With Gratitude

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.  ~Cicero

Thanksgiving is nothing if not a glad and reverent lifting of the heart to God in honor and praise for His goodness.  

~Robert Casper Lintner

God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart. 

 ~Izaak Walton

If I have enjoyed the hospitality of the Host of this universe, Who daily spreads a table in my sight, surely I cannot do less than acknowledge my dependence.  

~G.A. Johnston Ross

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.  ~W.T. Purkiser

The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!  ~Henry Ward Beecher

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.  It turns what we have into enough, and more.  It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.  It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.  Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.  

~Melody Beattie