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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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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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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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No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

James Allen

Thank You, Thanksgiving, Thankful

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At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

Albert Schweitzer

Friendship, Basketball, Thank You

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Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

Marcel Proust

Friendship, Happiness, Happy

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

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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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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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Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies.

John Milton

Gratitude, Everyday, Thankfulness

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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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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

Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

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You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

Thank You, Thankful, Spiritual

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Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.

A. A. Milne

Motivational, Thank You, 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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Reflect upon your present blessings

Charles Dickens

Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

Charles Dickens (1868). “The Works of Charles Dickens”, p.211

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Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song.

Conrad Gessner

Thank You, Thanksgiving, Song

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

Irv Kupcinet

Thanksgiving, Optimistic, Turkeys

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Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude.

Denis Waitley

Love, Inspirational, Life

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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, Thanksgiving, Gratitude

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

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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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When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?

George Canning

Thanksgiving, Thank You, Thankful

George Canning (1826). “Poetical Works ...: Comprising the Whole of the Satires, Odes, Songs, and Other Poems”, p.26

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Think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flames within us.

Albert Schweitzer

Thank You, Thanksgiving, Thankful

"A Treasury of Albert Schweitzer".

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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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