Thanksgiving Greetings Quotes

For flowers that bloom about our feet; For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet; For song of bird, and hum of bee; For all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee!

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thanksgiving, Song, Sweet

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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... Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

William Arthur Ward

Inspirational, Appreciation, Gratitude

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Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not.

James Russell Lowell

Good Morning, Thanksgiving, Gratitude

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Turkey: A large bird whose flesh, when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude.

Ambrose Bierce

Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Religious

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.226, 谷月社

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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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I have strong doubts that the first Thanksgiving even remotely resembled the 'history' I was told in second grade. But considering that (when it comes to holidays) mainstream America's traditions tend to be over-eating, shopping, or getting drunk, I suppose it's a miracle that the concept of giving thanks even surfaces at all.

Ellen Orleans

Thanksgiving, Strong, Holiday

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The turkey that President Obama will pardon this Thanksgiving is from California. The turkey said, "I don't need a pardon. I need a job.'

Conan O'Brien

Jobs, Funny Thanksgiving, Turkeys

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

Mike Connolly

Thanksgiving, Vegetarianism, Turkeys

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Perhaps it takes a purer faith to praise God for unrealized blessings than for those we once enjoyed or those we enjoy now.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

Thanksgiving, Blessing, Thankful To God

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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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Our rural ancestors, with little blest, Patient of labor when the end was rest, Indulged the day that housed their annual grain, With feasts, and off'rings, and a thankful strain.

Alexander Pope

Thanksgiving, Littles, Patient

Alexander Pope, “Imitations Of Horace: The First Epistle Of The Second Book”

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Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.

George Herbert

Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude

George Herbert (1850). “Beauties of George Herbert: with Selections from “The Synagogue.””, p.14

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There is no Thanksgiving back in the old country where I come from. You know why? Because being thankful is a sin.

Craig Ferguson

Thanksgiving, Country, Being Thankful

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I like football. I find its an exciting strategic game. Its a great way to avoid conversation with your family at Thanksgiving.

Craig Ferguson

Funny, Thanksgiving, Football

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It has been an unchallengeable American doctrine that cranberry sauce, a pink goo with overtones of sugared tomatoes, is a delectable necessity of the Thanksgiving board and that turkey is uneatable without it.

Alistair Cooke

Thanksgiving, Turkeys, Doctrine

Alistair Cooke (2015). “Talk About America: 1951–1968”, p.15, Open Road Media

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For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received.

Storm Jameson

Thanksgiving, Religion, Thankfulness

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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Henry Ward Beecher

Inspirational, Life, Thankful

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But see, in our open clearings, how golden the melons lie; Enrich them with sweets and spices, and give us the pumpkin-pie!

Margaret Junkin Preston

Thanksgiving, Sweet, Lying

Margaret Junkin Preston (1887). “Colonial Ballads, Sonnets, and Other Verse”

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When I was a kid in Indiana, we thought it would be fun to get a turkey a year ahead of time and feed it and so on for the following Thanksgiving. But by the time Thanksgiving came around, we sort of thought of the turkey as a pet, so we ate the dog. Only kidding. It was the cat!

David Letterman

Thanksgiving, Dog, Fun

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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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And though I ebb in worth, I'll flow in thanks.

John Taylor

Thank You, Thanksgiving, Thankfulness

John Taylor (1872). “Works of John Taylor, the Water-Poet. [Reprints of 21 separately issued pieces.] Edited by C. Hindley. L.P.”

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Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude.

John Henry Jowett

Thanksgiving, Thankfulness, Fortitude

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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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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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It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God.

George Washington

Thanksgiving, Presidential, Duty To God

Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, Issued by President George Washington, at the request of Congress, on October 3, 1789

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