GRATITUDE

“Lift up your soul in prayer and explain to your heavenly Father what you are feeling.  Acknowledge your shortcomings.  Pour out your heart and express your gratitude.  Let Him know of the trials you are facing.  Plead with Him in Christ’s name for strength and support.  Ask that your ears may be opened, that you may hear His voice.  Ask that your eyes may be opened, that you may see His light.” ~ President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, The Hope of God’s Light, April 2013 General Conference

“We can lift ourselves and others as well, when we refuse to remain in the realm of negative thought and cultivate within our hearts an attitude of gratitude. If ingratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes its place among the noblest of virtues.” ~President Thomas S. Monson, An Attitude of Gratitude, April 1992 General Conference

 

“Let us have gratitude for our friends. Our most cherished friend is our partner in marriage. This old world would be so much better off today if kindness and deference were daily a reflection of our gratitude for wife, for husband.” ~President Thomas S. Monson, An Attitude of Gratitude, April 1992 General Conference

“Regardless of our circumstances, each of us has much for which to be grateful if we will but pause and contemplate our blessings.” ~President Thomas S. Monson, The Divine Gift of Gratitude, October 2010 General Conference

“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.” ~President Thomas S. Monson, The Divine Gift of Gratitude, October 2010 General Conference

“A grateful heart, then, comes through expressing gratitude to our Heavenly Father for His blessings and to those around us for all that they bring into our lives. This requires conscious effort—at least until we have truly learned and cultivated an attitude of gratitude. Often we feel grateful and intend to express our thanks but forget to do so or just don’t get around to it. Someone has said that “feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” ~President Thomas S. Monson, The Divine Gift of Gratitude, October 2010 General Conference

“Through divine intervention, those who were lepers were spared from a cruel, lingering death and given a new lease on life. The gratitude expressed by one merited the Master’s blessing, the ingratitude by the nine His disappointment.” ~President Thomas S. Monson, Pathways to Perfection, April 2002 General Conference

“Each of us must make an individual evaluation. First, we need to measure the depth of our gratitude for membership in the true Church of Jesus Christ. Second, we need to know by the power of the Holy Ghost in what ways we can do better in keeping the commandments.” ~President Henry B. Eyring, The True and Living Church, April 2008 General Conference

“I have saved the most important part about prayer until the end. It is gratitude! Our sincere efforts to thank our beloved F ather generate wondrous feelings of peace, self-worth, and love. No matter how challenging our circumstances, honest appreciation fills our mind to overflowing with gratitude.” ~Elder Richard G. Scott, Learning to Recognize Answers to Prayer, October 1989 General Conference

“Ours is the responsibility to show our gratitude by the actions of our lives.” ~ President Thomas S. Monson, Gifts, April 1993 General Conference

“Express gratitude for each blessing, for ‘in nothing doth man offend God, or against none is his wrath kindled, save those who confess not his hand in all things, and obey not his commandments.’” ~ Elder Richard G. Scott, He Lives, October 1999 General Conference