Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.

My brothers and sisters, do we remember to give thanks for the blessings we receive? Sincerely giving thanks not only helps us recognize our blessings, but it also unlocks the doors of heaven and helps us feel God's love.

I do practice active gratitude. In my thoughts, actions words I am deeply grateful for what life has given me.

We are surrounded by God’s benefits. The best use of these benefits is an unceasing expression of gratitude.

It just depends on what you decide to have in your heart. That's what I've learned. That's where I am at this stage in my life is if we can fill ourselves with love and appreciation for, and be in a state of gratitude... Every event of your life you have an opportunity to be in a state of gratitude for it.

To live with gratitude ever in our hearts is to touch heaven.

I'm thankful for the talent in which God gave me and I'm thankful for the environment that he placed me.

Aren't you glad that God doesn't give you only that which you remember to thank him for?

Gratitude. More aware of what you have than what you don't. Recognizing the treasure in the simple - a child's hug, fertile soil, a golden sunset. Relishing in the comfort of the common.

O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!

God gave us minds to think with and hearts to thank with. Instead we use our hearts to think about the world as we would like it to have been, and we use our minds to come up with rationalizations for our ingratitude. We are a murmuring, discontented, unhappy, ungrateful people. And because we think we want salvation from our discontents.

Lift up your hearts to Him, sometimes even at your meals, and when you are in company; the least little remembrance will always be acceptable to Him. You need not cry very loud; He is nearer to us than we are aware.

A thankful heart is the greatest virtue.

Seeds of discouragement cannot take root in a grateful heart.

A rejoicing heart soon makes a praising tongue.

The thankful heart opens our eyes to a multitude of blessings that continually surround us

I keep a gratitude log, which helps to remind me of all the blessings I experience daily.

A thankful heart cannot be cynical.

Have a grateful heart to be happy.

There is no such way to get much grace, as to be thankful for a little grace. He who opens his mouth wide in praise, shall have his heart lled with graces. Ingratitude stops the ear of God, and shuts the hand of God, and turns away the heart of the God of grace; and therefore we had need to be thankful for a little grace.

For three things I thank God every day of my life: thanks that he has vouchsafed me knowledge of his works; deep thanks that he has set in my darkness the lamp of faith; deep, deepest thanks that I have another life to look forward to--a life joyous with light and flowers and heavenly song.

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings.