Norman Vincent Peale Quotes

Let me recommend that periodically you and I offer a prayer in which we only give thanks and express gratitude. Ask for nothing; simply let our souls rejoice and strive to communicate appreciation with all the energy of our hearts.

From David learn to give thanks for everything. Every furrow in the book of Psalms is sown with the seeds of thanksgiving.

A grateful heart is like a sponge that soaks up God's goodness.

Thankfulness brings you to the place where the Beloved lives.

Mature prayer always breaks into gratitude.

I say three prayers every night to make sure that God knows I thank him so much.

The more you praise, the more vigor you will have for prayer; and the more you pray, the more matter you will have for praise.

'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say.

Prayer is simply saying "thank you, bless you, praise you."

The correct prayer is never one of supplication but one of gratitude.

Grumbling and gratitude are, for the child of God, in conflict. Be grateful and you won't grumble. Grumble and you won't be grateful.

I'm thankful to God for having a family that's been there for me. He's been there from the time I was a child to even now with my family helping with my little boy. It's worth more than words could ever describe. That's one of the ways I've been able to stay grounded is thanks to family and God.

I ought to pray as much as God's on my mind, because then I'd pray a lot. All I can tell you is God is real, and so that infuses everything.

Everything we do should be a result of our gratitude for what God has done for us.

I say grace. I'm a big believer in grace. I happen to believe in a God that made all the food and so I'm pretty grateful for that and I thank him for that. But I'm also thankful for the people that put the food on the table.

A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.

God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.

The most meaningful and spiritual prayers I have experienced contained many expressions of thanks and few, if any, requests.

Thanksgiving is a time when the world gets to see just how blessed and how workable the Christian system is. The emphasis is not on giving or buying, but on being thankful and expressing that appreciation to God and to one another.

There is such a thing as 'thanks-feeling' - feeling thankful. This ought to be the general, universal spirit of the Christian.

I believe that the greatest form of prayer is praise to God.

I pray to start my day and finish it in prayer. I'm just thankful for everything, all the blessings in my life, trying to stay that way. I think that's the best way to start your day and finish your day. It keeps everything in perspective.

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.

We are grateful to God.