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Quotes About Thankfulness

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!
~ Henry Ward Beecher
Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
~ George Herbert
All that I see teaches me to thank the Creator for all I cannot see.
~ Henrietta Mears
Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.
~ William Faulkner
... because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.
~ Wallace D. Wattles
When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?
~ George Canning
The very fact that a man is thankful implies someone to be thankful to.
~ John Baillie
So once in every year we throng Upon a day apart, to praise the Lord with feast and song in thankfulness of heart.
~ Arthur Guiterman
The greatest gift one can give is thanksgiving. In giving gifts, we give what we can spare, but in giving thanks we give ourselves.
~ David Steindl-Rast
I'm thankful for every moment.
~ Al Green
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road.
~ John Henry Jowett
It is only through thanksgiving that I can become myself.
~ Kallistos Ware
He that enjoys naught without thanksgiving is as though he robbed God.
~ Saint John Chrysostom
'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say.
~ Alice Walker
For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received.
~ Storm Jameson
On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.
~ William Jennings Bryan
When we exist without thought or thanksgiving we are not men, but beasts.
~ M. F. K. Fisher
Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.
~ Franz Grillparzer
And when I give thanks for the seemingly microscopic, I make a place for God to grow within me.
~ Ann Voskamp
There is no greater difference between men than between grateful and ungrateful people.
~ Reginald Horace Blyth
It is impossible to be negative while we are giving thanks.
~ Donald Curtis
[when asked about what he was most thankful about]: Being alive. After heart surgery, you dig that part. Breath, family and friends are just amazing. Just to have a second shot is pretty great!
~ Robin Williams
Our lives are filled with meeting wonderful people. Make sure those that have become a part of your life hear your words of appreciation.
~ Ace Antonio Hall