Thanksgiving Quotes

"Perhaps it takes a purer faith to praise God for unrealized blessings than for those we once enjoyed or those we enjoy now." [A. W. Tozer]

 The Christian who walks with the Lord and keeps constant communion with Him will see many reason for rejoicing and thanksgiving all day long." [Warren Wiersbe]

"O Lord, that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!" [William Shakespeare]

"Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD." [Psalm 150:6]

"If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get."
[Frank A. Clark]

"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many--not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."  [Charles Dickens]

"True thanksgiving means that we need to thank God for what He has done for us, and not to tell Him what we have done for Him." [George R. Hendrick]

"Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men,  for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence." [Apostle Paul - 1 Timothy 2:1, 2]

"Praise is the best auxiliary to prayer; and he who most bears in mind what has been done for him by God will be most emboldened to supplicate fresh gifts from above." [Henry Melville]

"If we meet someone who owes us thanks, we right away remember that. But how often do we meet someone to whom we owe thanks without remembering that?" [Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe]

"Some people complain because God put thorns on roses, while others praise Him for putting roses among thorns." [Anonymous]

"He who receives a good turn should never forget it; he who does one should never remember it." [Charron]

"A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues." [Cicero]

"Gratitude is born in hearts that take time to count up past mercies." [Charles E. Jefferson]

"No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks." [Ambrose of Milan]

"Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift." [Apostle Paul - 2 Corinthians 9:15]

"Do not fancy, as too many do, that thou canst praise God by singing hymns to Him in church once a week, and disobeying Him all the week long. He asks of thee works as well as words; and more, he asks of thee works first and words after." [Charles Kingsley]

"My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.  Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people:  I will sing unto thee among the nations." [David - Psalm 57:7 - 9]

"One distinguishing mark of an unregenerate man is ingratitude." [E. J. Conrad]

"This is the finest measure of thanksgiving: a thankfulness that springs from love." [William C. Skeath]

"By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name." [Hebrews 13:15]

"The very fact that a man is thankful implies Someone to be thankful to." [John Baillie]
 
"For a Christian thanksgiving, we must give thanks." [Unknown]

"I praise God because he not only guides my directions but overrules my mistakes." [H. Norman Pell]

"But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks." [Apostle Paul - Ephesians 5:3, 4 NKJV]

"What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities." [Hare]

"Thank you, dear God
For all You have given me,
For all You have taken away from me,
For all You have left me."
(unknown)

For changing seasons as they go,
For Autumn leaf, for Winter’s snow,
For the green verdure of the Spring,
For life in plant and life on wing,
For Summer with its ripening heat,
For hopes the rounded years complete,
For morn and noon, for night and day,
For light that marks our heavenward way;

For all the blessings of Thy hand,
For freedom in fair freedom’s land,
Pursuits of thrift that bring us wealth,
For schools and churches, peace and health,
For commerce, yielding up her stores,
Brought for man’s use from distant shores;
For countless gifts, O Lord, we raise
Our hymns of gratitude and praise.

Thou settest man in families,
And all his wants the earth supplies;
Of children, be they far or near,
Of children’s children gathered here,
We thank Thee for Thy gracious care,
And lift for them the secret prayer,
As clustered round each social board
We eat and drink, and praise the Lord.
(J. E. RANKIN)