A Treasury of Thanksgiving Quotes

 

Celebrate your gratitude beyond Thanksgiving Day with this collection of my favorite thanksgiving quotes! Which one is your favorite?

 

1. “We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction.” ~ Harry Ironside

 

2. “Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher

 

3. “Gratitude is a decision of the will, and if a decision of the will, the choice resides squarely with us. Deciding to be thankful is no easy task. It takes work.” ~ Chuck Swindoll

 

4. “No matter what our circumstance, we can find a reason to be thankful.” ~ David Jeremiah

 

5. “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” ~ G.K. Chesterton

6. “The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher

 

7. “Careful for nothing, prayerful for everything, thankful for anything.” ~ Dwight L. Moody

 

8. “A state of mind that sees God in everything is evidence of growth in grace and a thankful heart.” ~ Charles Finney

 

9. “Thanksgiving will draw our hearts out to God and keep us engaged with Him; it will take our attention from ourselves and give the Spirit room in our hearts.” ~ Andrew Murray

 

10. “Yes, give thanks for ‘all things’ for, as it has been well said ‘Our disappointments are but His appointments.’” ~ A. W. Pink

 

11. “Thanksgiving is the language of heaven, and we had better start to learn it if we are not to be mere dumb aliens there.” ~ A. J. Gossip

 

12. “Instead of complaining that God had hidden himself, you will give Him thanks for having revealed so much of Himself.” ~ Blaise Pascal

13. “God is in control, and therefore in everything I can give thanks – not because of the situation but because of the One who directs and rules over it.” ~ Kay Arthur

 

14. “It’s possible to be thankful wherever you find yourself.” ~ David Jeremiah

 

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

 

16. “God has promised to supply all our needs. What we don’t have now, we don’t need now.” ~ Elizabeth Elliot

 

17. “It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy that makes happiness.” ~ Charles Spurgeon

 

18. “It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich!” –Dietrich Bonhoeffer

 

19. “It’s one thing to be grateful. It’s another to give thanks. Gratitude is what you feel. Thanksgiving is what you do.” ~ Tim Keller

 

20. “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

21. “Gratitude is an offering precious in the sight of God, and it is one that the poorest of us can make and be not poorer but richer for having made it.” ~ A.W. Tozer

 

22. “I will give thanks to you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.” ~ Psalm 9:1

 

23. “Gratitude produces deep, abiding joy because we know that God is working in us, even through difficulties.” ~ Charles Stanley

 

24. “When we choose thankful prayer over wallowing in anxiety and worry, we are demonstrating an unwavering trust in God.” ~ Priscilla Shirer

 

25. “Genuine thankfulness is an act of the heart’s affections, not an act of the lips’ muscles.” ~ John Piper

26. “It is always possible to be grateful for what is given rather than resentful over what is withheld. One or the other will become a way of life.” ~ Elisabeth Elliot

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

 

28. “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

 

29. “An active faith can give thanks for a promise, though it be not as yet performed; knowing that God’s bonds are as good as ready money.” ~ Matthew Henry

 

30. “The calendar says Thanksgiving comes before Christmas. But in the life of a Christian Christmas always comes before Thanksgiving!” ~ Unknown

Which are your favorite Thanksgiving quotes?