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Inspirational Thanksgiving Quotes

“An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.”

“He who thanks but with the lips. Thanks but in part; the full, the true Thanksgiving. Comes from the heart.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I give thanks to my Creator for this wonderful life where each of us has the opportunity to learn lessons we could not fully comprehend by any other means.”

“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.”

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

“There is one day that is ours. There is one day when all we Americans who are not self-made go back to the old home to eat saleratus biscuits and marvel how much nearer to the porch the old pump looks than it used to. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.”

“We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has ever grown.”

“May your stuffing be tasty May your turkey plump, May your potatoes and gravy Have nary a lump. May your yams be delicious And your pies take the prize, And may your Thanksgiving dinner Stay off your thighs!”

“'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say.”

“Lord, 'tis Thy plenty-dropping hand That soils my land, And giv'st me for my bushel sowne Twice ten for one. All this, and better, Thou dost send Me, to this end, That I should render, for my part, A thankful heart.”

“Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”

“My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor.”

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

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

“Think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flames within us.”

“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings.”

“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little”

“All across America, we gather this week with the people we love to give thanks to God for the blessings in our lives.”

“Reflect upon your present blessings”

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”