Thanksgiving Inspirational Quotes - Page 3

O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!

William Shakespeare

Happiness, Thanksgiving, Gratitude

1592 Henry of Queen Margaret. Henry VI PartTwo, act1, sc.1, l.19-20.

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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.

John Templeton

Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Children

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

Charles Dickens

Inspirational, Happiness, Thanksgiving

Charles Dickens (1839). “Sketches by Boz”, p.172

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If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.

W. Clement Stone

Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

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Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.

Henry Van Dyke

Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Kindness

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

William Arthur Ward

Inspirational, Thank You, Thanksgiving

"How to Write a Gratitude Speech" by Peggy Epstein, bizfluent.com. September 26, 2017.

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

Willie Nelson

Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

"The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart". Book by Willie Nelson, Turk Pipkin, 2006.

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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.

Frank A. Clark

Motivational, Thanksgiving, Thankful

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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Inspirational, Thank You, Thanksgiving

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If you count all your assets you always show a profit.

Wilson Mizner

Motivational, Thanksgiving, Thankful

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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!

Henry Ward Beecher

Thank You, Thanksgiving, Gratitude

Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.66

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Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

Henry Ward Beecher

Life, Thanksgiving, Gratitude

henry ward beecher (1858). “life thoughts,”, p.115

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On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.

William Jennings Bryan

Thanksgiving, Funny Thanksgiving, Happy Thanksgiving

William Jennings Bryan, Mary Baird Bryan (1909). “Speeches of William Jennings Bryan”

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In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

Albert Schweitzer

Inspirational, Motivational, Friendship

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Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Seneca the Younger

Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Appreciation

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Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

Marcel Proust

Friendship, Happiness, Happy

Marcel Proust (1957). “Pleasures and days: and other writings”

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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.

Melody Beattie

Inspirational, Life, Change

Melody Beattie (2013). “Melody Beattie 4 Title Bundle: Codependent No More and 3 Other Best Sellers by Melody Beattie: A collection of four Melody Beattie best sellers”, Hazelden Publishing

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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.

Jon Stewart

Funny, Thanksgiving, Holiday

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

Melody Beattie

Happiness, Thanksgiving, Thank You

Melody Beattie (2003). “The Language of Letting Go: A Meditation Book and Journal for Daily Reflections”, Hazelden Publishing

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I give thanks to my Creator for this wonderful life where each of us has the opportunity to learn lessons we could not fully comprehend by any other means.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Thanksgiving, Mean, Opportunity

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

George Washington

Thanksgiving, Presidential, Duty To God

Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, Issued by President George Washington, at the request of Congress, on October 3, 1789

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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!

Grandpa Jones

Thanksgiving, Yams, Turkeys

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You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Inspirational, Thanksgiving, Thankful

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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Henry Ward Beecher

Inspirational, Life, Thankful

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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.

Henry Ward Beecher

Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Heart

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