Thanksgiving Quotes - Page 9

• 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

  Thankful, Gratitude, Appreciation

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• I see the glass half full and thank God for what I have.

  Ana Monnar

  Gratitude, Grateful, Glasses

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• If life is to have meaning, and if God's will is to be done, all of us have to accept who we are and what we are, give it back to God, and thank Him for the way He made us. What I am is God's gift to me; what I do with it is my gift to Him.

  Warren W. Wiersbe

  Done, Who We Are, Way

  Warren W. Wiersbe (1994). “Be Myself: Memoirs of a Bridgebuilder”, Chariot Victor Publishing

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• A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.

  Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

  Gratitude, Prayer, Grateful

  Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Ernest Bell, Andrew Moore (2009). “Minna Von Barnhelm, Or, the Soldier's Fortune”, p.34, Mondial

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• When we grow careless of keeping our souls, then God recovers our taste of good things again by sharp crosses.

  Richard Sibbes

  Christian, Religious, Soul

  Richard Sibbes (2013). “The Bruised Reed”, p.80, Lulu Press, Inc

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• My fondest memories are generally the day after Thanksgiving. I get the total decorating Christmas itch.

  Katharine McPhee

  Christmas, Memories, Decorating

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• I can only say thank you and thanks also to all of the great songwriters who wrote those wonderful songs that became number ones.

  George Strait

  Thank You, Song, Numbers

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• Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Thankful, Gratitude

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

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• I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains....My advice is: Go outside, to the fields, enjoy nature and the sunshine, go out and try to recapture happiness in yourself and in God. Think of all the beauty that's still left in and around you and be happy!

  Anne Frank

  Beauty, Sunshine, Thinking

  FaceBook post by Anne Frank from Dec 11, 2011

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• In the moments we are awake to the wonder of simply being alive, gratitude flows, no matter our circumstances.

  M. J. Ryan

  Gratitude, Alive, Matter

  M.J. Ryan (2009). “Attitudes of Gratitude, 10th Anniversary Edition: How to Give and Receive Joy Every Day of Your Life”, p.76, Conari Press

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• Thank you for life, and all the little ups and downs that make it worth living.

  Travis Barker

  Thank You, Littles, Be Grateful

  "In A Brief Post On His MySpace Blog, Travis Barker Writes, 'Thank You For Life, And All The Little Ups And Downs That Make It Worth Living. My Best To Everyone.'". MySpace Blog post, www.aceshowbiz.com. November 29, 2008.

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• Thanksgiving is so called because we are all so thankful that it only comes once a year.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Years, Thankfulness, Thankful For Family

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• See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse.

  Seneca the Younger

  Gratitude, Philosophical, Better Off

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

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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

  Strong, Holiday, Shopping

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• Perhaps no custom reveals our character as a Nation so clearly as our celebration of Thanksgiving Day.

  Ronald Reagan

  Character, Celebration, Nations

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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• For what I give, not what I take,
  For battle, not for victory,
  My prayer of thanks I make.

  Odell Shepard

  Prayer, Victory, Battle

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• The whole life of a Christian should be nothing but praises and thanks to God; we should neither eat nor sleep, but eat to God and sleep to God and work to God and talk to God, do all to His glory and praise.

  Richard Sibbes

  Christian, Sleep, Blessing

  Richard Sibbes (2015). “Complete Works of Richard Sibbes: (7 Volume Set)”, p.3972, Titus Books

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• Oh. What if we eat a lot with people that annoy the hell out of us?

  Jim Gaffigan

  People, What If, Annoying

  "Comedian Jim Gaffigan Shares How To Survive Holiday Political Debates". "All Things Considered" with Kelly McEvers, www.npr.org. November 23, 2016.

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• He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows should never remember it.

  Pierre Charron

  Relationship, Gratitude, Benefits

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• It is delightfully easy to thank God for the grace we ourselves have received, but it requires great grace to thank God always for the grace given to others.

  James Smith

  Christian, Grace, Thank God

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• Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory.

  Betty Smith

  Inspirational, Time, Firsts

  BETTY SMITH (1947). “A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN MAGGIE NOW”

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  Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.

  John Muir

  Life, Strength, Beauty

  John Muir (1997). “Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, My First Summer in the Sierra, the Mountains of California, Stickeen, Selected Essays”, p.814, Library of America

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• There are things you do because they feel right and they may make no sense and they may make no money and it may be the real reason we are here: to love each other and to eat each other's cooking and say it was good.

  Brian Andreas

  Real, Cooking, May

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• If there is no element of asceticism in our lives, if we give free rein to the desires of the flesh (taking care of course to keep within the limits of what seems permissible to the world), we shall find it hard to train for the service of Christ. When the flesh is satisfied it is hard to pray with cheerfulness or to devote oneself to a life of service which calls for much self-renunciation.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Self, Desire, Elements

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.115, SCM Press

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• God smiles when we praise and thank Him continually. Few things feel better than receiving heartfelt praise and appreciation from someone else. God loves it, too. An amazing thing happens when we offer praise and thanksgiving to God. When we give God enjoyment, our own hearts are filled with joy.

  William Law

  Gratitude, Appreciation, Heart

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