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“If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.”

“The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.”

“Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.”

“God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.”

“God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'”

“Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.”

“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”

“Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.”

“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.”

“I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.”

“We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.”

“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.”

“It never takes longer than a few minutes, when they get together, for everyone to revert to the state of nature, like a party marooned by a shipwreck. That's what a family is. Also the storm at sea, the ship, and the unknown shore. And the hats and the whiskey stills that you make out of bamboo and coconuts. And the fire that you light to keep away the beasts.”

“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.”

“Our rural ancestors, with little blest, Patient of labor when the end was rest, Indulged the day that housed their annual grain, With feasts, and off'rings, and a thankful strain.”

“Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.”

“I like football. I find its an exciting strategic game. Its a great way to avoid conversation with your family at Thanksgiving.”

“For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends.”

“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —”

“We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.”

“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?”

“Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.”

“Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.”

“We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”

“On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.”

“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.”

“It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favors.”

“Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.”

“Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.”

“Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing... a grateful heart!”

“My mother is such a lousy cook that Thanksgiving at her house is a time of sorrow.”

“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.”

“O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!”

“Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often.”

“I love Thanksgiving turkey... It's the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts.”

“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.”

“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.”

“So once in every year we throng Upon a day apart, to praise the Lord with feast and song in thankfulness of heart.”