Quotes about Thankfulness

[Gratitude is] the cheerfulness of wisdom.

A true Christian is a man who never for a moment forgets what God has done for him in Christ and whose whole comportment and whose activity have their root in the sentiment of gratitude.

every expression of gratitude is a prayer, which means the practice of intentional gratitude leads directly to a life lived in continual worship." He

Starting immediately, thank God for every gift He gives, from those as small as a whiff of honeysuckle or jasmine in your backyard, to the realization that you just had a few moments without back pain, to really big things like the fact that [people you love] are in the next room safe and sound. "I'm

Gratitude means you stop focusing on what you don't have and start focusing on what you do have.

Get into a habit of literally saying out loud or quietly under your breath, "Thank You, Jesus," and say it for everything.

Therefore, let him who until now has had the privilege of living in common Christian life with other Christians praise God's grace from the bottom of his heart. Let him thank God on his knees and declare: It is grace, nothing but grace, that we are allowed to live in community with Christian brethren.3 Dietrich Bonhoeffer,

Be thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be meant to receive greater.

Seek a suitable time for thy meditation, and think frequently of the mercies of God to thee.

When, therefore, spiritual comfort is given by God, receive it with giving of thanks, and know that it is the gift of God, not thy desert. Be not lifted up, rejoice not overmuch nor foolishly presume, but rather be more humble for the gift, more wary and more careful in all thy doings; for that hour will pass away, and temptation will follow.

God has no need for our worship. It is we who need to show our gratitude for what we have received.

Father, I leave them in your hands, for mine are far too small and weak. You are God, and I thank you.