Inspirational Quotes on Thankfulness

“From David learn to give thanks for everything. Every furrow in the Book of Psalms is sown with the seeds of thanksgiving.”

“If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek His grace.”

“Thanksgiving comes after Christmas.”

“Unto no duty are we more dull and untoward, than to the praise of God, and thanksgiving unto him; neither is there any duty whereunto there is more need that we should be stirred up.”

“God is pleased with no music below so much as with the thanksgiving songs of relieved widows and supported orphans; of rejoicing, comforted, and thankful persons.”

“God wants to see prayers that are filled with genuine praise and thanksgiving for what He has done in the past. He wants our hearts to be filled with awe and gratitude for His blessings. He wants us to set up memorials in our hearts testifying to the provisions He has given us.”

“Instead of complaining that God had hidden himself, you will give Him thanks for having revealed so much of Himself.”

“It's possible to be thankful wherever you find yourself.”

“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!”

“If your wife doesn't treat you as she should, be thankful, you might not like what you deserve.”

“The whole life of a Christian should be nothing but praises and thanks to God; we should neither eat nor sleep, but eat to God and sleep to God and work to God and talk to God, do all to His glory and praise.”

“Thanksgiving is the language of heaven, and we had better start to learn it if we are not to be mere dumb aliens there.”

“A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.”

“No matter what our circumstance, we can find a reason to be thankful.”

“Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow.”

“A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably.”

“Many favors which God gives us ravel out for want of hemming through our unthankfulness; for though prayer purchases blessings, giving praise keeps the quiet possession of them.”

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

“A state of mind that sees God in everything is evidence of growth in grace and a thankful heart.”

“Be indifferent to emotion. If it is there, be thankful; if it is absent, go on doing the will of God, reckoning on Him, speaking well of Him behind His back, and, above all, giving no signs of what you are suffering, lest you be a stumbling block to others.”