Thanksgiving Gratitude Quotes & Sayings

Eucharisteo - thanksgiving - always precedes the miracle. — Ann Voskamp

Counting our blessings can transform melancholy into cheerful mass; laughter and joy are expressions of praise and thanksgiving for life's glories. When looking at the glass that symbolizes our life, we can view it as half full or half empty. The choice is ours ... The more joyful we are, the more attractive we become. When we feel gratitude for our experiences, it becomes easier to see the good that always exists. When we give a smile to someone else, we are likely to receive one in return, and that smile reflects a happy heart that is open and receptive to what the good life has in store. — John Templeton

Superficial social niceties are far different from the deep emotion of thanksgiving. — Alexandra Katehakis

When I wake up each morning; my heart is filled with thanks to God! — Lailah Gifty Akita

Is the height of my chara joy dependent on the depths of my eucharisteo thanks? — Ann Voskamp

The most fortunate are those who have a wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder and even ecstasy. — Abraham H. Maslow

There is something about the mental act of thanksgiving that seems to carry the human mind far beyond the region of doubt into the clear atmosphere of faith and trust, where "all things are possible." — H. Emilie Cady

I celebrate life with holy thanks. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You don't need to have everything to be happy. Enjoy the moment. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Gratitude is the spirit of graceful sacred-existence. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The act of praising and giving thanks to God brings untold blessing. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We need to be more grateful. I think there is no true character without gratitude. It is one of the marks of a real strong character to have a feeling of thanksgiving and gratitude for blessings. We need more of that spirit in our homes, in our daily associations, in the church, everywhere. It doesn't cost anything, and it is so easy to cultivate. — Ezra Taft Benson

If you make your prayers an expression of gratitude and thanksgiving for the blessings you have already received, instead of requests for what you do not have, you will obtain results a great deal faster. — Napoleon Hill

ThanksGiving is good but ThanksLiving is better. — Matthew Henry

As a flower expresses thanks with her beauty and fragrance for her magnificent life, let us express our gratitude to every friend with our service and love and to the Earth for her hospitality and care. Let us be thankful and let us express the deepest gratitude for our magnificent life. No matter where you are, I wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving filled with profound joy and endless peace. — Debasish Mridha

Throughout its history, the members of Shearith Israel have observed Thanksgiving by reciting in synagogue the same psalms of praise and gratitude sung by Jews all over the world on festive days like Hanukkah. — Meir Soloveichik

When we place our discontented egos on the altar of gratitude, we develop contented altar egos filled with thanksgiving. — Craig Groeschel

Thanksgiving is an attitude that must be rooted in the 'gift of life' if we ever hope to be thankful for the 'gifts' of life. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude. — Nigel Hamilton

My soul is filled with exceedingly joy. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Thankfulness creates gratitude which generates contentment that causes peace. — Todd Stocker

An ancient cornerstone of prayer is that our desire to thank God is itself God's gift. Be grateful. — Richard Leonard

To God be the glory, great things He has done and greater things He will do. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Let thy prayer be thanksgiving. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Thankful gratitude, amazing life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
[Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, 1963] — John F. Kennedy

The value we place on what we've been given correlates to our depth of gratitude for it. — Todd Stocker

I am grateful for what I have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. — Henry David Thoreau

Paul thanked God for the Corinthian believers. During the Thanksgiving holiday, we focus on our blessings and express our gratitude to God for them. But thanks should be expressed every day. We can never say thank you enough to parents, friends, leaders, and especially to God. When thanksgiving becomes an integral part of your life, you will find that your attitude toward life will change. You will become more positive, gracious, loving, and humble. Whom do you need to thank today? — Anonymous

A little "thank you" that you will say to someone for a "little favour" shown to you is a key to unlock the doors that hide unseen "greater favours". Learn to say "thank you" and why not? — Israelmore Ayivor

Thanksgiving being thankful or grateful results in more to be thankful for. — John Templeton

The kind of gratitude that receives even tribulations with thanksgiving requires a broken heart and a contrite spirit, humility to accept that which we cannot change, willingness to turn everything over to the Lord -even when we do not understand, thankfulness for hidden opportunities yet to be revealed. Then comes a sense of peace. When was the last time you thanked the Lord for a trial or tribulation? Adversity compels us to go to our knees; does gratitude for adversity do that as well? — Bonnie D. Parkin

