Quotes About Gratitude

There are three requisites to the proper enjoyment of earthly blessings: a thankful reflection, on the goodness of the giver; a deep sense of our own unworthiness; and a recollection of the uncertainty of our long possessing them. The first will make us grateful; the second, humble; and the third, moderate.

Gratitude is an offering precious in the sight of God, and it is one that the poorest of us can make and be not poorer but richer for having made it.

If gratitude is due from children to their earthly parent, how much more is the gratitude of the great family of men due to our father in Heaven?

Yes, give thanks for "all things" for, as it has been well said "Our disappointments are but His appointments."

Oh, how very kind and good my heavenly Father has been to me! I have no aches or pains, no rheumatism, and now in my ninety-third year I can do a day's work at the orphan houses with as much ease and comfort to myself as ever.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

To be always in a thankful state of heart before God is not to be considered a high plane of spirituality but rather the normal attitude of one who believes that "all things work together for good to them that love God, who are called according to his purpose."

He must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith and more than wicked that has not gratitude enough to acknowledge his obligation.

Ingratitude is the abridgment of all baseness; a fault never found unattended with other viciousness.

The Bible tells us that whenever we come before God, whatever our purpose or prayer request, we are always to come with a thankful heart.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

If we comprehend what Christ has done for us, then surely out of gratitude we will strive to live 'worthy' of such great love. We will strive for holiness not to make God love us but because He already does.

Thou who has given so much to me, give one thing more: a grateful heart.

It is easy to be grateful for a bonus; it is character to be grateful for a salary.

I thank Thee first because I was never robbed before; second, because although they took my purse they did not take my life; third, although they took my all, it was not much; and fourth, because it was I who was robbed and not I who robbed.

Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.

Prayer means rushing to the Father as His child. It means asking and receiving, loving and thanking Him.

Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.

Gratitude to God makes even a temporal blessing a taste of heaven.

Let your children be as so many flowers, borrowed from God. If the flowers die or wither, thank God for a summer loan of them.

If we comprehend what Christ has done for us, then surely out of gratitude we will strive to live 'worthy' of such great love. We will strive for holiness not to make God love us but because He already does.

The Pyramids themselves, doting with age, have forgotten the names of their founders.

Thanksgiving comes after Christmas.

He that hath deserved hanging may be glad to escape with a whipping.

That the Father and Son would love sinners that much is beyond our comprehension--but it ought to awaken a response of love and gratitude within our hearts that will change our lives forever!

The greatest saint in the world is not he who prays most or fasts most; it is not he who gives alms, or is most eminent for temperance, chastity or justice. It is he who is most thankful to God.

To trust God when we have securities in our iron chest is easy, but not thankworthy; but to depend on him for what we cannot see, as it is more hard for man to do, so it is more acceptable to God.

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.

Our God is not made of stone. His heart is the most sensitive and tender of all. No act goes unnoticed, no matter how insignificant or small. A cup of cold water is enough to put tears in the eyes of God. God celebrates our feeble expressions of gratitude.

Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.

Every single one of us as Americans need to remember that freedom did not come free, as we get on our knees tonight, thank God we live in a country where people are trying to break into, and not a country people are trying to break out of.

For every bad there might be a worse; and when one breaks his leg let him be thankful it was not his neck.