Thanksgiving Quotes

When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it.

Gratitude begins where my sense of entitlement ends.

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'

I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think.

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.

Reflect upon your present blessings

May your heart be an altar, from which the bright flame of unending thanksgiving ascends to heaven.

Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.

Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favors.

Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often.

We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.

If you want to save a species, simply decide to eat it. Then it will be managed - like chickens, like turkeys, like deer, like Canadian geese.

After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.

I have learned that in every circumstance that comes my way, I can choose to respond in one of two ways: I can whine or I can worship! And I can't worship without giving thanks. It just isn't possible. When we choose the pathway of worship and giving thanks, especially in the midst of difficult circumstances, there is a fragrance, a radiance, that issues forth out of our lives to bless the Lord and others.

I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.