Love Thanksgiving Quotes

• 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 can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.

  Albert C. Barnes

  Thanksgiving, Thankful, Dark

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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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  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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• The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Positive, Thank You

  Dalai Lama (1994). “The Path to Enlightenment”, p.105, Shambhala

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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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• Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.

  Melody Beattie

  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Fullness Of Life

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• There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Thanksgiving, Witty, Humorous

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

  Erma Bombeck

  Thanksgiving, Sports, Football

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

  Phyllis Diller

  Thanksgiving, Fun, Kids

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

  Edwin Percy Whipple

  Thanksgiving, Thankful, Funny Thanksgiving

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

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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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• 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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• Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.

  Margaret Cousins

  Change, Thanksgiving, Thank You

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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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