Thankfulness Quotes

Oh what marvels fill me with thanksgiving!The deep mahogany of a leaf once green. The feathered fronds of tiny icicles coating every twig and branch in a wintry landscape. The feel of goosebumps thawing after endured frozen temperatures. Both hands clamped around a hot mug of herbal tea. The aromatic whiff of mint under my nose. The stir of emotion from a child's cry for mommy. A gift of love detached of strings. Spotted lilies collecting raindrops in a cupped clump of petals. The vibrant mélange of colors on butterfly wings. The milky luster of a single pearl. Rainbows reflecting off iridescence bubbles. Awe-struck silence evoked by any form of beauty.Avocado flecks in your eyes.Warm hands on my face.Sweetness on the tongue.The harmony of voices.An answered prayer.A pink balloon.A caress.A smile.More.These have become my treasures by virtue of thanksgiving.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

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

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

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

~ Christina Rossetti

Gratitude is a divine shift in your perspective from one of separation and lack to one of unity and right mindedness. It is a choice not made from guilt but rather from a higher level of consciousness.

~ Janet Rebhan

There is no such thing as gratitude unexpressed. If it is unexpressed, it is plain, old-fashioned ingratitude.

~ Robert Brault

Like gratitude, authentic appreciation in the workplace is a realisation that can be nurtured and accessed with daily mindful practice. By and large, people who are grateful, happy and enthusiastic are going to demonstrate better performance than those who are unhappy and unappreciative. There is increasing evidence that a grateful mindset amplifies happiness and mental and emotional wellbeing.

~ Christopher Dines

Thank you. For being willing to talk. For not turning me in. For... being you.''I'm pretty good at being me,' I said. 'I've had all these years to practice--I hardly ever get it wrong these days.

~ Brandon Sanderson

Gratitude magnifies the sweet parts of life and diminishes the painful ones.

~ Yuval Levin

If you do believe in God, and your first instinct in all things must be gratitude: for creation, or love, for mercy.

~ Jonathan V. Last

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

we take some big miracles for granted. We're on a planet that's spinning at a thousand miles per hour, traveling through space and we don't worry about God keeping our planet in orbit. We already trust God for the big miracles like our heart beating and today alone, we'll take a thousand breaths, but can we trust Him in the smaller things?

~ Mark Batterson

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

One of the fastest ways to dispel greed is for a person to realize how blessed he already is.

~ Kara G. Durbin

All places that the eye of heaven visits are to a wise man ports and happy havens. Teach thy necessity to reason thus, there is no virtue like necessity.

~ William Shakespeare

People always complain that they can't do this and they can't do that. If we look at our lives and concentrate on things that we don't have or wish to have, that doesn't change the circumstances. The truth is that we have to focus on what we have and make the best out of it.

~ Nick Vujicic

True spirituality is not taught, it's caught. Once our sails have been unfurled to the Spirit, henceforth our motivation for the journey toward holiness and wholeness is immense gratitude.

~ Richard Rohr

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

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

When Christians sing about the wrath of God, we are singing about ourselves.

~ Russell D. Moore

Gratitude doesn't change the scenery.  It merely washes clean the glass you look through so you can clearly see the colors.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Gratitude is the real treasure God wants us to find, because it isn't the pot of gold but the rainbow that colors our world.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Without darkness, we may never know how bright the stars shine. Without battles, we could not know what victory feels like. Without adversity, we may never appreciate the abundance in our lives. Be thankful, not only for the easy times, but for every experience that has made you who you are.

~ Julie-Anne

I'm not weeping for what I've lost ... I'm just grateful to the Lord, grateful that he gave me so much. ... Praise the Almighty God for what he gave me, for such love and such joy.