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. — W.T. Purkiser

Lord thank you for thy faithfulness. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Prayer is an essential part of conveying appreciation to our Heavenly Father. He awaits our expressions of gratefulness each morning and night in sincere, simple prayer from our hearts for our many blessings, gifts, and talents. Through expression of prayerful gratitude and thanksgiving, we show our dependence upon a higher source of wisdom and knowledge - God the Father and his Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We are taught to 'live in thanksgiving daily.' (Alma 34:38.) — Robert D. Hales

From David learn to give thanks for everything. Every furrow in the book of Psalms is sown with the seeds of thanksgiving. — Jeremy Taylor

Every occasion is an opportunity to glorify God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Thanksgiving is a time for families and friends to gather together and express gratitude for all that we have been given, the freedoms we enjoy, and the loved ones who enrich our lives. We recognize that all of these blessings, and life itself, come not from the hand of man but from Almighty God. — George W. Bush

Life can be awful. Life can be ugly.
And still there are those who smile at the darkness, anticipating the beauty of an eventual sunrise. — Richelle E. Goodrich

The more we thank God, the less we ask of him. — Ron Brackin

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse. — Henry Van Dyke

The more you are grateful for what you have, the more you can live fully in the present. — Dana Arcuri

Every day, tell at least one person something you like, admire, or appreciate about them. — Richard Carlson

Perhaps parents' greatest heritage to pass on to their children is the ability to perceive the multitude of God's daily blessings and to respond with continual gratitude. We should be "abounding in thanksgiving" (Colossians 2:7). — Randy Alcorn

Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast. — Melody Beattie

God Almighty, I don't want to ask for more. But to say more thanks. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The thankful heart sees the best part of every situation. It sees problems and weaknesses as opportunities, struggles as refining tools, and sinners as saints in progress. — Francis Frangipane

My heart is filled with deep gratitude to the Almighty Lord. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing ... a grateful heart! — George Herbert

Authentic gratitude is a way of life. When you wake up in the morning let your first thought be one of thanksgiving that you have another day to walk in the love of God. As you go through your day, see the Giver behind all of the gifts freely being given to you. — Michael Beckwith

Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow. — Edward Sandford Martin

The word "Eucharist" means literally "act of thanksgiving." To celebrate the Eucharist and to live a Eucharistic life has everything to do with gratitude. Living Eucharistically is living life as a gift, a gift for which one is grateful. But gratitude is not the most obvious response to life, certainly not when we experience life as a series of losses! Still, the great mystery we celebrate in the Eucharist and live in a Eucharistic life is precisely that through mourning our losses we come to know life as a gift. — Henri J.M. Nouwen

Trust in the Lord, He will uplift you. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Gratitude is what you feel. Thanksgiving is what you do. — Timothy J. Keller

Be thankful always. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Turkey: A large bird whose flesh, when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude. — Ambrose Bierce

No people on earth have more cause to be thankful than ours, and this is said reverently, in no spirit of boastfulness in our own strength, but with the gratitude to the Giver of good who has blessed us. — Theodore Roosevelt

I love today, it is a sacred time. — Lailah Gifty Akita

This Sabbath day has been designated as a day of thanksgiving, a day of gratitude-even a day of prayer. We pause, we ponder, we reflect on the blessings an all-wise Heavenly Father has bestowed upon us, His children, by bringing peace to the battlefield of war and comfort to the hearts of so many in this wonderful world where we live and which we call home — Thomas S. Monson

A grateful journal, joyful soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I thank God for His infinite blessings. — Lailah Gifty Akita

He who thanks but with the lips
Thanks but in part;
The full, the true Thanksgiving
Comes from the heart. — John G. Shedd

Thanksgiving comes to us out of the prehistoric dimness, universal to all ages and all faiths. At whatever straws we must grasp, there is always a time for gratitude and new beginnings. — J. Robert Moskin

Thank you O Lord my savior. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Ingratitude to God does not rely only on our refusal to give the verbal thanksgiving due to Him, but also recides in our inability to appreciate his gifts and potentials in us by leaving them untapped. — Israelmore Ayivor

