Thanksgiving Quotes

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I thought I would share some quotes that honor this season of giving thanks.


"Would you know who is the greatest saint in the world: It is not he who prays most or fasts most, it is not he who gives most alms or is most eminent for temperance, chastity, or justice; but it is he who is always thankful to God, who wills everything that God wills, who receives everything as an instance of God's goodness and has a heart always ready to praise God for it." William Law


"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you,' that would suffice." Meister Eckhart


"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?" Dietrich Bonhoeffer


"Gratitude as a discipline involves a conscious choice. I can choose to be grateful even when my emotions and feelings are still steeped in hurt and resentment. It is amazing how many occasions present themselves in which I can choose gratitude instead of a complaint. I can choose to be grateful when I am criticized, even when my heart still responds in bitterness. I can choose to
speak about goodness and beauty, even when my inner eye still looks for someone to accuse or something to call ugly." Henri Nouwen


"If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled." Charles
Haddon Spurgeon


"When we were children, we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?" G.K. Chesterton


"What if you woke up today with only the things you thanked God for yesterday?"


Thank you God for being You. Thank you for the blessings, great and small, in my life and for the love with which you have surrounded me through Your presence and the presence of those who love me. Thank you for even the difficult times that shape me and remind me of my need for You. May my heart give thanks to you with every breath I take. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.