U Thankfulness Quotes

Suicide in whatever form is an act of ingratitude to God. You threw back at Him the gift He took His time, energy and resources to create specially for you. ~ Ikechukwu Izuakor

My soul was not only brought into harmony with itself and with God, but with God's providence. In the exercise of faith and love, I endured and performed whatever came in God's providence, in submission, in thankfulness, and silence. ~ Jeanne Marie Bouvier De La Motte Guyon

When I intentionally thank God for the good gifts that come from being his child, I find it almost impossible to maintain my sour disposition. ~ Lori Hatcher

When you are sharing your joy, you don't create a prison for anybody. You simply give. You don't even expect gratitude or thankfulness, because you are giving not to get anything, not even gratitude. You ~ Osho

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

We return to you, O earth, the things which you have given us willingly and most graciously; with our hearts, hands and minds, in the best way we know how. ~ Taj Mahal

Those of us have minimized expectations walk around with a greater sense of thankfulness (because so many wonderful things that we didn't expect come our way each day). ~ Dennis Prager

Thank God, thank God. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Rambling among woods and meadows, I could 'take sweet counsel' with the country-side; sitting on a grassy bank and lifting my face to the sun, I could feel an intensity of thankfulness such as I'd never known before the War; listening to the little brook that bubbled out of a copse and across a rushy field, I could discard my personal relationship with the military machine and its ant-like armies. On ~ Siegfried Sassoon

Do you suppose, that part of the constant delight of Heaven, will be the ability to be truly thankful for every thing, no matter how miniscule? Even in this life there are an enormous number of very pleasant things that happen to us throughout the day, that we accept as being nothing out of the common way, and thus do not regard: not realizing that the very fact of their being so 'common' is in itself a blessing of the very highest magnitude! ~ Meredith Allady

Be thankful for these walls. ~ James Dashner

Eaten bread is forgotten. ~ Thomas Fuller

Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue. ~ William Bennett

I have 365-days thankful notes. What a sacred-thanks? ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

It is by continuing to put out good work that the artist best shows his gratitude. ~ Criss Jami

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. ~ Aiden Wilson Tozer

Could it be - no one receives the peace of God without giving thanks to God? Is thankfulness really but the deep, contented breath of peacefulness? Is this why God asks us to give thanks even when things look a failure? When there doesn't seem much to give thanks for? ~ Ann Voskamp

Another way Christ affects us is by inspiring our gratitude. He left the glories of heaven in order to become our Savior, and when we recognize that sacrifice, we are filled with thankfulness and praise. ~ Charles Stanley

The soul that gives thanks can find comfort in everything; the soul that complains can find comfort in nothing. ~ Hannah Whitall Smith

It's easy and natural to be thankful when your expectations are met. The real test of your faith is when things don't go your way, or when you are in pain. ~ Maddy Malhotra

Joshua Gibbs felt sun on his face and thought about opening his eyes. He decided to wait. He had some blessings to savor that wouldn't need sight. ~ Karen A. Wyle

If God gave it to me," we say "it's mine. I can do what I want with it." No. The truth is that it is ours to thank Him for and ours to offer back to Him, ours to relinquish, ours to lose, ours to let go of - if we want to find our true selves, if we want real Life, if our hearts are set on glory. ~ Elisabeth Elliot

Complainers are louder than thankers. ~ Andrew B. Ray

...that is what a salesmanship is all about: feign thankfulness when you want to slap at the opponent's face. ~ Girdhar Joshi

Thankfulness is an attitude of possibilities, not an attitude of liabilities. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Only one wish I have, and that is to die a happy man. ~ Jonathan Anthony Burkett

I know there is poor and hideous suffering, and I've seen the hungry and the guns that go to war. I have lived pain, and my life can tell: I only deepen the wound of the world when I neglect to give thanks for early light dappled through leaves and the heavy perfume of wild roses in early July and the song of crickets on humid nights and the rivers that run and the stars that rise and the rain that falls and all the good things that a good God gives. ~ Ann Voskamp

An attitude of gratitude brings great things. ~ Yogi Bhajan

Being thankful for something instantly grants that thing a depth it would not have had were I not thankful for it. And while I can certainly live without having had that kind of depth, in turn I will have died without ever having had any kind of life. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

The thanks of a weak one are but of little value," he muttered, "but you have them, for truly, in this past week, little but scraps have come my way- and for all my body is small, yet is my appetite unseemly great. ~ Isaac Asimov

I know what it is to have nothing and plenty.
Always count your blessing and be grateful. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Gratitude is an overflow of the pleasure filling your soul. ~ Raheel Farooq

When God blesses you with great opportunities in life; be sure to take a moment and be thankful for them. ~ Pauline Seaport

Thankfulness brings you to the place where the Beloved lives. ~ Rumi

As you think about the future ... give thanks and trust God ... Even when life may be difficult, we should thank God for all He does for us - which we do not deserve. ~ Billy Graham

Whenever you can't think of something to be grateful for, remember your breath. With each breath you take, you can say, 'I'm still here.' Make each day a holiday of thankfulness -and give yourself the gift of gratitude! ~ Oprah Winfrey

Thankfulness to God is a recognition that God in His goodness and faithfulness has provided for us and cared for us, both physically and spiritually. It is a recognition that we are totally dependent upon Him; that all that we are and have comes from God. ~ Jerry Bridges

Were there no God, we would be in this glorious world with grateful hearts, and no one thank. ~ Christina Rossetti

I am thankful that I can be thankful, for if thankfulness did not exist my heart would be irretrievably imprisoned by the crazed twins of acquisition and possession, and my soul would exist as a forever slave to greed. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough