Thanksgiving Quotes - Page 2

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  Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

  Epicurus

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'

  William Arthur Ward

  Thank You, God, Gratitude

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• WHEREAS it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favour; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint Committee, requested me "to recommend to the people of the United States a DAY OF PUBLICK THANKSGIVING and PRAYER, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness."

  George Washington

  Prayer, Grateful, Heart

  George Washington's first Presidential Thanksgiving Day proclamation, October 3, 1789.

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• For three things I thank God every day of my life: thanks that he has vouchsafed me knowledge of his works; deep thanks that he has set in my darkness the lamp of faith; deep, deepest thanks that I have another life to look forward to--a life joyous with light and flowers and heavenly song.

  Helen Keller

  Song, Flower, Light

  Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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• God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.

  Izaak Walton

  Gratitude, Heart, Two

  Izaak Walton (2013). “The Complete Angler”, p.137, Simon and Schuster

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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, Thankful

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

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  To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do.

  Victor Hugo

  Prayer, Wings, Solitude

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• Gratitude begins where my sense of entitlement ends.

  Steven Furtick

  Happiness, Gratitude, Entitlement

  Twitter post from Nov 24, 2010

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

  Erma Bombeck

  Sports, Football, Food

  "On Being Blonde: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Most Infamous Blondes". Book by Paula Munier, p. 67, September 1, 2004.

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• Thankfulness is not something God gives us. It is not a spiritual gift and it is not a spiritual fruit. We can receive God's peace, joy and love, but thankfulness is something that we give to Godand to others. It is a choice that we make. Let us thank Him today with songs of celebration, hearts of strong devotion and acts of admiration.

  Roy Lessin

  Spiritual, Song, Strong

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• Let us be grateful to people who make us happy.

  Marcel Proust

  Thank You, Thankful, Appreciation

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

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• I love Thanksgiving turkey... It's the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Turkeys, Los Angeles, Natural

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• Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

  Aesop

  Inspirational, Thankful, Spiritual

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.24, Pelekanos Books

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

  W. Clement Stone

  Thankful, Gratitude, Grateful

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• For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Thankful, Gratitude, Appreciation

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

  Zig Ziglar

  Meaningful, Grateful, Doe

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• Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants.

  Kevin James

  Funny, Good Day, Men

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.

  William Blake

  Happiness, Thank You, Thankful

  William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.133, Pearson Education

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

  Phyllis Diller

  Fun, Kids, Home Cooking

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• 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.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Land, People, Heritage

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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, Holiday, Old Neighborhood

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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

  Gratitude, Kindness, Feelings

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• The thankful heart sees the best part of every situation. It sees problems and weaknesses as opportunities, struggles as refining tools, and sinners as saints in progress.

  Francis Frangipane

  Gratitude, Struggle, Grateful

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• Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often.

  Johnny Carson

  Holiday, Emotional, Turkeys

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  'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.

  Alice Walker

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Thank You

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