Maya Angelou Quotes

I get up every morning and I'm grateful for everything that has happened. I go through my list about being grateful for my children and grandchildren, and for the really remarkable life that I have been able to have.

Every morning I wake up and thank God.

When I get out of bed in the morning, I literally say a prayer. The first thing I do is thank God that I got through the night.

When you are grateful, that allows God to do great things in your life.

The words "Think and Thank" are inscribed in many of the Cromwellian churches of England. These words ought to be inscribed in our hearts, too: "Think and Thank". Think of all we have to be grateful for, and thank God for all our boons and bounties.

First thing I do [in the morning] is thank the master. I thank God every day.

The first is wake up in the morning and be grateful you are here, alive and healthy. And the second is: Give.

When I wake up, I always thank God. I'm grateful for another day, and he's allowed me this tiny thing that we should be appreciative of.

My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.

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.

When I wake up every morning, I thank God for the new day.

I'm really grateful to God for whatever I have.

I just say 'Amen' a lot. It's just about being grateful and never taking things for granted.

I wake up every day and give my thanks.

Each morning and night I get down on my knees and thank God for my life and ask Him to make me grateful all the time instead of just most of the time.

I pretty much always feel gratitude. I thank God throughout the day.

I do take time to pray. I also start my day in gratitude, and as my first foot hits the floor in the morning when I climb out of bed, I say "Thank," and as the next foot hits the floor, I say "You," and I say "Thank you" all the way to the bathroom. Starts the day in the right headspace and the right heart space!

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

Worship is the thank you that can't be silenced

I am grateful for being alive today. It is my joy and pleasure to live another wonderful day.

God is glorified, not by our groans, but our thanksgivings; and all good thought and good action claim a natural alliance with good cheer.

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

To be happy in life... You've got to train your mind to see the good, to be grateful for what you have.

What if you woke up this morning and had only the things you thanked God for yesterday?

We sometimes think that being grateful is what we do after our problems are solved, but how terribly shortsighted that is. How much of life do we miss by waiting to see the rainbow before thanking God that there is rain? Being grateful in times of distress does not mean that we are pleased with our circumstances. It does mean that through the eyes of faith we look beyond our present-day challenges. This is not a gratitude of the lips but of the soul. It is a gratitude that heals the heart and expands the mind.