Expressing our thoughts and feelings is an innate desire of human beings. We need words to communicate to others what we think and feel and we need to let me know what hides in our hearts. Through simple words such as “thank you,” we can build a bridge between ourselves and other people.
Saying thank you is something so easily done, yet so powerful. Check out these thank you quotes to understand why a simple thank you can have such a great impact on the quality of our lives.
Walk together. Feel the heart beats. Experience the presence. This is how to be thankful. – Amit Ray
Learning to be thankful is an essential human experience. Gratitude enables a sense of fulfillment and happiness in our lives, giving a more profound texture to all our interactions with people and the world itself.
Words that should cross your lips with ease: thank you, love you, sorry, please. – Richelle E. Goodrich
There are certain words that should accompany us at all moments because they hold the ability to make activity, interaction, and communication better. Using words like “thank you” more often, we treat life with more respect and appreciation.
It is sometimes necessary to use unnecessary words like thank you and please just to make life prettier. – E.L. Konigsburg
Words like “thank you” or “please” express more than politeness. Through their simplicity, they show profound feelings such as gratitude, respect, and the joy of communicating with others and finding in them help and support.
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. – G.K. Chesterton
Some people bring great gifts into our lives that we could never repay them for. We can at least thank them and keep them in our thoughts, hoping that our consideration and gratitude will bring them happiness.
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
Gratitude enriches both those who give and those who receive. It is a tie that connects people with each other in powerful ways and allows them to form profound and authentic relationships. When we are thankful, we realize the joys of being a giver.
Just a “thank you” is a mighty powerful prayer. Says it all. – Rosie Cash
Thank you is a magic formula that opens the doors to other people’s hearts and that communicates many powerful feelings which otherwise could hardly be put into words. A simple thank you tells more about what it’s in our hearts than a long speech.
God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say “thank you”? – William Arthur Ward
Most of us live life in busy mode, always feeling like we don’t have enough time to do all the things we want to do. However, the day is rich for the grateful person. When we use a few moments to say thank you, our days gain in quality.
Whenever we are appreciative, we are filled with a sense of well-being and swept up by the feeling of joy. – M.J. Ryan
Appreciation is as important for those who express it as it is for those who receive it. Whenever we are thankful for something, our heart fills with feelings of joy and happiness. By showing appreciation, our relationship with the world becomes more intimate, more fulfilling.
One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness. – Josh Billings
Negative feelings are a normal part of our existence and we should never repress them. However, we can learn to transform and purify them. Being polite and considerate even with those who do us wrong is a great way to fight their negative influence.
For your thoughtfulness and generosity, from you I have learned much of life’s philosophy – Thank you sincerely. – Unknown
We learn so much from every person in our life and very often, we take them for granted. Our friends and family should know how much we appreciate them for their generosity, advice, and support. A sincere thank you can bring them a lot of happiness.
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. – Meister Eckhart
We tend to believe that praying is about asking for things, but prayers can be as simple as a thank you. When it expresses sincere and profound gratitude, “thank you” can be as powerful as to save us from the burden of our flaws and mistakes.
Make it a habit of telling people thank you for expressing your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. – Ralph Marston
Saying thank you and being grateful without expecting anything in return is a key habit that makes our relationships stronger and keeps people in our lives happy and satisfied. When we thank someone, they feel that they matter in our life.
Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful. – Al Jarreau
It is important to start our days with feelings of gratitude because when we appreciate what we have, life gives us more. When we fail to recognize the gifts we receive, life makes us lose them. Only by being thankful we live in harmony.
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. – James Allen
Saying thank you to those who stand beside us in times of struggles is more than a polite gesture. It is a duty that must always be fulfilled with honesty and thoughtfulness. A simple thank you takes little of our time and energy, but its effects are extremely powerful.
Be thankful for what you have and you’ll end up having more. – Oprah Winfrey
Whenever we are thankful we start to recognize the abundance and richness of life, and we become more able to attract good things into our lives. Gratitude is the power of the soul to appreciate the good things in life.
Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Gratitude is a very elusive feeling and sometimes, burdened by daily life, we fail to recognize and express our feelings of gratitude. We can start by saying thank you more often, which can easily turn into one of our best habits.
Feeling gratitude, and not expressing it, is like wrapping a present and not giving it. – William Arthur Ward
Sometimes we are so impressed with other people’s concern and support for us that we fail to let them know how thankful we are. However, if we feel thankful yet we don’t’ express it, our gratitude loses all its power.
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. – John F. Kennedy
We often say thank you even when we don’t really mean it. Words are powerful, but they can also be deceiving. The highest form of appreciation is accompanying words with actions. True honesty is the harmony between thoughts, actions, and words.
