Gratitude Quotes

Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. He prostrated himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. Then Jesus asked, 'Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they? Was none of them found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?'
- Luke 17:15-18

Let there be thanksgiving...
- Ephesians 5:4

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all his benefits - who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the Pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good as long as you live so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
- Psalm 103:1-5

I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever.
- Psalm 86:12

It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night.
- Psalm 92:1, 2

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, his steadfast love endures forever. It is he who remembered us in our low estate, for his steadfast love endures forever; O give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures forever.
- Psalm 136:1, 23, 26

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come into his presence with singing. Know that the Lord is God It is he that made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, bless his name. Psalm For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
- Psalm 100:1-5

I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
- Psalms 34:1

What shall I return to the Lord for all his bounty to me? I will offer to you a thanksgiving sacrifice and call on the name of the Lord.
- Psalm 116:12, 17

He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way... because of the surpassing grace of God that he has given you. Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
- 2 Corinthians 9:10 ,11, 15

Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
- Philippians 4:6

Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Corinthians 15:57

... rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. ...giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Colossians 2:7

Gratitude is the not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
- Cicero

If only one prayer you said in your whole life was, “thank you”, that would be enough.
Meister Eckhart

Gratitude is an attitude, a state of being that fills thought with nothing less than the power of the Divine.
- Mary Baker Eddy

Gratitude is foundational prayer. Indeed it is the purest form of prayer.
- Mary Baker Eddy

Soul has infinite resources with which to bless mankind, and happiness would be more readily attained and would be more secure in our keeping if sought in Soul.
- Science and Health

Hold thought steadfastly to the enduring, the good, and the true, and you will bring these into your experience proportional to their occupancy of your thoughts.
- Science and Health

To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings.
- Science and Health

Gratitude is the sum total of all the graces of Spirit
- Mary Baker Eddy Collection

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is in not to utter words, but to live by them
- John F. Kennedy

We can do no great things only small things with great love.
- Mother Teresa

Live as though heaven is on earth
Love as though you have never been hurt before
Dance as though no one is watching
Sing as no one can hear you.
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For all that has been
Thanks!
For all that will be, Yes
- Dag Hasmmarskjold

The Art of Thanksgiving

The art of thanksgiving is thanksliving. It is gratitude in action. It is applying Albert Schweitzer's philosophy: "In gratitude for you own good fortune you must render in return some sacrifice of your life for other life."

It is thanking God for the gift of life by living it triumphantly

It is thanking God for your talents and abilities by accepting them as obligations to be invested for the common good.

It is thanking God for all the men and women have done for you by doing things for others.

It is thanking God for opportunities by accepting them as challenge to achievement.

It is thanking God for happiness by striving to make others happy.

It is thanking God for beauty by trying to make the world more beautiful.

It is thanking God for inspiration by trying to be an inspiration to others.

It is thanking God for health and strength by the care of reverence you show your body.

It is thanking God for the creative ideas that enrich life by adding your own creative contributions to human progress.

It is thanking God for each new day by living it to the fullest.

It is thanking God for giving hands, arms, legs and voice to your thankful spirit.

It is adding to your prayers of thanksgiving, acts of thanksliving.

- Wilferd E. Peterson, The Art of Living.