Thanksgiving Quotes
"I praise God because he not only guides my directions but overrules my mistakes." [H. Norman Pell]
"No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks."
[Ambrose of Milan]
"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]
“Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anyone.”
[G. B. Stern]
"We are so taken up with the affairs of the present that we don't have time to give thanks for blessings of the past."
[John A. Broadus]
"As we pause to thank Him for the blessings of the past year,
we must not forget to thank Him for the lessons we have learned through our difficult times.
We are not to be thankful for just the pleasant, easy things, but ALL things."
[Millie Stamm]
"We tend to take all the gifts and pleasures and happiness and the joy without saying much to God. We take our health and strength, our food and clothing and our loved ones, all for granted; but the moment anything goes wrong we start grumbling and complaining and we say 'Why should God do this to me, why should this happen to me?'
How slow we are to thank and swift to grumble."
[Martyn Lloyd-Jones]
"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]
"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]
"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."
[William Arthur Ward]
"Gratitude is born in hearts that take time to count past mercies."
[Charles E. Jefferson]
"Giving thanks to God for both His temporal and spiritual blessings in our lives
is not just a nice thing to do - it is the moral will of God.
Failure to give Him the thanks due Him is sin."
[Jerry Bridges, Respectable Sins]
"O Lord, who lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness."
[Shakespeare]
"He who remembers the benefits of his parents is too much occupied with his recollections
to remember their faults."
[Béranger]
"We never approach God without cause for gratitude.
Thankfulness, a duty and delight greatly prominent in the Bible, is the declarative mood of gratitude - a bright fire in the world's frigid zone, the memory and homage of the heart,
a master force in soul-building, the greatest tonic faith has. Be ye thankful."
[Robert G. Lee]
"I hate ingratitude more in man than lying, vainness, drunkenness or any taint of vice,
whose strong corruption inhibits our frail blood."
[Shakespeare]
"Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil of which thanks naturally grow.
A proud man is seldom a grateful man,
for he never thinks he gets much as he deserves."
[Henry Ward Beecher]
FREE LITERATURE
"That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works."
[Psalm 26:7]
"No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks."
[Ambrose of Milan]
"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]
“Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anyone.”
[G. B. Stern]
"We are so taken up with the affairs of the present that we don't have time to give thanks for blessings of the past."
[John A. Broadus]
"As we pause to thank Him for the blessings of the past year,
we must not forget to thank Him for the lessons we have learned through our difficult times.
We are not to be thankful for just the pleasant, easy things, but ALL things."
[Millie Stamm]
"We tend to take all the gifts and pleasures and happiness and the joy without saying much to God. We take our health and strength, our food and clothing and our loved ones, all for granted; but the moment anything goes wrong we start grumbling and complaining and we say 'Why should God do this to me, why should this happen to me?'
How slow we are to thank and swift to grumble."
[Martyn Lloyd-Jones]
"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]
"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]
"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."
[William Arthur Ward]
"Gratitude is born in hearts that take time to count past mercies."
[Charles E. Jefferson]
"Giving thanks to God for both His temporal and spiritual blessings in our lives
is not just a nice thing to do - it is the moral will of God.
Failure to give Him the thanks due Him is sin."
[Jerry Bridges, Respectable Sins]
"O Lord, who lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness."
[Shakespeare]
"He who remembers the benefits of his parents is too much occupied with his recollections
to remember their faults."
[Béranger]
"We never approach God without cause for gratitude.
Thankfulness, a duty and delight greatly prominent in the Bible, is the declarative mood of gratitude - a bright fire in the world's frigid zone, the memory and homage of the heart,
a master force in soul-building, the greatest tonic faith has. Be ye thankful."
[Robert G. Lee]
"I hate ingratitude more in man than lying, vainness, drunkenness or any taint of vice,
whose strong corruption inhibits our frail blood."
[Shakespeare]
"Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil of which thanks naturally grow.
A proud man is seldom a grateful man,
for he never thinks he gets much as he deserves."
[Henry Ward Beecher]
FREE LITERATURE
"That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works."
[Psalm 26:7]
"Life without thankfulness is devoid of love and passion. Hope without thankfulness is lacking in fine perception. Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude.
Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road."
[John Henry Jowett]
"To hear someone say 'Happy Turkey Day' makes me sad because they have nothing to be thankful for
and no one to whom to be thankful."
[Robert Flatt]
"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]
"We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction."
[Harry A. Ironside]
"The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts.
No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving."
[H. U. Westermayer]
"In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give,
and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich."
[Dietrich Bonhoeffer]
"You say, 'If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.' You make a mistake.
If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled."
[Charles Haddon Spurgeon]
"Thanksgiving is nothing if not a glad and reverent lifting of the heart to God in honor
and praise for His goodness."
[Robert Casper Lintner]
Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road."
[John Henry Jowett]
"To hear someone say 'Happy Turkey Day' makes me sad because they have nothing to be thankful for
and no one to whom to be thankful."
[Robert Flatt]
"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]
"We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction."
[Harry A. Ironside]
"The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts.
No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving."
[H. U. Westermayer]
"In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give,
and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich."