~ Rosslyn Elliott

In the Christian community thankfulness is just what it is anywhere else in the Christian life. Only he who gives thanks for little things receives the big things. We prevent God from giving us the great spiritual gifts He has in store for us, because we do not give thanks for daily gifts. We think we dare not be satisfied with the small measure of spiritual knowledge, experience, and love that has been given to us, and that we must constantly be looking forward eagerly for the highest good. Then we deplore the fact that we lack the deep certainty, the strong faith, and the rich experience that God has given to others, and we consider this lament to be pious. We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts. How can God entrust great things to one who will not thankfully receive from Him the little things? If we do not give thanks daily for the Christian fellowship in which we have been placed, even where there is no great experience, no discoverable riches, but much weakness, small faith, and difficulty; if on the contrary, we only keep complaining to God that everything is so paltry and petty, so far from what we expected, then we hinder God from letting our fellowship grow according to the measure and riches which are there for us all in Jesus Christ.

~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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

~ Todd Stocker

You can also look at your body and think about how the blood flows and the fact that your body is in constant renewal. It is a miracle of creation happening within you every second of the day. This is something to be thankful for.

~ Celso Cukierkorn

To fight discouragement, remind yourself of the basics: I can write.I have the opportunity to do so. I love what I write. Now smile and be thankful.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Mother! what a world of affection is comprised in that single word; how little do we in the giddy round of youthful pleasure and folly heed her wise counsels. How lightly do we look upon that zealous care with which she guides our otherwise erring feet, watches with feelings which none but a mother can know the gradual expansion of our youth to the riper yours of discretion. We may not think of it then, but it will be recalled to our minds in after years, when the gloomy grave or a fearful living separation has placed her far beyond our reach, and her sweet voice of sympathy and consolation for the various ills attendant upon us sounds in our ears no more. How deeply then we regret a thousand deeds that we have done contrary to her gentle admonitions! How we sign for those days once more, that we may retrieve what we have done amiss and make her kind heart glad with happiness! Alas! once gone they can never be recalled, and we grow mournfully sad with the bitter reflection.

~ Fanny Kelly

Until I realize that it’s all I gift, I can hold all of it and yet receive none of it.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Appreciation involves being alert to the positive aspects of the current situation and feeling thankful for what one has and for one's circumstances. This requires not only a positive perspective in the present but also conscious awareness of features in the surround. The latter, in fact, is something that may be surprisingly rare. Especially when we are engaging in routine activities, we often do so mindlessly (Langer, 1997) or as though we were on automatic pilot (Cialdini, 1993). If we learn to bring our attention to the current state, we can choose to focus on positive aspects of the situation and to remind ourselves of the potential sources of good feelings that might otherwise pass unnoticed.

~ Sandra L. Schneider

Only one wish I have, and that is to die a happy man.

~ Jonathan Anthony Burkett

Adversity is inevitable. Staying positive is optional.

~ Maddy Malhotra

Challenges are inevitable. Happiness is optional.

~ Maddy Malhotra

Problems are inevitable. Staying in control of your emotions is optional.

~ Maddy Malhotra

Do you consider yourself a blessing or just another person?

~ Jonathan Anthony Burkett

We should live every day like people who have just been rescued from the moon.

~ No Death

Sometimes we focus so much on what we don't have that we fail to see, appreciate, and use what we do have!

~ Jeff Dixon

It’s not about some principled debate as to whether I should focus on what I have, or on what I don’t have. Rather, it’s about being thankful that I have the privilege to enjoy the former, and the opportunity to contemplate the latter.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

What are you most thankful for?” she asked.My reply came easily. “Being too blessed to have any hope of answering that question.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Thank you for the day and night,for rainy spells and summer’s light.Thank you for the skies of blueand puffy clouds in grayish hue.Thank you for the gigglefestsand midnight’s cloak to hasten rest.Thank you for tomorrow newand yesterday’s tomorrow too.Thank you for “I’m glad we met”and also for “we haven’t yet.”Thank you for the peace of mind a grateful soul doth always find.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

The cup is both half full and half empty, it has never been one or the other. Stop obsessing over a trivial point and be thankful you have something to drink.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich