Thanksgiving Quotes

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. ~Cicero


For, after all, put it as we may to ourselves, we are all of us from birth to death guests at a table which we did not spread. The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet.... Shall we think of the day as a chance to come nearer to our Host, and to find out something of Him who has fed us so long? ~Rebecca Harding Davis


If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice. ~Meister Eckhart


God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart. ~Izaak Walton

Our Creator shall continue to dwell above the sky, and that is where those on earth will end their thanksgiving. ~Seneca Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy

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

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

Thanksgiving Quotes from Presidents

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. ~Abraham Lincoln, during the Civil War, 1863

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, 1901

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

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