Thanksgiving Quotes - Page 15

• Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude!

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Gratitude, Religious, Dark

  Henry Ward Beecher (1873). “The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn”, p.437

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• It was Joseph Smith who taught me how to prize the endearing relationships of father and mother, husband and wife; of brother and sister, son and daughter, mashed potatoes and gravy.

  Parley P. Pratt

  Daughter, Mother, Brother

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• We must lengthen our stride and must do it now because we over ate and feel fat.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Fats, Stride, Feels

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• Houses of Congress have . . . requested me to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging, with grateful hearts, the many signal favors of Almighty God.

  George Washington

  God, Prayer, Grateful

  George Washington (1837). “The Writings of George Washington: pt. V. Speeches and messages to Congress, proclamations, and addresses”, p.119

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• I am so excited this year getting to play the 85th Anniversary Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Everyone knows on Thanksgiving morning to get up, turn on the TV and watch the parade, so to be an actual participant is going to be fun and I'm looking forward to it. I am gonna have to put on my deer hunting gear, though, to stay warm!

  Rodney Atkins

  Anniversary, Morning, Fun

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• I approximated the Black Friday experience at home by hurling myself into a wall a number of times and then ordering online.

  Kumail Nanjiani

  Friday, Wall, Home

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

  Mike Connolly

  Vegetarianism, Turkeys, Bird

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• Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be.

  George Washington

  People, Thursday, Next

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

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• I think I'm going to give my baby her first food on Thanksgiving, make her some organic sweet potato. I'm very excited! It's going to be a big day and my husband is in charge of the turkey - he's the chef of the family!

  Lily Aldridge

  Baby, Sweet, Husband

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

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• Black Friday is not another bad hair day in Wall Street. It's the term used by American retailers to describe the day after the Thanksgiving Holiday, seen as the semi-official start of Christmas shopping season.

  Evan Davis

  Christmas, Friday, Wall

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• Our Creator shall continue to dwell above the sky, and that is where those on earth will end their thanksgiving.

  Seneca the Younger

  Sky, Earth, Be Grateful

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• I originate from a family where sauce is viewed as a refreshment.

  Erma Bombeck

  Sauce, Refreshments

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• The Thanksgiving tradition is, we gorge. Hey, what about at Thanksgiving we simply consume a considerable measure? However we do that consistently! Goodness. Imagine a scenario where we consume a ton with individuals who pester the heck out of us.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Gorges, Hey, Tradition

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• Lord, for the erring thoughtNot into evil wrought:Lord, for the wicked willBetrayed and baffled still:For the heart from itself kept,Our thanksgiving accept.

  William Dean Howells

  Heart, Evil, Wicked

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• The turkeys that most Americans eat for Thanksgiving are turkeys - losers that are mass produced and bland.

  Marian Burros

  Turkeys, Loser, Mass

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• If I were ever to go mad it would be on Thanksgiving Day, that day of guilt and grace when the family hangs upon you like an ax over a sacrificial victim, like the oven's heat on that poor bird.

  Francine du Plessix Gray

  Mad, Bird, Grace

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• It would seem that the ingratitude, whereby a subsequent sin causes the return of sins previously forgiven, is a special sin. For, the giving of thanks belongs to counter passion, which is a necessary condition of justice. But justice is a special virtue. Therefore this ingratitude is a special sin. Thanksgiving is a special virtue. But ingratitude is opposed to thanksgiving. Therefore ingratitude is a special sin.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Passion, Justice, Special

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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

  Thankful, Dark, Frowning

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• Over the Thanksgiving holiday I took time to reflect on what is most important to me and realized I need to find a way to put the fun back into racing.

  Kurt Busch

  Fun, Holiday, Racing

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• I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure upon myself I would thank God for his mercy.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Thank God, Ruins, Steps

  Giacomo Casanova (2013). “The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt: Complete”, p.26, Simon and Schuster

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• Thank you to all for your prayers and good wishes. It gave me the strength to persevere and warmed my heart.

  Steven Cojocaru

  Strength, Thank You, Prayer

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• As soon as someone tells me: 'You're rather sexy,' I wish I could disappear. If somebody says: 'You were voted the world's sexiest man,' I have no idea what that means. How do I respond? 'Thank you' is the best you can do. George Clooney is the world's sexiest man, anyway.

  Daniel Craig

  Thank You, Sexy, Mean

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• The laughs mean more to me than the adoration. If two girls walk up to me and one says 'you're cute', I'll say 'thank you', but I appreciate it much more when the other one says 'you make me laugh so much'.

  Michael J. Fox

  Cute, Mean Girls, Thank You

  "Michael J. Fox: A Biography". Book by Alex Tresniowski, 2000.

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• I hate turkeys. If you stand in the meat section at the grocery store long enough, you start to get mad at turkeys. There's turkey ham, turkey bologna, turkey pastrami. Some one needs to tell the turkey, 'man, just be yourself.'

  Mitch Hedberg

  Being Yourself, Fun, Hate

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• The craft Emmys are kind of the kids table at Thanksgiving. You're not really invited to the big dance. It's still really, really exciting, and the statue still counts.

  Hank Azaria

  Dance, Kids, Crafts

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