Quotes about Gratitude
For if we had any sense, what else should we do, both in public and in private, than sing hymns and praise the deity, and recount all the favours that he has conferred!
- Epictetus
It is much better to die of hunger unhindered by grief and fear than to live affluently beset with worry, dread, suspicion and unchecked desire.
- Epictetus
At feasts, remember that you are entertaining two guests, body and soul. What you give to the body, you presently lose; what you give to the soul, you keep for ever.
- Epictetus
If you are kissing your child or wife, say that it is a human being whom you are kissing, for when the wife or child dies, you will not be disturbed.
- Epictetus
I am prepared to show you that you have resources and a character naturally strong and resilient; show me in return what grounds you have for being peevish and malcontent.
- Epictetus
This is God's signal to you: if you want, you are free; if you want, you will blame no one, you will accuse no one - if you want, everything will happen according to plan, yours as well as God's.
- Epictetus
However great may be the work for which we are responsible, we will always do well if we pause to spend time in sacred praise.
- Charles Spurgeon
A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being.
- James Faust
I'm sounding like Oprah, but if you're not practicing contentment where you are now, you're not getting contentment when you get what you want.
- Tony Hale
Whether we're happy with our circumstances or not, giving God praise is so important.
- Joyce Meyer
I believe that the greatest form of prayer is praise to God.
- Billy Graham
I pray to start my day and finish it in prayer.
- Tim Tebow