15 Inspirational Quotes About Thankfulness and Giving Thanks

Great Thanksgiving Quotes

Josh Wiley
God is the giver and creator of life and for this we give Him great thanks. Inspirational quotes about thankfulness can help encourage us to give thanks to God for what He has given us. Let our hearts overflow with gratitude for what we have. I encourage you to write down your favorite thankfulness quote and read it a few more times today. Let it help to remind you of the things you have to be thankful for. I pray these inspirational quotes which include quotes from the Bible and quotes about giving thanks from a variety of famous people will change your heart and attitude today. Please add any other of your favorite inspirational quotes on thankfulness to the comments below so this may be a better resource for those that find it.

Inspirational Bible Quotes and Verses about Thanksgiving, Thankfulness, and Giving Thanks

Psalm 69:30

I will praise the name of God with song, And shall magnify Him with thanksgiving.

Psalm 70:4

Let all who seek Thee rejoice and be glad in Thee; And let those who love Thy salvation say continually, "Let God be magnified."

Colossians 3:15

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 4:2

Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving;

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Inspirational Quotes from Famous People about Gratitude, Thankfulness and Giving Thanks

You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink. ~G.K. Chesterton

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

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. ~W.T. Purkiser

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

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

Inspirational Quotes about Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude. ~E.P. Powell

Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow. ~Edward Sandford Martin

Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action. ~W.J. Cameron

He who thanks but with the lips
Thanks but in part;
The full, the true Thanksgiving
Comes from the heart.
~J.A. Shedd

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

I pray that this article inspired you to be a more thankful person. Let us all pray that God would help us to continue to have a heart of gratitude and thankfulness as we go through our lives.

Sources

The Holy Bible, New American Standard Version
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Colossians 4:2

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  • adessa Bianca G Navarro8/11/2010

    it is very interesting. it enlighten my mind.

  • Sally Ann Murphy8/7/2010

    This is a great article - thanks.

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