Being grateful is a positive attitude that often requires a conscious effort. Below are some wise quotes that if followed, can make your life better.

• A thankless man never does a thankful deed. Danish Proverb
• Cultivate the thankful spirit! It will be to you a perpetual feast. John R. MacDuff (1818–1895)
• Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank him for not having given it wings. Indian Proverb
• Don’t be sorry if the bottle is half empty. Be glad that it is half full. Proverb
• I thank God for my handicaps; for, through them, I have found myself, my work, and my God. Helen Adams Keller (1880–1968)
• If men thanked God for good things, they wouldn’t have time to complain about the bad. Jewish Proverb
• Lord! that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness! William Shakespeare
• One act of thanksgiving when things go wrong with us is worth a thousand thanks when things are agreeable to our inclination. Saint John of Avila (1500–1569)
• Remember the day’s blessings; forget the day’s troubles. Proverb
• Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day which must be done, whether you like it or not. Charles Kingsley (1819–1875)
• Think not on what you lack as much as on what you have. Greek Proverb
• We should spend as much time in thanking God for his benefits as we do in asking him for them. Vincent De Paul (1580–1660)
• When you break your leg, be thankful it isn’t your neck.
• Who does not thank for little will not thank for much. Proverb
• When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around. Willie Nelson
• 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
• Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. Charles Dickens
• When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears. Anthony Robbins
• If a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful for what he’s going to get. Frank A. Clark
• When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. Tecumseh
• The soul that gives thanks can find comfort in everything; the soul that complains can find comfort in nothing. Hannah Whitall Smith
• No duty is more urgent than giving thanks. James Allen
• Got no checkbooks, got no banks, still I’d like to express my thanks. I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night. Irving Berlin
• We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction. Harry A. Ironside
• We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning. Albert Barnes
• He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. Epictetus
• Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings. William Arthur Ward
• Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful. Al Jarreau
• There is no better excess in the world than the excess of gratitude. Jean de La Bruyère
• Even if you don’t have all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don’t have that you don’t want. Bob Dylan
• A grateful perspective brings happiness and abundance into a person’s life.  Andy Andrews
• When it comes to life, the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.  G.K. Chesterton
• The more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.  Norman Vincent Peale
• Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation. John Ortberg
• Being grateful does not mean that everything is necessarily good. It just means that you can accept it as a gift.  Roy T. Bennett
• Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.  Voltaire
• Never let the things you want make you forget the things you have.  Sanchita Pandey
• Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.  Doris Day
• Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good. Maya Angelou
• We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.  Alphonse Karr
• It’s up to us to choose contentment and thankfulness now and to stop imagining that we have to have everything perfect before we’ll be happy.  Joanna Gaines
• Every once in a while, God allows you to stub your toe as a kind reminder to be grateful for the miraculous body attached to it.  Richelle E. Goodrich
• When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.  Kristin Armstrong
• Have gratitude for all that you have, and you can be happy exactly as you are.  Mandy Ingber
• Living in a state of gratitude is the gateway to grace.  Arianna Huffington
• The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.  Henry Ward Beecher
• The best way to show my gratitude is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy.  Mother Teresa
• I am happy because I’m grateful. I choose to be grateful. That gratitude allows me to be happy.  Will Arnett
• If you want to find happiness, find gratitude.  Steve Maraboli
• I’m thankful for my struggle because without it I wouldn’t have stumbled across my strength.