Thank You Quotes & Appreciation Quotes

- helping you say 'thank-you' meaningfully

These 30+ thank you quotes or appreciation quotes come from many sources.

I hope they'll help stimulate your imagination to find other ways of saying thank you rather than:

"Thank you, thank you, thank you and thank you. And just once more, for good measure - thank you."

It gets just a tad repetitive, doesn't it?

Any word repeated over, and over again tends to lose its initial impact.

That's why finding alternative ways to express your gratitude is a good idea; particularly if you're making a thank you speech or appreciation speech and have a long list of people to mention. Variation will keep your thanks interesting to listen to and meaningful for the first person on your list as well as the last.

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Using thank you quotes

You can either use these appreciation/thank you quotes as they are or adapt them to suit your purpose.

Here's an example integrated into part of a 'thank you' speech to illustrate. It's quote number 4 below.

"G.B. Stern said 'Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone.' and I agree.

I want to shout my thanks out loud. I want everyone to know and hear how much the support of Tom, Brad and Harry means to me. But more than that, I want them to know.

Tom you were there for me 200%. You shared your expertise and time unstintingly.

Brad, we've been mates since kindergarten. You give me that rare combination of loyalty, humor and honesty. You keep me on track, laughing and true - a real friend.

Harry, you're a marvel. Patient and practical. You listen, you understand and find solutions where others would only see problems."

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30+ thank you quotes

1.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Mark Twain

2.

The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.
John E. Southard

3.

I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks.
William Shakespeare

4.

Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone.
G.B. Stern

5.

One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.
Malayan Proverb

6.

What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.
Albert Pine

7.

We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love.
Mother Teresa

8.

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice.
Meister Eckhart

9.

I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes. e. e. cummings

10.

Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don't unravel.
Author Unknown

11.

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.
Friedrich Nietzsche

12.

Saying “thank you” creates love.
Daphne Rose Kingma

13.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.
Author Unknown

14.

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

15.

Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality.
Alfred Painter

16.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
Cicero

17.

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
Eric Hoffer

18.

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

19.

Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.
Margaret Cousins

20.

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. You made a difference. Thank-you so much.
Author Unknown

21.

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
Epictetus

22.

It is impossible to feel grateful and depressed in the same moment.
Naomi Williams

23.

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

24.

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.
Seneca

25.

The best kind of giving is thanksgiving.
Chesterton

26.

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
William Arthur Ward

27.

Gratitude creates the most wonderful feeling. It can resolve disputes. It can strengthen friendships. And it makes us better men and women.
Gordon B. Hinckley

28.

Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot.
Hausa proverb (Nigeria)

29.

A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.
Author Unknown

30.

Appreciate everything your associates do for the business. Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune.
Sam Walton

31.

The cheapest gift I have to give is kindness, and it is the best.
Bob Kerry

This brings my collection of thank you and appreciation quotations to an end. I hope you've found a gem or two that you can use.

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Getting from thank you quotes to speech

Do you need a hand preparing your appreciation speech?

It's hard to feel grateful when you're struggling with anxiety or fear of public speaking and it would be a shame to waste the effort you've made collecting just the right thank you quotes.

An essential part of feeling good about being in the spotlight is knowing you've done the preparation.

Here's specific help on preparing an appreciation or thank you speech or you can get all the assistance you need on delivery, rehearsal and more from the public speaking tips here.

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