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• Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.

  W. T. Purkiser

  Thanksgiving, Thank You, Gratitude

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• Thanksgiving is the day when you turn to another family member and say, 'How long has Mom been drinking like this?' My Mom, after six Bloody Marys looks at the turkey and goes, 'Here, kitty, kitty.'

  David Letterman

  Thanksgiving, Mom, Drinking

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• 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

  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Grateful

  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

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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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• Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings.

  William Arthur Ward

  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Thankfulness

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

  Wilson Mizner

  Motivational, Thanksgiving, Thankful

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

  Kevin James

  Funny, Thanksgiving, Good Day

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Thank You, Thanksgiving

  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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  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

  Thanksgiving, Prayer, Wings

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

  Elbert Hubbard

  Inspirational, Thanksgiving, Gratitude

  Elbert Hubbard (1916). “The Philosophy of Elbert Hubbard”

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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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• Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —

  William Arthur Ward

  Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

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  Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Positive, Thank You, Thanksgiving

  FaceBook post by Oprah Winfrey from Oct 03, 2011

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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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• We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.

  Thornton Wilder

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Thornton Wilder (1958). “The Cabala ; The Woman of Andros”

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• Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.

  Melody Beattie

  Gratitude, Fullness Of Life, Being Thankful

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

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• Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

  Horace

  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Being Thankful

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• Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.

  William Faulkner

  Thank You, Thanksgiving, Gratitude

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving," and the words of John Fitzgerald Kennedy tell us that, "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

  W. T. Purkiser

  Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

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• Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

  Seneca the Younger

  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Appreciation

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• 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

  Thanksgiving, Believe, Eye

  Phillips Brooks, John Cotton Brooks (1910). “Sermons: The candle of the Lord, and other sermons”

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• 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

  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Religious

  Henry Ward Beecher (1873). “The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn”, p.437

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

  George Carlin

  Thanksgiving, Sarcastic, Sarcasm

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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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• Thanksgiving is so called because we are all so thankful that it only comes once a year.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Thanksgiving, Years, Thankfulness

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