[Dietrich Bonhoeffer]
"You say, 'If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.' You make a mistake.
If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled."
[Charles Haddon Spurgeon]
"Thanksgiving is nothing if not a glad and reverent lifting of the heart to God in honor
and praise for His goodness."
[Robert Casper Lintner
"Our rural ancestors, with little blest, patient of labor when the end was rest, indulged the day
that housed their annual grain, with feasts, and off'rings, and a thankful strain."
[Alexander Pope]
"Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts,
except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude!"
[Henry Ward Beecher]
“A thanksgiving-day hath a double precedency of a fast-day.
On a fast-day we eye God’s anger; on a thanksgiving-day we look to God’s favor.
In the former we specially mind our corruptions; in the latter, God’s compassions;
therefore a fast-day calls for sorrow, a thanksgiving-day for joy.
But the Lord’s day is the highest thanksgiving day.”
[George Swinnock ]
"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]
"No longer forward nor behind
I look in hope or fear;
But, grateful, take the good I find,
The best of now and here."
[John Greenleaf Whittier]
that housed their annual grain, with feasts, and off'rings, and a thankful strain."
[Alexander Pope]
"Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts,
except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude!"
[Henry Ward Beecher]
“A thanksgiving-day hath a double precedency of a fast-day.
On a fast-day we eye God’s anger; on a thanksgiving-day we look to God’s favor.
In the former we specially mind our corruptions; in the latter, God’s compassions;
therefore a fast-day calls for sorrow, a thanksgiving-day for joy.
But the Lord’s day is the highest thanksgiving day.”
[George Swinnock ]
"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]
"No longer forward nor behind
I look in hope or fear;
But, grateful, take the good I find,
The best of now and here."
[John Greenleaf Whittier]
CHRISTMAS QUOTES
"It must be an odd feeling to be thankful to nobody in particular.
Christians in public institutions often see this odd thing happening on Thanksgiving Day.
Everyone in the institution seems to be thankful 'in general.'
It's very strange. It's a little like being married in general."
[Cornelius Plantingua, Jr.]
"Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don't unravel." [Unknown]
"Taking for granted all the temporal provisions and spiritual blessings
that God has so richly bestowed on us,
and so failing to continually give thanks, is one of our "acceptable sins"[Jerry Bridges, Respectable Sins]
"O Lord, that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!"
[William Shakespeare]
"It must be an odd feeling to be thankful to nobody in particular.
Christians in public institutions often see this odd thing happening on Thanksgiving Day.
Everyone in the institution seems to be thankful 'in general.'
It's very strange. It's a little like being married in general."
[Cornelius Plantingua, Jr.]
"Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don't unravel." [Unknown]
"Taking for granted all the temporal provisions and spiritual blessings
that God has so richly bestowed on us,
and so failing to continually give thanks, is one of our "acceptable sins"[Jerry Bridges, Respectable Sins]
"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]
"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 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]
"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]
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]
"Gratitude is the least of the virtues, but ingratitude is the worst of vices."
[Thomas Fuller]
"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]
"He who receives a good turn should never forget it; he who does one should never remember it." [Charron]
"Gratitude is the least of the virtues, but ingratitude is the worst of vices."
[Thomas Fuller]
"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]
"If anyone would tell you the shortest, surest way to happiness and all perfection,
he must tell you to make it a rule to yourself to thank and praise God for everything that happens to you.
For it is certain that whatever seeming calamity happens to you, if you thank and praise God for it,
you turn it into a blessing."
[William Law]
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]
"If anyone would tell you the shortest, surest way to happiness and all perfection,
he must tell you to make it a rule to yourself to thank and praise God for everything that happens to you.
For it is certain that whatever seeming calamity happens to you, if you thank and praise God for it,
you turn it into a blessing."
[William Law]
"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]
"How wonderful it would be if we could help our children and grandchildren to learn thanksgiving at an early age. Thanksgivingopens the doors. It changes a child’s personality …
thankful children want to give, they radiate happiness, they draw people."
[Sir John Templeton]
"For a Christian thanksgiving, we must give thanks." [Unknown]
"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]
"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]
"How wonderful it would be if we could help our children and grandchildren to learn thanksgiving at an early age. Thanksgivingopens the doors. It changes a child’s personality …
thankful children want to give, they radiate happiness, they draw people."
[Sir John Templeton]
"For a Christian thanksgiving, we must give thanks." [Unknown]
"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 all You have given me,
For all You have taken away from me,
For all You have left me."
(unknown)
Thanksgiving Prayer
We come, O Lord, these Autumn days,
With hymns of gratitude and praise.
Harvest of gold the plains adorn,
Rich fruits roll forth from Plenty’s horn;
Thou givest treasures from the rocks;
The little hills are clothed with flocks;
The seas are with their burden white,
And new Thy mercies day and night.
With hymns of gratitude and praise.
Harvest of gold the plains adorn,
Rich fruits roll forth from Plenty’s horn;
Thou givest treasures from the rocks;
The little hills are clothed with flocks;
The seas are with their burden white,
And new Thy mercies day and night.
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)
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)
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Wow, great collection of Thanksgiving Quotes. I enjoyed reading them, keep sharing!
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