Good Thanksgiving Quotes

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

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Thanksgiving, Turkeys, Los Angeles

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There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.

O. Henry

Thanksgiving, One Day, Biscuits

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... because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.

Wallace D. Wattles

Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

Wallace D. Wattles (2015). “The Science of Wallace D. Wattles: The Science of Being Well, The Science of Getting Rich & The Science of Being Great – Complete Trilogy: From one of the New Thought pioneers, author of How to Promote Yourself, New Science of Living and Healing, Hellfire Harrison, A New Christ, How to Get What You Want and Jesus The Man and His Work”, p.33, e-artnow

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You say, 'If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.' You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled.

Charles Spurgeon

Thanksgiving, Being Happy, Gratitude

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We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.

Cynthia Ozick

Thanksgiving, Thank You, Thankful

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Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Seneca the Younger

Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Appreciation

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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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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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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.

Maya Angelou

Birthday, Inspiring, Thanksgiving

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Nov 29, 2013

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We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

Friedrich Koenig

Love, Life, Happiness

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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

Thanksgiving, Food, Mean

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

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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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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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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

Thanksgiving, Holiday, Emotional

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An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.

Irv Kupcinet

Thanksgiving, Optimistic, Turkeys

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

John G. Shedd

Thanksgiving, Christian, Appreciation

"The Yale Book of Quotations". Book by Fred R. Shapiro, p. 705, 2006.

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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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Coexistence: what the farmer does with the turkey - until Thanksgiving.

Mike Connolly

Thanksgiving, Vegetarianism, Turkeys

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

Henry Ward Beecher

Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Heart

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Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more.

Oprah Winfrey

Inspirational, Thanksgiving, Thankful

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

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Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings.

William Arthur Ward

Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Thankfulness

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Thank You, Thanksgiving, Thankful

"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt,Oratio Pro Cnæo Plancio, XXXIII, p. 336-37, 1922.

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

Oscar Wilde

Family, Thanksgiving, Food

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

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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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