Quotes about Thankfulness

Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity; it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.

To be a son or daughter of God also means you are royalty. This is the greatest of privileges, but it is also an awesome responsibility. If you are truly thankful to God and want to please Him with all your heart, you must do more than just recognize your own authority. You must use it. He asks you to give love as freely as you have received it— not just to those who deserve it but also to everyone He puts in front of you.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.

The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

Let us be grateful to Adam: he cut us out of the blessing of idleness and won for us the curse of labor.

To live in sync with who we truly are means to recognize that we are dependent on God for our very breath and are graced with many good things; it means to be grateful to the giver and attentive to the purpose for which the gifts are given.

I have learned that in every circumstance that comes my way, I can choose to respond in one of two ways: I can whine or I can worship! And I can't worship without giving thanks. It just isn't possible. When we choose the pathway of worship and giving thanks, especially in the midst of difficult circumstances, there is a fragrance, a radiance, that issues forth out of our lives to bless the Lord and others.

God lives in the place of praise. If we want to be where He is, we need to go to His address.

Gratitude unleashes the freedom to live content in the moment, rather than being anxious about the future or regretting the past.

Is the gratitude that flows out of your life as abounding as the grace that has flowed into your life?