Famous thanksgiving-day quotations

   Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving Nice Word by Charles Lamb, 1821

   Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feetBelieve in manSoberly and with clear eyes, believe in your own time and placeThere is not, and there never has been a better time, or a better place to live in Meaningful Quotation by Phillips Brooks

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   Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving Good Quote by Charles Lamb, 1821

   What we're really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one dietsI mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?  Wise Phrase by Erma Bombeck, "No One Diets on Thanksgiving," 26 November 1981

   As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them Wise Phrase by John Fitzgerald Kennedy

   As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them Famous Saying by John Fitzgerald Kennedy

   Remember God's bounty in the yearString the pearls of His favorHide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude!  Nice Word by Henry Ward Beecher

   Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow Meaningful Quotation by Edward Sandford Martin

   For hearts that are kindly, with virtue and peace, and not seeking blindly a hoard to increase; for those who are grieving o'er life's sordid plan; for souls still believing in heaven and man; for homes that are lowly with love at the board; for things th Good Quote by Walt Mason

   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 spreadThe sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet.... Shall we think of the day as a chance to come near Wise Phrase by Rebecca Harding Davis

   If I have enjoyed the hospitality of the Host of this universe, Who daily spreads a table in my sight, surely I cannot do less than acknowledge my dependence Wise Phrase by G.A. Johnston Ross

   It is literally true, as the thankless say, that they have nothing to be thankful forHe who sits by the fire, thankless for the fire, is just as if he had no fireNothing is possessed save in appreciation, of which thankfulness is the indispensable ingredi Famous Saying by W.J. Cameron

   If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice Nice Word by Meister Eckhart

   An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day Meaningful Quotation by Irv Kupcinet

   And though I ebb in worth, I'll flow in thanks Good Quote by John Taylor

   I have strong doubts that the first Thanksgiving even remotely resembled the "history" I was told in second gradeBut considering that (when it comes to holidays) mainstream America's traditions tend to be over-eating, shopping, or getting drunk, I suppose Wise Phrase by Ellen Orleans

   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 o Wise Phrase by Ray Stannard Baker (David Grayson)

   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 Famous Saying by E.P. Powell

   It is literally true, as the thankless say, that they have nothing to be thankful forHe who sits by the fire, thankless for the fire, is just as if he had no fireNothing is possessed save in appreciation, of which thankfulness is the indispensable ingredi Nice Word by W.J. Cameron

   Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action Meaningful Quotation by W.J. Cameron

   Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feetBelieve in manSoberly and with clear eyes, believe in your own time and placeThere is not, and there never has been a better time, or a better place to live in Good Quote by Phillips Brooks

   Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a mealIt's a way to live Wise Phrase by Jackie Windspear

   Turkey: A large bird whose flesh, when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude Wise Phrase by Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

   If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice Famous Saying by Meister Eckhart

   I have strong doubts that the first Thanksgiving even remotely resembled the "history" I was told in second gradeBut considering that (when it comes to holidays) mainstream America's traditions tend to be over-eating, shopping, or getting drunk, I suppose Nice Word by Ellen Orleans



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