27 Nov 12 Christian Quotes on Thankfulness
“If anyone would tell you the shortest, surest way to all happiness, and all perfection, he must tell you to make 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
“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
“A spirit of thankfulness is one of the most distinctive marks of a Christian whose heart is attuned to the Lord. Thank God in the midst of trials and every persecution.” – BILLY GRAHAM
“When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.” –G.K. CHESTERTON
“We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction.” – HARRY IRONSIDE
“We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.” – ALBERT BARNES
“Instead of complaining that God had hidden himself, you will give Him thanks for having revealed so much of Himself.” – BLAISE PASCAL
“Careful for nothing, prayerful for everything, thankful for anything.” – DL MOODY
“Be thankful for the providence which has made you poor, or sick, or sad; for by all this Jesus works the life of your spirit and turns you to Himself.” – CHARLES SPURGEON
“Ingratitude sickens the heart, and chills and thickens the very life’s blood of benevolence.” WILLIAM WILBERFORCE
“One act of thanksgiving when things go wrong with us is worth a thousand thanks when things are agreeable to our inclination.” – JOHN OF AVILA
“We should spend as much time in thanking God for His benefits as we do in asking Him for them.” – ST VINCENT de PAUL
