This post was updated 14th June 2024
It’s Thursday.
Just one more day and a handful of hours and you’ve made it to the weekend.
Whilst weekends as a mother might not be the carefree days of your youth, there’s still something magical about the weekend.
So let’s join in with the Thankful Thursday vibe and count your blessings.
You won’t be alone.
Thankful Thursday is all over social media. Right now there are 1.8 million #thankfulthursday posts on Instagram.
Turns out there’s a lot of positive things to be thankful for.
Head into this weekend with a positive outlook and thankful heart and see where it leads you.
The more you look for the good things in life, the more you find them.
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Why Should You Be Grateful?
Gratitude is the magic ingredient in a joyful, purposeful life.
That cup of undisturbed coffee, the first flower of spring, a cuddle with your sleepy child.
When you actively find reasons to be grateful, you will look at life with fresh eyes. Pretty soon, you will realise how much abundance surrounds and envelops your life.
Thankful Thursday Positive Quotes To Uplift
I love a good positive quote, so I’ve created this list of 100+ thankful Thursday Positive Quotes for you to use when you need them.
I have a quick THANK YOU to say first.
To all of you, for reading my blog and letting me have so much fun building this space of joy and positivity for women and mothers.
It wouldn’t be the same without you here.
Now let’s celebrate this new day and all the joyful little things to be thankful for this Thursday with some motivational quotes.
Print them out, write them down, save as a screen saver on your phone. Whatever works for you, do more of that.
Gratitude is like a muscle. It needs working out to keep it going strong.
Thankful Thursday Positive Quotes
- Make Thursday the day you look back on with wonder and smiles.- Amanda Newbery Mumtastic Life
- You’re off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way.- Dr Seuss
- I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness – it’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practicing gratitude.- Brené Brown
- When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.- Willie Nelson
Live Simply. Dream big. Be grateful. Give love. Laugh lots.- Unknown
Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You. –Dr. Seuss,Happy Birthday to You!
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.- Thornton Wilder
Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be. –Grandma Moses
If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.- Meister Eckhart
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
Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.- William Arthur Ward
Don’t count the days. Make the days count.- Muhammad Ali
Gratitude opens the door to … the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe.- Deepak Chopra
Happy Thursday. Be the joy you want to attract. See the world you want to live in. Feel the love you want to embody.- Amanda Newbery. Mumtastic Life
The more you are in a state of gratitude, the more you will attract things to be grateful for. – Walt Disney
You won’t have this Thursday again, so make it a good one.- Unknown
You can quit anything on a Thursday.- Bob Goff
Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.- William Arthur Ward
Happy Thursday! Greet your problems and decisions with peace and calm.- Tracey Edmonds
Thursday should start with a teabag of fun.- Anthony T. Hincks
You might transform your entire Thursday with just one optimistic thought in the morning.- Unknown
Be grateful for your life, every detail of it, and your face will come to shine like a sun, and everyone who sees it will be made glad and peaceful.- Rumi
This is a wonderful day; I have never seen this one before.- Maya Angelou
It’s Thursday morning. Dance your way into another day.- Amanda Newbery. Mumtastic Life
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.- Napoleon Hill
Everyday, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.- Dalai Lama XIV
Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Today is a good day to have a good day- Unknown
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart- Helen Keller
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.- Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
Being grateful all the time isn’t easy. But it’s when you least feel thankful that you are most in need of what gratitude can give you: perspective. Gratitude can transform any situation. It alters your vibration, moving you from negative energy to positive. It’s the quickest, easiest most powerful way to effect change in your life — this I know for sure.- Oprah Winfrey- excerpt from What I Know For Sure
Every day I awaken I am grateful. My intent is to be totally present in that day. And laugh as much as possible.- Maya Angelou
It’s a great day to be alive. I know the sun’s still shining when I close my eyes.- Travis Tritt
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
I’ve got the hang of Thursdays now. Treat them like Fridays eve. Dance and celebrate the days to come. Welcome in the weekend and a much-needed break.- Amanda Newbery. Mumtastic Life
