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?
There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
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.
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more.
On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.
Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings.
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.
The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.
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.
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!
Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues.
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.
Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants.
He who thanks but with the lips. Thanks but in part; the full, the true Thanksgiving. Comes from the heart.
My mother is such a lousy cook that Thanksgiving at her house is a time of sorrow.
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.
Praise God even when you don't understand what He is doing.
After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.
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.
An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.
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