“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” —Maya Angelou

“To speak gratitude is courageous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch heaven” —Johannes Gaertner

“Trade your expectation for appreciation and the world changes for you.” —Anthony Robbins

“Appreciate what you have before it turns into what you had.” —Unknown

“Be thankful for what you have” you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” —Oprah Winfrey 

“The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.” —Dalai Lama

“Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don’t unravel.” —Unknown

“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” —G.K. Chesterton

“Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.” —Ernest Hemingway

“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art… It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” —C.S. Lewis

“I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.” —Robert Brault

“One thing I’ve learned is when you find a best friend in this life, you better hang on.” —Jim Nabors

“Things are never quite as scary when you have a best friend.” —Bill Watterson

“They are right who says, ‘great friends are not common’. I must have found favour to know you. Thanks for being there for me. I appreciate you.” —Unknown

“You are hilarious, kind, and generous. I’m so happy and appreciative to have you as a friend.” —Unknown

“Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.” —Northrup Christiane

“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” —Marcel Proust

“Thank you for accepting me as I am, with my virtues and defects.” —Jenni Rivera

“Do you have to train to be so amazing? Because you are definitely the best friend anyone could ask for!” —Unknown 

"This a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before." –Maya Angelou

“It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.” –David Steinall-Rast

“You could’ve had anyone in the world, but you chose me. Thank you.” –Anthony T. Hincks

“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother.” –Abraham Lincoln

“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” –Albert Schweitzer

“Thank you for accepting me as I am, with my virtues and defects.” –Jenni Rivera

“You changed my life without even trying, and I don’t think I could ever tell you how much you mean to me. I can’t imagine what things would be like if I hadn’t met you.” –Steve Maraboli

“I’m glad I have you for the rest of my life as a best friend, lover, and fellow adventurer. Thank you for constantly supporting me, forgiving me, loving me, making me laugh, and challenging me to be a better person.” –Raquel Martin

“I appreciate you more because of the road I’ve traveled. My story brought me to you and I wouldn’t revise a word of my past if it led me anywhere but to your door.” –Aaron Polson

“Thank you for loving and believing in me, and for making me the proudest mother and grandmother on earth. You are my reason for living, and my greatest accomplishment. I love you with everything that I am.” –Ellen Marie Wiseman

“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” –Thornton Wilder

“There is always, always, always something to be thankful for.” —Anonymous

“The real gift of gratitude is that the more grateful you are, the more present you become.” —Robert Holden

“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgiving, turn routine jobs into joy and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —William Arthur Ward

“It isn’t what you have in your pocket that makes you thankful, but what you have in your heart.” —Anonymous

“Enough is a feast.” —Buddhist Proverb

“Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.” — Karl Barth

“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” — Willie Nelson

“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” — Robert Brault

“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 

“Strive to find things to be thankful for, and just look for the good in who you are.”—Bethany Hamilton

“Gratitude is the open door to abundance.” —Anonymous

“Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.” —Randy Pausch