Quotes about Gratitude
Rapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect offices of prayer and praise, His mind was a thanksgiving to the power That made him; it was blessedness and love!
— William Wordsworth
Thanksgiving is nothing if not a glad and reverent lifting of the heart to God in honor and praise for His goodness.
— J.R. Miller
Our knowledge of God is perfected by gratiitude: we are thankful and rejoice in the experience of the truth that He is love.
— Thomas Merton
Perhaps no custom reveals our character as a Nation so clearly as our celebration of Thanksgiving Day.
— Ronald Reagan
Gratitude's not a natural posture. The prince of darkness is ultimately a spoiled ingrate, and I've spent most of my life as kin to the fist-shaker.
— Ann Voskamp
How can God entrust great things to one who will not thankfully receive from Him the little things?
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
When we place our discontented egos on the altar of gratitude, we develop contented altar egos filled with thanksgiving.
— Craig Groeschel
We ought to be as earnest and frequent in our prayers of thanksgiving when the cupboard is full as we would be in our prayers of supplication if the cupboards were bare.
— Jerry Bridges
To come to terms with our beginning requires a truthful story to acquire the skills to live in gratitude rather than resentment for the gift of life.
— Stanley Hauerwas
I think it very wrong to pray for people while they are in distress and then not to continue praying, now with thanksgiving, when they are relieved.
— CS Lewis
The kind of experience of humility and happiness that comes with gratitude tends to crowd out whatever is coarse, or ugly or mean.
— Kevin DeYoung
The best kind of giving is thanksgiving.
— GK Chesterton