Thomas Merton Quotes

To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything.

Joy is the grace we say to God.

I really am pretty happy with what God gave me.

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

If gratitude, when exerted towards another, naturally produces a very pleasing sensation in the mind of a grateful man, it exalts the soul into rapture when it is employed on this great object of gratitude to the beneficent Being who has given us everything we already possess, and from whom we expect everything we yet hope for.

Holy joy lies in the habit of murmuring thanks to God for the smallest of graces.

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

Only when we're thoroughly convinced that the Christian life is entirely of grace are we able to serve God out of a grateful and loving heart.

It's no wonder, that God's anxiety therapy includes a large, delightful dollop of gratitude. The anxious heart says, "Lord, if only I had this, that, or the other, I'd be okay." The grateful heart says, "Oh, look! You've already given me this, that, and the other. Thank you, God."

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

The grateful person knows that God is good, not by hearsay but by experience. And that is what makes all the difference.

Brethren, who are we that God should have been so good to us?

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.

The Lord has blessed me more than I deserve.

Dear Lord, I'm so grateful I'm still loved.

But whatever the Lord throws at me right now, I think I've been given more blessings than I ever deserved. If he wants to top it off with anything - boy, girl - I would love either of them.

I am most thankful to Almighty Providence for mercies received, and determined still to press the case into public notice as a token of gratitude.

I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that I wonder now I was not always on the ground. I praise God for His mercy; for it was He only Who stretched out His hand to me. May He be blessed for ever! Amen.

I'd be stupid not to thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ because it was tough out there and I was nervous, and I felt his presence all day.

I just find myself happy with the simple things. Appreciating the blessings God gave me.

And I thank God I believe in God, or I would probably be enormously angry right now.

I walk in a space of gratitude. I'm so grateful to God for blessing me with an amazing family and the opportunity to do what I love.

Every day is a gift from God. Learn to focus on the Giver and enjoy the gift!

All my blessings are thanks to the Almighty.

All glory goes to God. I can't describe what He's done for me and my family.