Quotes About Thankfulness

happened to me. God saw what I was trying to do and wouldn't allow me to commit suicide. It was His way of telling me that I needed to stay here on earth and continue living. I looked up at the sky and whispered "thank you," then walked back towards the campus.

Denying God is the greatest sign of ungratefulness.

Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live.

Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live.

Thank you," she murmured a few minutes after their breathing had normalized. "For what?" he laughed, tilting his chin to his chest so he could see her face as he pushed back the half ton of hair that had obscured it. "For answering my question.

gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

But there was no use pretending: I was not the sort of person who counted blessings; I was the sort of person for whom there could never be enough blessings.

and had I the names of my benefactors, I could most freely record them in letters of gold,

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

I will thank Him for all that He has given me, not curse Him for all that I've lost.

Take what the Lightbearer sends and be thankful.

God, I don't understand this situation. But I do understand Your goodness to me. I thank You for the protection that is part of this rejection even when I can't see it. I trust You.

We can thank God for the gift of this day. Enjoy the mess out of today. Receive the blessing of this day. Dance it out at least one time today. Fill in the gaps with prayer throughout the day. And make it a goal to go to bed with a smile on your face because of today. Because here's what I know: God gives us "today" grace.

The more my heart is parked in a place of thanksgiving and rejoicing, the less room I have for grumpiness.

As you put your children to bed, spend at least three minutes of private time, after books and bathroom and teeth-brushing, and ask them to tell you one thing they did that they appreciate themselves for and one thing someone else did that they are thankful for. You

I declare it well befits me to thank our God for simpler pleasures than these, than teak or gold or India cloth. Daily, in my youth, should not I have fallen upon my knees and thanked Him who died for us upon the Cross for the warmth of kindled fires, for the freedom to swing my hands in the air? Should I not have praised Him for the liberty to open doors and pass through them, for the escape from drudgery, and most, my mother's hand to hold?

My earnest wish is to paint in true colors the goodness of God to me, and the depth of my own ingratitude

Often those men in most need hate most to be grateful, and will strike at you just to feel whole again.

My dear, they must always offer something, even if it is small, even if only wine poured at your spring, else they will forget to be grateful, after.

Jesus, thank you that you are right here. You are with me, and you are in me.

I would like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we've passed the audition.

Gratitude bestows reverence.....changing forever how we experience life and the world.

The grateful person knows that God is good, not by hearsay but by experience. And that is what makes all the difference.

One of the most powerful energies you can ever experience is gratitude.