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
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
The best things in life are simple, abundant, and free.- Debasish Mridha
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—then make that day count!- Steve Maraboli
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
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
Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.- Ralph Waldo Emerson
A positive attitude is something everyone can work on, and everyone can learn how to employ it.- Captain Jack Sparrow
What’s the simplest way to express gratitude? Live life like the gift that it is- Amanda Newbery. Mumtastic Life
- The secret of being happy is accepting where you are in life and making the most out of every day.-Unknown
- The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.– William Blake
- You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The heart that gives thanks is a happy one, for we cannot feel thankful and unhappy at the same time- Douglas Wood
- Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul.– Amy Collette
- 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
- When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in. — Kristin Armstrong
- Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. — Melody Beattie
- Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust
- Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. ― Voltaire
Short Thankful Thursday Quotes
- The truly grateful are also grateful for being grateful.- Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- If all you can do is crawl, start crawling-Rumi
- Express gratitude for the greatness of small things- Richie Norton
- Gratitude turns what we have into enough.- – Anonymous
- There is always, always, always something to be thankful for.- Unknown
- Sometimes the little things in life mean the most.- Ellen Hopkins
- This is a wonderful day. I have never seen this one before.- Maya Angelou
- Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.- Doris Day
- Sometimes the little things in life mean the most. – Ellen Hopkins
- Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude. A. A. Milne
- When eating fruit, remember the one who planted the tree.- Vietnamese Proverb
- A grateful heart is a happy heart.– Amanda Newbery. Mumtastic Life
- What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude. Brené Brown
- Find beauty in the rhythm of life.- Amanda Newbery. Mumtastic Life
- Always have an attitude of gratitude- Sterling K Brown
- Be grateful for the small, simple joys in life.- Amanda Newbery. Mumtastic Life
- No duty is more urgent than giving thanks.- James Allen
- Enough’ is a feast- Buddhist Proverb
- Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind. – Lionel Hampton
- Turn your face towards the sun and smile for all that is- Amanda Newbery
- Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. – Aesop
- Joy is the simplest form of gratitude. – Karl Barth
- If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough. Meister Eckhart
Use Thursday as a clean slate. Every day you get a choice, a new beginning.
Positive Attitude Gratitude Quotes
- Grateful for the small things that make a big difference.
- Thankful for the lessons learned and the blessings earned.
- Finding joy in the journey of life.
- Appreciating the people who make life special.
- Taking a moment to count my blessings.
- Cherishing the moments that matter most.
- Thankful for the love that surrounds me.
- Finding peace in the present moment.
- Loving the journey and all it brings.
- Celebrating the gift of another day.
- Appreciating the beauty in the ordinary.
- Grateful for the chance to make a difference.
- Embracing the joy of giving thanks.
- Grateful for the kindness of others.
- Embracing the blessings of today.
- Thankful for the lessons life teaches.
- Appreciating the beauty of nature.
- Celebrating the moments that bring happiness.
- Grateful for the memories created.
- Good morning and welcome to another day.
- Thankful for the moments of stillness.
- Appreciating the abundance in life.
- Finding joy in the journey of life.
- Appreciating the people who make life special.
- Taking a moment to count my blessings.
You chose your thoughts like you chose your shoes. It’s not always easy to might the right choice.
You could even boost your Thankful Thursday vibes more with a gratitude journal? The more I journal, the more I fall in love with life. It’s a super simple and super powerful way to pinpoint all those small areas of joy in your life.
Post: 53 November Journal Prompts To Spark Self-Reflective Writing And Gratitude.
Reading a few inspirational quotes might just be the small, positive action you need that Thursday morning to set you on your joyful way.
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How are you going to make Thursday your most thankful day? Or do you show gratitude on all the days of the week?
Let me know in the comments below. This is a good place to share your thankfulness inspiration.
Happy Thankful Thursday.
Amanda x
