Thomas Merton Quotes

Gratitude is of the very essence of worship. ... When you walk with gratitude, you do not walk with arrogance and conceit and egotism, you walk with a spirit of thanksgiving that is becoming to you and will bless your lives. Sincerely giving thanks not only helps us recognize our blessings, it also unlocks the doors of heaven and helps us feel God's love.

I have been blessed in my life and want to return my gratitude unto my Lord.

On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver.

I think the key to passion, to zeal, is gratitude. Or to put it another way, the fuel to motivate is gratitude, and gratitude comes by just backing up a little and realizing how much you've sinned against God.

How much better it would be if all could be more aware of God's providence and love and express that gratitude to Him.

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

I'm so grateful to the Lord.

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

I thank God every day.

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.

The abundance of a grateful heart gives honor to God even if it does not turn to Him in words. An unbeliever who is filled with thanks for his very being has ceased to be an unbeliever.

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it. People think pleasing God is all God cares about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back.

In everything give thanks

Joy is the grace we say to God.

If we don't take inventory every once in a while and give thanks to God for the great things He has done for us, we get totally out of perspective.

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

Thankfulness brings you to the place where the Beloved lives.

We should not accept in silence the benefactions of God, but return thanks for them.

We in America should be grateful to God for the blessing he has given us.

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

I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute.

To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us - and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it immense graces from Him. Gratitude therefore takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder and to praise of the goodness of God. For the grateful person knows that God is good, not by hearsay but by experience. And that is what makes all the difference.

And when I give thanks for the seemingly microscopic, I make a place for God to grow within me.

Thanksgiving is a time for families and friends to gather together and express gratitude for all that we have been given, the freedoms we enjoy, and the loved ones who enrich our lives. We recognize that all of these blessings, and life itself, come not from the hand of man but from Almighty God.

Every day is a gift from God, no matter how old we are.