Attitude of Gratitude QUOTES

Have you ever sacrificed to give a gift to someone and noticed not one iota of gratitude from the one who received your gift? I have and I know what I felt inside. I keep a gratitude journal to remind me of all my Heavenly Father has blessed me with. It's just too easy to forget when I get caught up in the moment. So here are some of the gratitude quotes I love. They help me remember!

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you?"
William Arthur Ward

There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.
Ralph H. Blum

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
G. K. Chesterton

Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality.
Alfred Painter

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
Henry Ward Beecher

Rejoice always,pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Bible - I Thessalonians 13:16-18

For me, giving thanks is a sign of appreciation and gratitude that also brings about a deep sense of peace.
Wally Amos

Gratitude helps you to grow and expands; gratitude brings you and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.
Eileen Caddy

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. William Arthur Ward

Though I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes.
Oprah Winfrey

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

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
Eric Hoffer

I cried because I had no shoes 'till I met a man who had no feet.
Dwight L. Moody

Nothing more detestable does the earth produce than an ungrateful man.
Decimus Magnus Ausonius

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Melody Beattie, Author

For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Make a vow to set aside time in your life that's sacred - quiet time just for you.
For a real eye-opener, keep a log of everything you do for two days.
Then go back and pick out at least one thing that you could have been done by someone else or didn't have to be done at all. Put stars by the things that you did just for yourself.
Joan Goodman

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. Epictetus

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
Sir Winston Churchill

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

I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through Him who gives me strength.
Bible - Philippians 4:11-13

2011 April Lorier Perspective

1-3 God, my shepherd! I don't need a thing. You have bedded me down in lush meadows, you find me quiet pools to drink from.
True to your word, you let me catch my breath and send me in the right direction.
4 Even when the way goes through Death Valley, I'm not afraid when you walk at my side. Your trusty shepherd's crook makes me feel secure.
5 You serve me a six-course dinner right in front of my enemies. You revive my drooping head; my cup brims with blessing.
6 Your beauty and love chase after me every day of my life. I'm back home in the house of God for the rest of my life.

Psalm 23