Richard Rohr Quotes

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

Do not exclusively say your prayers in the form of asking God for something. The prayer of thanksgiving is much more powerful.

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

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.

Ein einziger dankbarer Gedanke gen Himmel ist das vollkommenste Gebet. One single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer.

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.

At the end of the day, we should give thanks and pray, to the one, to the one.

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

I thank Him every chance I get - on my knees praying.

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

I believe in prayer. I believe in gratitude and serving people.

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

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.

I pray every day. In the mornings and, before I go to bed. I think it's important to pray not just when things are going bad. When things are going bad, it's easy to pray and ask God to help you out, but it's also important to pray when things are going well and show your appreciation.

Whether we're happy with our circumstances or not, giving God praise is so important.

I've never seen service as separate from my spiritual practice or my spiritual teaching.

Humility is preserved when I give credit where credit is due - to God.

When joy and prayer are married, their first born child is gratitude.

Give thanks to the most high.

Do not always ask when you pray, but instead affirm that God's blessings are being given, and spend most of your prayers giving thanks.

A thankful heart is the greatest virtue.

Thanksgiving is inseparable from true prayer; it is almost essentially connected with it. One who always prays is ever giving praise, whether in ease or pain, both for prosperity and for the greatest adversity. He blesses God for all things, looks on them as coming from Him, and receives them for His sake- not choosing nor refusing, liking or disliking,anything, but only as it is agreeable or disagreeable to His perfect will.

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

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

Thankfulness brings you to the place where the Beloved lives.