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If you’re looking for a little inspiration in your life, look no further than mindfulness and gratitude. These two concepts can help you live a more positive and fulfilling life.

In this blog post, we’ve collected 73 quotes on mindfulness and gratitude to inspire you every day and manage stress. We hope they help you find peace and happiness in your life!

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“The goal of mindfulness is not to have fewer thoughts or to think more positively. The goal is simply to become aware of your thoughts so that you can see them for what they are: fleeting, impermanent things that do not define you.” -Dalai Lama

“When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding of what is going on deepens, and we begin to be filled with acceptance, joy, peace, and love.” -Thich Nhat Hanh

“Mindfulness is about being fully alive. It is not an escape from life.” -Jon Kabat-Zinn

“The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes when we recognize that things can happen to us but they don’t happen to us unless we identify with them.” -Epictetus

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“Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn’t more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it.” -Sylvia Boorstein

“Mindfulness is moment-to-moment nonjudgmental awareness.” -Jon Kabat-Zinn

“To live in the present moment is a miracle. The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now.” -Thich Nhat Hanh

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“Mindfulness is the art of being a compassionate witness to your own life.” -Pema Chodron

“When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding of what is going on deepens, and we begin to be filled with acceptance, joy, peace and love.” -Thich Nhat Hanh

“The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes when we recognize that things can happen to us but they don’t happen to us unless we identify with them.” -Epictetus

“Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn’t more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it.” -Sylvia Boorstein

“Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without trying to change it. mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally.” -Jon Kabat-Zinn

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“When you pay attention to boredom it gets incredibly interesting. Part of taking your humanness seriously involves learning to rest in not knowing what to do. The wisdom of not knowing is as fundamental as the wisdom of knowing.” -Pema Chodron

“Mindfulness is a way of befriending ourselves and our experience.” -Pema Chodron

“The ordinary life is truly a precious gift.” -Thich Nhat Hanh

“Mindfulness is the greatest gift we can give ourselves – and each other.” -Jack Kornfield

“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.” Melody Beattie

“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

“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

“Thankfulness creates gratitude, which generates contentment that causes peace.” – Todd Stocker

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“I may not be where I want to be, but I’m thankful for not being where I used to be.” – Habeeb Akande

“Gratitude opens your eyes to the limitless potential of the universe, while dissatisfaction closes your eyes to it.” – Stephen Richards

“We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.” – John F. Kennedy

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

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“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein

“When instead of reacting against a situation, you merge with it, the solution arises out of the situation itself.” – Eckhart Tolle

“Gratitude opens the door to the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe. You open the door through gratitude.” – Deepak Chopra

“Gratitude for the present moment and the fullness of life now is the true prosperity”. – Eckhart Tolle

“An attitude of gratitude brings great things.” – Yogi Bhajan

“Reflect upon your present moment of blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.” – Charles Dickens

“If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything. In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities; in the expert’s mind there are few.” -Shunryu Suzuki

“Utter words of wisdom” -Buddha

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“The ordinary life is a truly precious gift.” -Thich Nhat Hanh.

“Reflect upon your present moment of blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.” -Charles Dickens.

“Gratitude for the present moment and the fullness of life now is the true prosperity.” -Eckhart Tolle

“An attitude of gratitude brings great things.” -Yogi Bhajan

“Gratitude opens the door to the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe. You open the door through gratitude.” -Deepak Chopra

“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more.” -Oprah Winfrey

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“In mindfulness, the teaching is just to be there with whatever is happening. Don’t try to make anything happen. Just relax and allow yourself to experience life in the present moment.” -Jack Kornfield

“Mindfulness is the greatest gift we can give ourselves – and each other.” -Jack Kornfield

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

“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” -Melody Beattie

“When instead of reacting against a situation, you merge with it, the solution arises out of the situation itself.” -Eckhart Tolle

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” -Albert Einstein

“We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.” -John F. Kennedy

“Gratitude opens your eyes to the limitless potential of the universe, while dissatisfaction closes your eyes to it.” -Stephen Richards

“I may not be where I want to be, but I’m thankful for not being where I used to be.” -Habeeb Akande

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“If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything. In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities; in the expert’s mind there are few.” -Shunryu Suzuki

“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

“When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.” Tony Robbins. 

“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.” —Cicero.

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“Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you,”- Eileen Caddy 

“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” -Mahatma Gandhi.

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” -Steve Jobs.

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” -Albert Einstein.

“A wise man once said, ‘The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.'” -Mark Twain.

“Piglet noticed that even though he had a very small heart, it was still capable of an enormous amount of love.” -A. A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh.

“Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it.” -Nicholas Sparks.

“Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs.

“The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.” – William Saroyan.

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“Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.” -Mother Teresa.

“True joy comes from living in harmony with our values and finding contentment in the simple things.” – Nathaniel Brandon

“Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.” -Elizabeth Bibesco.

“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”- Marcus Aurelius.

“I am grateful for what I am and have. My Thanksgiving is perpetual.” -Henry David Thoreau

“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”- Melody Beattie

“If you want to find happiness, find gratitude.” -Steve Maraboli

“Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.”- Zig Ziglar

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