1. Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. - W. T. Purkiser
2. Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse. - Henry Van Dyke
3. The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving. - H.U. Westermayer
4. If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice. - Meister Eckhart
5. Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude. - E.P. Powell
6. So once in every year we throng
Upon a day apart,
To praise the Lord with feast and song
In thankfulness of heart. - Arthur Guiterman, The First Thanksgiving
7. He who thanks but with the lips
Thanks but in part;
The full, the true Thanksgiving
Comes from the heart. - J.A. Shedd
8. Thanksgiving was never meant to be shut up in a single day. - Robert Caspar Lintner
9. Thanksgiving comes to us out of the prehistoric dimness, universal to all ages and all faiths. At whatever straws we must grasp, there is always a time for gratitude and new beginnings. - J. Robert Moskin
10. 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. - Theodore Roosevelt
11. Thanksgiving is the holiday of peace, the celebration of work and the simple life... a true folk-festival that speaks the poetry of the turn of the seasons, the beauty of seedtime and harvest, the ripe product of the year - and the deep, deep connection of all these things with God. - Ray Stannard Baker (David Grayson)
12. It is literally true, as the thankless say, that they have nothing to be thankful for. He who sits by the fire, thankless for the fire, is just as if he had no fire. Nothing is possessed save in appreciation, of which thankfulness is the indispensable ingredient. But a thankful heart hath a continual feast. - W.J. Cameron
13. We give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. - Author Unknown
14. To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven. - Johannes A. Gaertner
15. A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. - Cicero
16. Thanksgiving is possible only for those who take time to remember; no one can give thanks who has a short memory. - Author Unknown
17. God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart. - Izaak Walton
18. Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart. - Seneca
19. Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don't unravel. - Author Unknown
20. And though I ebb in worth, I'll flow in thanks. - John Taylor
21. Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. - Aesop
22. But whether we have less or more,
Always thank we God therefore. - Author Unknown
23. God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you?" - William A. Ward
24. Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow. - Melody Beattie
25. Thanksgiving is nothing if not a glad and reverent lifting of the heart to God in honor and praise for His goodness. - Robert Casper Lintner
26. It is therefore recommended ... to set apart Thursday the eighteenth day of December next, for solemn thanksgiving and praise, that with one heart and one voice the good people may express the grateful feelings of their hearts and consecrate themselves to the service of their divine benefactor. - Samuel Adams
27. 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. - Sir John Templeton
28. I do not think of all the misery, but of the glory that remains. Go outside into the fields, nature and the sun, go out and seek happiness in yourself and in God. Think of the beauty that again and again discharges itself within and without you and be happy. - Anne Frank
29. As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. - John Fitzgerald Kennedy
30. 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
31. Thanksgiving comes to us out of the prehistoric dimness, universal to all ages and all faiths. At whatever straws we must grasp, there is always a time for gratitude and new beginnings. - J. Robert Moskin
32. We can always find something to be thankful for, no matter what may be the burden of our wants, or the special subject of our petitions. - Albert Barnes
33. Some people complain because God put thorns on roses, while others praise Him for putting roses among thorns. - Anonymous
34. 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 Haddon Spurgeon
35. Without Thy sunshine and Thy rain
We could not have the golden grain;
Without Thy love we'd not be fed;
We thank Thee for our daily bread. - Anonymous
36. Thanksgiving is a season that is very much in accord with the themes and teachings of Jesus Christ. - John Clayton
37. To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do. - Victor Hugo
38. Praise God even when you don't understand what He is doing. - Henry Jacobsen
39. If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily. - Gerald Good
40. Thanksgiving, to be truly Thanksgiving, is first thanks, then giving. - UnKnown
41. Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. - Henry Ward Beecher
42. One act of thanksgiving made when things go wrong is worth a thousand when things go well. - UnKnown
43. Happiness is the realization of God in the heart. Happiness is the result of praise and thanksgiving, of faith, of acceptance; a quiet tranquil realization of the love of God. - White Eagle
44. Would you know who is the greatest saint in the world: It is not he who prays most or fasts most, it is not he who gives most alms or is most eminent for temperance, chastity or justice; but it is he who is always thankful to God, who wills everything that God wills, who receives everything as an instance of God's goodness and has a heart always ready to praise God for it. - William Law
45. Thanksgiving like contentment is a learned attribute. The person who hasn't learned to be content we will not be thankful for he lives with the delusion he deserves more or something better. - Robert Flatt
46. Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. - Henry Ward Beecher
47. Got no check books, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks -- I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night. - Irving Berlin
48. We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. - Cynthia Ozick
49. 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. - Konrad von Gesner
50. Life without thankfulness is devoid of love and passion. Hope without thankfulness is lacking in fine perception. Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude. Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road. - John Henry Jowett
