November is Thanksgiving month in America. It’s the favorite holiday season for many of us. And there’s no better time to open our hearts to gratitude and joy. Below are some Thanksgiving quotes inspire you.
When we live in a land of prosperity, we start to take our blessings for granted. We forget God, drop our guard, and get complacent. Gratitude is the simple key to celebrate all the good we haven’t had eyes to see.
Gail Siggelakis is a speaker, author, and life coach. It’s inviting to explore gratitude, she said, when we learn from a Harvard Medical School bulletin that gratitude is consistently linked to:
- greater happiness,
- better health, and
- stronger relationships.
It’s even more intriguing when we recognize “every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above” (James 1:17). “Coming down from the Father of lights.” God is the source of every blessing, and it’s to Him we owe our gratitude.
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15 Thanksgiving Quotes of Gratitude
For this post, I’ve gathered 15 Thanksgiving quotes to inspire gratitude and joy in your life. You are welcome to use them however you like. For example, you could:
- print them and post them in your home or office,
- share them with your social media networks,
- embed them or link to them in your blog posts, or
- use them in your emails or newsletters.
1. It’s Not How Much We Have
Quote: “It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.”
Author: Charles Spurgeon [visit his library]
Read More: Spurgeon the Pastor
2. God Will Supply Our Needs
Quote: “God has promised to supply all our needs. What we don’t have now, we don’t need now.”
Author: Elisabeth Elliot [visit her website]
Read More: Becoming Elisabeth Elliot
3. We Can Always Be Thankful
Quote: “No matter what our circumstances, we can find a reason to be thankful.”
Author: David Jeremiah [visit his website]
Recommended: The World of the End
4. In Everything We Can Give Thanks
Quote: “God is in control, and therefore in everything I can give thanks – not because of the situation but because of the One who directs and rules over it.”
Author: Kay Arthur [visit her website]
Read More: Lord, I Want to Know You
5. Yes, Give Thanks for All Things
Quote: “Yes, give thanks for ‘all things’ for, as it has been well said, ‘Our disappointments are but His appointments.'”
Author: Arthur W. Pink [visit his archive]
Read More: The Attributes of God
6. The Invitation of a Lifetime
Quote: “God’s command to be thankful is…the invitation of a lifetime – the opportunity to draw near to Him at any moment of the day.”
Author: Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth [visit her website]
Read More: Heaven Rules
7. A Heart Attuned to God
Quote: “A spirit of thankfulness is one of the most distinctive marks of a Christian whose heart is attuned to the Lord.”
Author: Billy Graham [visit his website]
Read More: What Happened at the Cross
8. A Heart Buoyed by Gratefulness
Quote: “No matter how choppy the seas become, a believer’s heart is buoyed by constant praise and gratefulness to the Lord.”
Author: John MacArthur [visit his website]
Recommended: MacArthur Study Bible
9. The Enemy of Discontent
Quote: “We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction.”
Author: Harry Ironside [visit his website]
Read More: Holiness: The False and the True
10. Gratitude is a Decision of Will
Quote: “Gratitude is a decision of the will, and if a decision of the will, the choice resides squarely with us.”
Author: Chuck Swindoll [visit his website]
Read More: Good Morning, Lord – Can We Talk?
11. Gratitude is a Precious Offering
Quote: “Gratitude is an offering precious in the sight of God, and it is one that the poorest of us can make and be not poorer but richer for having made it.”
Author: A.W. Tozer [visit his website]
Read More: The Essential Tozer Collection
12. Gratitude Makes Our Lives Rich
Quote: “In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.”
Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer [visit his website]
Read More: The Cost of Discipleship
13. Gratitude Yields Thankfulness, Joy, and Zeal
Quote: “The habit of celebrating the greatness and graciousness of God yields an endless flow of thankfulness, joy, and zeal. – J.I. Packer
Author: James I. Packer [10 things to know]
Read More: Knowing God
14. Gratitude Produces Deep, Abiding Joy
Quote: “Gratitude produces deep, abiding joy because we know that God is working in us, even through difficulties.”
Author: Charles Stanley [visit his website]
Read More: Courageous Faith
15. Thanksgiving Draws Us to God
Quote: “Thanksgiving will draw our hearts out to God and keep us engaged with Him; it will take our attention from ourselves and give the Spirit room in our hearts.”
Author: Andrew Murray [visit the archives – Afrikaans]
Read More: The Essential Andrew Murray Collection
Wrapping It Up
This holiday season, help the people in your life focus on God’s goodness and blessings. Make gratitude a personal priority, too. Spend some time alone with God in worship and praise, and reflect on all you have to be thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving! ◻️
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Now It’s Your Turn
Thank you for reading my post. Now it’s YOUR turn to chime in. Do you have a daily quiet time to praise and worship God? Which quote above most inspires gratitude and joy?
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Blessings, Annette
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