateful.”– Mokokoma Mokhonoana
7. “You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson
8. “In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.”– Dietrich Bonhoeffer
9. “Gratitude means to recognize the good in your life, be thankful for whatever you have, some people may not even have one of those things you consider precious to you (love, family, friends, etc). Each day give thanks for the gift of life. You are blessed”– Pablo
10. “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not. Remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”– Epicurus
11. “Great things happen to those who don’t stop believing, trying, learning, and being grateful.”– Roy T. Bennett
12. “Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.”– Brian Tracy
13. “Forget yesterday–it has already forgotten you. Don’t sweat tomorrow–you haven’t even met. Instead, open your eyes and your heart to a truly precious gift–today.”– Steve Maraboli
14. “Gratitude is a powerful process for shifting your energy and bringing more of what you want into your life.”– Rhonda Byrne
15. “When you have something use it with appreciation before you lose it and always remember those who don’t have it.”– Mary Uwamahoro
16. “In every class of society, gratitude is the rarest of all human virtues.”– Wilkie Collins
17. “The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.”– Henry Ward Beecher
18. “Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.”– Henri Frederic Amiel
19. “I turned my attention to gratitude and discovered that the more I cultivated a sense of appreciation for all that I had, the happier and less fearful I was.”– M. J. Ryan
20. “Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.”– Leroy Satchel Paige
21. “Display, a life full of gratitude, and remember to give thanks each day.”– Danielle Duckery

Quotes About Thankful Thursday

1. “Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul.”– Amy Collette
2. “A reminder for Thankful Thursday- It’s not happy people who are thankful, it’s thankful people who are happy.”– unknown
3. “We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”– Thornton Wilder
4. “It’s Thankful Thursday. I’m breathing. I’m alive. I’m blessed.” – unknown
5. “Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give.”– Edwin Arlington Robinson
6. “Those with a grateful mindset end to see the message in the mess. And even though life may knock them down, the grateful find reasons, if even small ones, to get up.”– Steve Maraboli
7. “Sometimes the little things in life mean the most.”– Ellen Hopkins
8. “The heart that gives thanks is a happy one, for we cannot feel thankful and unhappy at the same time.”– Douglas Wood
9. Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more.”– Melody Beattie
10. “Focus on the good you have, not the lack of it, because whatever gets your attention will increase the energy of gratitude. That’s how joy rises.”– unknown
11. “Whatever we are waiting for—peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance—it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.”– Sarah Ban Breathnach
12. “No one who achieves success does so without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.”– Alfred North Whitehead
13. “Nothing new can come into your life unless you are grateful for what you already have.”– Michael Bernhard
14. “The mind is like a flower. It does not bloom without the lights of appreciation, encouragement, and love.”– Debasish Mridha
15. “It’s a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.”– Germany Kent
16. “We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.”– Neal A. Maxwell
17. “It takes a lot of courage to have an attitude of gratitude during the dark times. But once you have it, it empowers you.”– Joshua Tongol
18. “Gratitude is an appreciation for every moment in your life. It is a feeling of abundance.”– Brenda Nathan
19. “When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.”– Maya Angelou
20. “The two words that will change your life are “thank you”. Like a candle that can light a thousand more without shortening its own life, appreciation is a gift that, when given, can set the whole world aglow.”– Stacey Lee

Quotes To Help You Be Thankful This Thursday

1. “The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.”– Zig Ziglar
2. “It’s Thankful Thursday. What are you thankful for today?” – unknown
3. “Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.”– Alice Walker
4. “There is always, always, always something to be thankful for on Thankful Thursday.”– unknown
5. “Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.”– Rumi
6. “Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.”– William Arthur Ward
7. “Be thankful for everything that happens in your life; it’s all an experience.”– Roy T. Bennett
8. “We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.”– Friedrich Koenig
9. “Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.”– Buddha
10. “Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self–preoccupation.”– John Ortberg
11. “In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.”– Dietrich Bonhoeffer
12. “The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low.”– Richard Carlson
13. “Though they only take a second to say, thank you leaves a warm feeling behind that can last for hours.”– Kent Allan Rees
14. “Breath is the finest gift of nature. Be grateful for this wonderful gift.”– Amit Ray
15. “Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”– Voltaire
16. “The practice of gratitude empowers, heals, inspires, and fosters heartfelt well–being.”– Angeles Arrien
17. “Sometimes we spend so much time and energy thinking about where we want to go that we don’t notice where we happen to be.”– Dan Gutman
18. “The real gift of gratitude is that the more grateful you are, the more present you become.”– Robert Holden

