Thanksgiving Holiday Quotes

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

    "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt,Oratio Pro Cnæo Plancio, XXXIII, p. 336-37, 1922.
  • Black Friday is not another bad hair day in Wall Street. It's the term used by American retailers to describe the day after the Thanksgiving Holiday, seen as the semi-official start of Christmas shopping season.

  • 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.

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

  • 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, John Cotton Brooks (1910). “Sermons: The candle of the Lord, and other sermons”
  • Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.

    FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Nov 29, 2013
  • Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude!

    Henry Ward Beecher (1873). “The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn”, p.437
  • It has been an unchallengeable American doctrine that cranberry sauce, a pink goo with overtones of sugared tomatoes, is a delectable necessity of the Thanksgiving board and that turkey is uneatable without it.

    Alistair Cooke (2015). “Talk About America: 1951–1968”, p.15, Open Road Media
  • Praise God even when you don't understand what He is doing.

  • My most memorable meal is every Thanksgiving. I love the food: The turkey and stuffing; the sweet potatoes and rice, which come from my mother's Southern heritage; the mashed potatoes, which come from my wife's Midwestern roots; the Campbell's green bean casserole; and of course, pumpkin pie.

    "Thanksgiving Stories: A Recipe for Celebration" by Suzannah Galland, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 23, 2016.
  • We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.

  • There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

  • Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.

    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.

  • 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.

    George Herbert (1850). “Beauties of George Herbert: with Selections from “The Synagogue.””, p.14
  • 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 (2012). “Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Section 2 (of 2) of Supplemental Volume: Theodore Roosevelt, Supplement”, p.91, tredition
  • Our rural ancestors, with little blest, Patient of labor when the end was rest, Indulged the day that housed their annual grain, With feasts, and off'rings, and a thankful strain.

    Alexander Pope, “Imitations Of Horace: The First Epistle Of The Second Book”
  • But see, in our open clearings, how golden the melons lie; Enrich them with sweets and spices, and give us the pumpkin-pie!

    Margaret Junkin Preston (1887). “Colonial Ballads, Sonnets, and Other Verse”
  • Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.

  • What we're really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?

    Erma Bombeck (2013). “Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing From America's Favorite Humorist”, p.271, Open Road Media
  • Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

    Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.24, Pelekanos Books
  • Oh. What if we eat a lot with people that annoy the hell out of us?

    "Comedian Jim Gaffigan Shares How To Survive Holiday Political Debates". "All Things Considered" with Kelly McEvers, www.npr.org. November 23, 2016.
  • 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.

  • Thanksgiving is the holiday that encompasses all others. All of them, from Martin Luther King Day to Arbor Day to Christmas to Valentine's Day, are in one way or another about being thankful.

    "Eating Animals". Book by Jonathan Safran Foer, March 4, 2010.
  • We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.

  • My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor.

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  • He who thanks but with the lips. Thanks but in part; the full, the true Thanksgiving. Comes from the heart.

    "The Yale Book of Quotations". Book by Fred R. Shapiro, p. 705, 2006.
  • Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings.

  • May your stuffing be tasty May your turkey plump, May your potatoes and gravy Have nary a lump. May your yams be delicious And your pies take the prize, And may your Thanksgiving dinner Stay off your thighs!

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

    Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.836, Best Books on
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