If you are feeling low, one of the best ways to increase positivity is through gratitude. Gratitude not only allows others to know that you are grateful for them and their actions, but it is also a useful tool for feeling personal fulfillment. As Christians, we are constantly being reminded of all that He has given us. Acknowledging these things through prayer, journaling, or any form of expression, can feel inspiring and powerful.
These are our 16 favorite quotes about gratitude! Read them and think about what you feel grateful for today.
- "We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction." - Harry Ironside
- "I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder." - G.K. Chesterton
- "I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual." - Henry David Thoreau
- "Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." - Melody Beattie
- "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." - John Fitzgerald Kennedy
- "God wants to see prayers that are filled with genuine praise and thanksgiving for what He has done in the past. He wants our hearts to be filled with awe and gratitude for His blessings. He wants us to set up memorials in our hearts testifying to the provisions He has given us." - Michael Youssef
- "As you keep your mind and heart focused in the right direction, approaching each day with faith and gratitude, I believe you will be empowered to live life to the fullest and enjoy the abundant life He has promised you!" - Victoria Osteen
- "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." - John F. Kennedy
- "There should be a parallel between our supplications and our thanksgivings. We ought not to leap in prayer, and limp in praise." - Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- "The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!" - Henry Ward Beecher
- "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
- "Each day is a gift from God. What you do with it is your gift to Him." - T.D. Jakes
- "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 W. Wiersbe
- "Of all the characteristics needed for both a happy and morally decent life, none surpasses gratitude. Grateful people are happier, and grateful people are more morally decent." - Dennis Prager
- "Careful for nothing, prayerful for everything, thankful for anything." - Dwight L. Moody
- "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