Tips to make thank you quotes feel even more genuine.
Thank you quotes are memorable, inspiring, and meaningful. Since they’re quotes, though, they don’t give thanks in your own words. How do you use thank you quotes and make them feel genuine?
These best practices put thank you quotes to good use while personalizing your thanks in a thoughtful way:
- Be specific. Tailor your message with added text from you. You can even use a thank you quote as inspiration and remix it (replacing words with your own take) to make it specific to the person you’re thanking.
- Express emotion. What feeling is driving you to send thanks?
- Share the impact. What else has happened because of the act you’re thanking someone for?
- Be timely. Send thanks right away.
- Consider the source. If the person behind a thank you quote is a figure you admire, all the better.
Exercise: How do you make giving thanks a habit?
If you want to use thank you quotes more often, practice thankfulness as a habit.
Here’s how to easily integrate this practice and mindset into your life:
1. Start a gratitude journal. This can be a notepad you save on your phone, too.
2. Set reminders to review your journal. These should be frequent (at least once a week) so you can send thanks in a timely manner.
3. Revisit this list often. When you scroll through, are there specific people that quotes make you think of?
4. Send thanks in every imaginable medium. Depending whether someone spends more time on social media, or on their phone, or at the office, you can use thank you quotes on cards, banners, posters, and more—however the receiver can appreciate the message.