Thanksgiving Quotes - Page 4

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

  Jay Leno

  Fun, Long, Voyages

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• Thanksgiving is worry's kryptonite.

  Matt Chandler

  Kryptonite, Worry

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

  Edwin Arlington Robinson

  Thankful, Gratitude, Appreciation

  Edwin Arlington Robinson (2015). “Delphi Poetical Works and Plays of Edwin Arlington Robinson (Illustrated)”, p.142, Delphi Classics

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

  Franz Grillparzer

  Being Thankful, Important, Thankfulness

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• In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it's wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Thank You, Gratitude, Giving Up

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything”, p.348, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• 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.

  Julia Child

  Food, Soul, Dining

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• We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Motivational, Gratitude, Blessed

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• Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.

  William Shakespeare

  Cheer, Memorable, Holiday

  William Shakespeare, Charles Symmons, John Payne Collier (1837). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare”, p.131

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

  John Baillie

  Men, Being Thankful, Facts

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• 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

  Food, Mean, Talking

  Erma Bombeck (2013). “Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing From America's Favorite Humorist”, p.271, Open Road Media

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• 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.

  Jim Rohn

  Gratitude, Grateful, Opportunity

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 30, 2015

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• From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.

  Algernon Charles Swinburne

  Motivational, Success, Fear

  "The Garden of Proserpine" l. 81 (1866)

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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, Thank You

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

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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

  Gratitude, Children, Doors

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• 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.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Kings, Valentine, Holiday

  "Eating Animals". Book by Jonathan Safran Foer, March 4, 2010.

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• Got no checkbooks, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks - I've got the sun in the mornin' and the moon at night.

  Irving Berlin

  Positive, Happiness, Gratitude

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• Thanks are the highest form of thought.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Thank You, Gratitude, Appreciation

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations". Book by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, 1922.

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• He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

  Epictetus

  Positive, Happiness, Thank You

  Epictetus (2012). “Enchiridion”, p.48, Courier Corporation

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

  William J. Clinton

  Heart, Blessing, Spirit

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• I have learned that in every circumstance that comes my way, I can choose to respond in one of two ways: I can whine or I can worship! And I can't worship without giving thanks. It just isn't possible. When we choose the pathway of worship and giving thanks, especially in the midst of difficult circumstances, there is a fragrance, a radiance, that issues forth out of our lives to bless the Lord and others.

  Nancy Leigh DeMoss

  Life, God, Thankful

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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, Gratitude, Grateful

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

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• Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Thankful

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• After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.

  Oscar Wilde

  Family, Food, Cooking Dinner

  1893 Lady Caroline. A Woman of No Importance, act 2.

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• Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it.

  Ralph Marston

  Thank You, Thankful, Gratitude

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• God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings.

  Edwin Percy Whipple

  Thankful, Funny Thanksgiving, Happy Thanksgiving

  Edwin Percy Whipple (1875). “Success and Its Conditions”, p.195

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