Thanksgiving is oral, positive, active. It is the giving out of something to God. Thanksgiving comes out into the open. Gratitude is secret, silent, negative, passive, not showing its being till expressed in praise and thanksgiving. Gratitude is felt in the heart. Thanksgiving is the expression of that inward feeling. — E. M. Bounds

Gratitude is a gladness of soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on the many things we have to be thankful for, not so we feel guilty about what we have that others don't, but to be genuinely grateful for our blessings. — Michael Josephson

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

Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude! — Henry Ward Beecher

All glory to the Adonai! — Lailah Gifty Akita

I live happy in the holy moment. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I am thankful to the Lord His daily provisions. — Lailah Gifty Akita

There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy. — Ralph Blum

Those who are not grateful soon begin to complain of everything. — Thomas Merton

As we celebrate Thanksgiving, we should reflect on the full meaning of this day as we enjoy the fellowship that is so much a part of the holiday festivities. Searching our hearts, we should ask what we can do as individuals to demonstrate our gratitude to God for all He has done. Such reflection can only add to the significance of this precious day of remembrance. — Ronald Reagan

Thank you Lord.
Thank you Lord for the gift of life.
Thank you Lord for divine protection. Thank you Lord for daily guidance. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Once we forget those who have contributed time and effort in making an endeavor successful, we forget ourselves. — Beem Weeks

God first acts in grace and mercy by delivering the people, and then the people respond in gratitude and thanksgiving by obeying the commandments. Put succinctly: the crossing of the Red Sea comes before the giving of the Ten Commandments. How — Richard J. Foster

I am thankful for all circumstances. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It is impossible to be negative while we are giving thanks. — Donald Curtis

Family gathers
to share good noise and good food.
Gratitude abounds. — Richelle E. Goodrich

God needs no worship, no praise, no thanksgiving. It is man himself who needs the benefit to be derived from these activities. — Paul Brunton

The more we express thanks, the more gratitude we feel. The more gratitude we feel, the more we express thanks. It's circular, and it leads to a happier life. — Steve Goodier

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

Thanksgiving is not only being aware of the abundance of good in the world but embracing it. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds. — Theodore Roosevelt

No matter what our circumstance, we can find a reason to be thankful. — David Jeremiah

Thanksgiving for God's faithfulness in our pain is the indisputable proof that we believe God is a part of our pain. — Erwin W. Lutzer

A glorious life is a life live with gratitude. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Holy moment is a sacred existence. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Gratitude begins where my sense of entitlement ends. — Steven Furtick

My heart is filled with profound gratitude to God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Your enlightenment is perfect only when silence has come to be a celebration. Hence my insistence that after you meditate you must celebrate. After you have been silent you must enjoy it, you must have a thanksgiving. A deep gratitude must be shown towards the whole just for the opportunity that you are, that you can meditate, that you can be silent, that you can laugh. — Rajneesh

Thanksgiving day was a holiday when everybody in the country was expected to express gratitude to the creator of the universe mainly for food. — Kurt Vonnegut

When you lie down on your bed to sleep, remember with thanksgiving the blessings and the providence of God. — Anthony The Great

As flowers carry dewdrops, trembling on the edges of the petals, and ready to fall at the first waft of wind or brush of bird, so the heart should carry its beaded words of thanksgiving; and at the first breath of heavenly flavor, let down the shower, perfumed with the heart's gratitude. — Henry Ward Beecher

Thanksgiving is a time for gratitude. It can also be a time when feeling grateful can be an acrobatic feat that you're just not up for. There's no rules that need to be followed here. Authentic living is your only option, so it's ok to turn off the tv when another ad screams for you to be a certain way just because the calendar says so. Power of suggestion can be great medicine - but don't judge yourself or a loved one who is having trouble learning the words to this song. It's a tough season from some people. Huddle and cuddle with those you trust and love. That's real medicine and it's a good place to be during the holidays. xoxo — Deborah Pardes

Gratitude is the seed of gladness. — Lailah Gifty Akita

May your heart be an altar, from which the bright flame of unending thanksgiving ascends to heaven. — Mary Euphrasia Pelletier