Best Thankful Thursday Quotes

1. “In your darkest hour, give thanks, for, in due time, the morning will come. And it will come with a ray of sunshine.”– Michael Bassey Johnson
2. “It’s Thankful Thursday. Be thankful in all things regardless!” – unknown
3. “Gratitude is an antidote to negative emotions, a neutralizer of envy, hostility, worry, and irritation. It is savoring; it is not taking things for granted; it is present-oriented.”– Sonja Lyubomirsky
4. “May your Thursday be full of gratitude!” – unknown
5. “Gratitude is the appreciation of things that are not deserved, earned, or demanded – those wonderful things that we take for granted.”– Renée Paule
6. “We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.”– Cynthia Ozick
7. “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”– Mother Teresa
8. “It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.”– Charles Spurgeon
9. “When some things go wrong, take a moment to be thankful for the many things that are going right.”– Annie Gottlier
10. “If the only prayer you ever say in your life is ‘thank you,’ that would suffice.”– Meister Eckhart
11. “When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.”– G.K. Chesterton
12. “What you acknowledge truly is yours. Invite your heart to be grateful and your ‘thank yous’ will be heard even when you don’t use words.”– Pavithra Mehta
13. “When you focus on gratitude, positive things flow in more readily, making you even more grateful.”– Lissa Rankin
14. “The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.”– Thich Nhat Hanh
15. “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.”– Marcus Tullius Cicero
16. “We should not measure success by bank accounts filled with money, but rather by moments filled with joy and gratitude. Pursuing your passion vigorously and relentlessly will bring you those moments.”– Dennis Houchin
17. “What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.”– Brené Brown
18. “Living in a state of gratitude is the gateway to grace.”– Arianna Huffington

Motivational Thankful Thursday Quotes

1. “Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” – Anonymous
2. “Gratitude is the sweetest thing in a seeker’s life – in all human life. If there is gratitude in your heart, then there will be tremendous sweetness in your eyes.”– Sri Chinmoy
3. “Be thankful for the infinitesimal thing that you have. Learn to value the blessings.”– Giridhar Alwar
4. “The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.”– William Blake
5. “Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”– Melody Beattie
6. “Be grateful for small things, big things, and everything in between. Count your blessings, not your problems.”– unknown
7. “Live Simply. Dream big. Be grateful. Give love. Laugh lots.”– unknown
8. “I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet.”– Mahatma Gandhi
9. “Gratitude also opens your eyes to the limitless potential of the universe, while dissatisfaction closes your eyes to it.”– Stephen Richards
10. “Being grateful does not mean that everything is necessarily good. It just means that you can accept it as a gift.”– Roy T. Bennett
11. “Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.”– Christiane Northrup
12. “Life is a web of intersections and choices. Your 1st choice is to recognize an intersection. Your 2nd choice is to be grateful for it.”– Ryan Lilly
13. “Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.”– W.T. Purkiser
14. “We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.”– John F. Kennedy
15. “‘Count your blessings’ is such a common expression that it has become a catchphrase. Yet it contains powerful truth and meaning: Be grateful for what you have – and for what you don’t have.”– Robert W. Bly
16. “Gratitude opens the door to the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe. You open the door through gratitude.”– Deepak Chopra
17. “Spending time in nature feeling connected with the world often elicits gratitude.”– Diana Butler Bass

Final Thoughts

Gratitude is a powerful emotion that has been proven to make you happier as a result.

If you aren’t yet used to practicing gratitude regularly, Thankful Thursday can be a great way to dip your toes in and get started. By taking time each week to focus on the good in your life, you will begin to notice an improvement in your well-being.

Take care of yourself.

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