Thanksgiving Quotes

No matter what our circumstance, we can find a reason to be thankful.

Canada is a sweet country. It is like your retarded cousin you see at Thanksgiving and sort of pat him on the head. You know, he's nice, but you don't take him seriously. That is Canada.

I can only say thank you and thanks also to all of the great songwriters who wrote those wonderful songs that became number ones.

Thanksgiving is worry's kryptonite.

A basic law: the more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.

All that we behold is full of blessings.

The Christian who walks with the Lord and keeps constant communion with Him will see many reason for rejoicing and thanksgiving all day long.

Every year I volunteer at a hospital on Thanksgiving, deep-frying turkeys in the children's burn unit. I do it just to see the looks on their little "faces."

To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything.

Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give.

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.

Gratitude is heaven itself.

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.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Times are hard in the ghetto, I gotta steal for a living; Eating turkey-flavored Now & Laters for Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more.

Dining with one's friends and beloved family is certainly one of life's primal and most innocent delights, one that is both soul-satisfying and eternal.

Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.

If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.

For one who has made thanksgiving the habit of his life, the morning prayer will be, 'Lord, what will you give me today to offer back to you?'

Almighty God, who hast given us this good land for our heritage; We humbly beseech Thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of Thy favor and glad to do Thy will.

The Chinamen built the railroad, the Indians saved the Pilgrim, And in return, the Pilgrim killed 'em. They call it it Thanksgiving, I call your holiday 'hell-day.'

ThanksGiving is good but ThanksLiving is better.

There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way.

Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song.

It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God.

The heaviest burden that one has to bear in this life is the burden of delaying too long before putting the fruit in the Jell-O so it's too firm and the chunks just sit on top.

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!

The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.

Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.

Expressing gratitude for the miracles in your world is one of the best ways to make each moment of your life a special one. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones!

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings.

Detente - isn't that what a farmer has with his turkey - until Thanksgiving?

All that I see teaches me to thank the Creator for all I cannot see.

Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.

Thanksgiving is the day when you turn to another family member and say, 'How long has Mom been drinking like this?' My Mom, after six Bloody Marys looks at the turkey and goes, 'Here, kitty, kitty.'

... because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.

This way of seeing our Father in everything makes life one long thanksgiving and gives a rest of heart, and, more than that, a gayety of spirit, that is unspeakable.

What moistens the lip and what brightens the eye? What calls back the past like the rich pumpkin pie?

We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

If the average person realized the power he wields over his life and destiny, he would live in a perpetual state of wonder and thanksgiving.

When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?

The very fact that a man is thankful implies someone to be thankful to.

Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining - it bores everybody else, does you no good and doesn't solve any problems!

If the Church is in Christ, its initial act is always the act of thanksgiving, of returning the world to God.

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.

Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you.

We don't pray to win. We pray to play the best we can, and to keep us free from injury. And the prayer we say after the game is one of thanksgiving.

Joy and thanksgiving expressed in prayer and praise according to the Word of God are the heart of the Church's worship.