More Thanksgiving Quotations

by allinspiration.com

“The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.”
– Mitchell Burgess

“There is one day that is ours. There is one day when all we Americans who are not self-made go back to the old home to eat saleratus biscuits and marvel how much nearer to the porch the old pump looks than it used to. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.”
– O. Henry

“For what I give, not what I take,
For battle, not for victory,
My prayer of thanks I make.”
– Odell Shepard

“Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feet. Believe in man. Soberly and with clear eyes, believe in your own time and place. There is not, and there never has been a better time, or a better place to live in. ”
– Phillips Brooks

“Every day is a day to be thankful. Life‘s abundance has no limit, and gratitude is what keeps that abundance flowing. In every circumstance there is something for which to be thankful. Even when there seems to be nothing else, there is hope.”
– Ralph Marston

“For flowers that bloom about our feet;
For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;
For song of bird, and hum of bee;
For all things fair we hear or see,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee!”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Thanksgiving is the holiday of peace, the celebration of work and the simple life…a true folk-festival that speaks the poetry of the turn of the seasons, the beauty of seedtime and harvest, the ripe product of the year – and the deep, deep connection of all these things with God.”
– Ray Stannard Baker

“The whole life of a Christian should be nothing but praises and thanks to God; we should neither eat nor sleep, but eat to God and sleep to God and work to God and talk to God, do all to His glory and praise.”
– Richard Sibbes

“I’ve spent a lot of Thanksgivings on the road with my band, so anytime that I can spend Thanksgiving with my family in a traditional aspect, eating sweet potatoes and cranberries and stuffing and all the trappings of Thanksgiving and then get on a treadmill the next day extra long, I’m happy.”
– Richie Sambora

“Thanksgiving was never meant to be shut up in a single day.”
– Robert Caspar Lintner

“Thanksgiving like contentment is a learned attribute. The person who hasn’t learned to be content we will not be thankful for he lives with the delusion he deserves more or something better.”
– Robert Flatt

“If you count all your assets, you always show a profit.”
– Robert Quillen

“I am so excited this year getting to play the 85th Anniversary Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Everyone knows on Thanksgiving morning to get up, turn on the TV and watch the parade, so to be an actual participant is going to be fun and I’m looking forward to it. I am gonna have to put on my deer hunting gear, though, to stay warm!”
– Rodney Atkins

“Once, when my feet were bare, and I had not the means of obtaining shoes I came to the chief of Kufah in a state of much dejection, and saw there a man who had no feet. I returned thanks to God and acknowledged his mercies, and endured my want of shoes with patience.”
– Sadi

“When asked if my cup is half-full or half-empty my only response is that I am thankful I have a cup.”
– Sam Lefkowitz

“Christmas is more stressful with present buying and making sure everyone gets included, but Thanksgiving is really not that. I don’t ever really get stressed out about the food.”
– Sandra Lee

“Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.”
– Seneca

“How wonderful it would be if we could help our children and grandchildren to learn thanksgiving at an early age. Thanksgiving opens the doors. It changes a child’s personality. A child is resentful, negative, or thankful. Thankful children want to give, they radiate happiness, they draw people.”
– Sir John Templeton

“The funny thing about Thanksgiving ,or any big meal, is that you spend 12 hours shopping for it then go home and cook, chop, braise and blanch. Then it’s gone in 20 minutes and everybody lies around sort of in a sugar coma and then it takes 4 hours to clean it up.”
– Ted Allen

“Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds.”
– Theodore Roosevelt

“To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything He has given us…and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it immense graces from Him.”
– Thomas Merton

“Our knowledge of God is perfected by gratitude: we are thankful and rejoice in the experience of the truth that He is love.”
– Thomas Merton

“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”
– Thornton Wilder

“The value we place on what we’ve been given correlates to our depth of gratitude for it.”
– Todd Stocker

“If you think Independence Day is America’s defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.”
– Tony Snow

“So while it’s true that Thanksgiving only comes but once a year, we should actually celebrate thanks each and every day. It’s just a matter of learning to live with a spirit of gratitude.”
– Unknown

“Thanksgiving is possible only for those who take time to remember; no one can give thanks who has a short memory.”
– Unknown

“Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don’t unravel.”
– Unknown

“On Thanksgiving Day, all over America, families sit down to dinner at the same moment – halftime.”
– Unknown

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