Thanksgiving Quotes

A two-pound turkey and a fifty-pound cranberry-that's Thanksgiving dinner at Three Mile Island.

When we grow careless of keeping our souls, then God recovers our taste of good things again by sharp crosses.

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!

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

When thanksgiving is filled with true meaning and is not just the formality of a polite 'thank you,' it is the recognition of dependence.

Thanksgiving, when the Indians said, "Well, this has been fun, but we know you have a long voyage back to England".

Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday...The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production.

Coexistence: what the farmer does with the turkey - until Thanksgiving.

So once in every year we throng Upon a day apart, to praise the Lord with feast and song in thankfulness of heart.

I'm thankful for every moment.

Almost nobody gives thanks to God at Thanksgiving, unless there's a short prayer before we eat.

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

Happy Thanksgiving! I broke into Best Buy and stole a copy of Pocahontas to celebrate.

Giving thanks to God for both His temporal and spiritual blessings in our lives is not just a nice thing to do - it is the moral will of God. Failure to give Him the thanks due Him is sin.

It was Joseph Smith who taught me how to prize the endearing relationships of father and mother, husband and wife; of brother and sister, son and daughter, mashed potatoes and gravy.

Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It's called Four Blind Mice and it's a pretty amazing story about several murders inside the military.

It is only through thanksgiving that I can become myself.

I don't want any vegetables, thank you. I paid for the cow to eat them for me.

I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.

Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road.

Recognize success with thanksgiving and build more success on that.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I'm thankful for all of you. I am not thankful for the pilgrims. Buckles should never be on hats.

The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy.

He that enjoys naught without thanksgiving is as though he robbed God.

There is something in every season, in every day, to celebrate with thanksgiving.

Do not exclusively say your prayers in the form of asking God for something. The prayer of thanksgiving is much more powerful.

'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say.

For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received.

O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment.

We must lengthen our stride and must do it now because we over ate and feel fat.

The height of devotion is reached when reverence and contemplation produce passionate worship, which in turn breaks forth in thanksgiving and praise in word and song.

We're having something a little different this year for Thanksgiving. Instead of a turkey, we're having a swan. You get more stuffing

On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.

We ought to shout out our thanksgiving as if every war were over; as if there were no more big taxes; as if there were no sickness, no crime.

Every genuine confession humbles the soul. When it takes the form of thanksgiving, it teaches the soul that it has been delivered by the grace of God.

When we exist without thought or thanksgiving we are not men, but beasts.

You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.

But see, in our open clearings, how golden the melons lie; Enrich them with sweets and spices, and give us the pumpkin-pie!

God is pleased with no music below so much as with the thanksgiving songs of relieved widows and supported orphans; of rejoicing, comforted, and thankful persons.

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

[when asked about what he was most thankful about]: Being alive. After heart surgery, you dig that part. Breath, family and friends are just amazing. Just to have a second shot is pretty great!

I approximated the Black Friday experience at home by hurling myself into a wall a number of times and then ordering online.

There is no greater difference between men than between grateful and ungrateful people.

Here's a Thanksgiving tip. Generally, your turkey is not cooked enough if it passes you the cranberry sauce.

Sharing in God's blessings is at the heart of Thanksgiving and at the core of the American spirit.

The playoffs are the wedge between the season and the World Series. If you lose, it means you won't be going to the greatest sports event in this country...You're forgotten by Thanksgiving.

And when I give thanks for the seemingly microscopic, I make a place for God to grow within me.

It is impossible to be negative while we are giving thanks.

Thanksgiving was nothing more than a pilgrim-created obstacle in the way of Christmas; a dead bird in the street that forced a brief detour.

My mother is such a lousy cook that Thanksgiving at her house is a time of sorrow.