Thanksgiving Quotes

"Today I can complain because the weather is rainy or I can be thankful that the grass is getting watered for free."
Author Unkown, from Sculptor's Attitude

"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."
Charles Dickens

"Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not."
James Russell Lowell

"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

"I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue."
William John Bennett

"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

"There is always, always, always something to be thankful for."
Author Unknown

"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

"Things could be a lot worse, the stress of the situation always could be worse, but I am alive and I have a lot to be thankful for - so I shall not waste my days with stress and frustrations - Life is too short! "
Catherine Pulsifer, from A Wake Up Call

"God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you'?"
William Arthur Ward

"If you made a list of all the things you could be thankful for, the list would undoubtedly be longer than your misfortunes."
Catherine Pulsifer, from Many Blessings

"Let's choose today to quench our thirst for the ''good life'' we thinks others lead by acknowledging the good that already exists in our lives. We can then offer the universe the gift of our grateful hearts."
Sarah Ban Breathnach

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

"See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse."
Seneca

"None is more impoverished than the one who has no gratitude. Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy."
Fred De Witt Van Amburgh

"Gratitude is the heart's memory."
French Proverb

"Look around you and be thankful for what you have, appreciate life."
Catherine Pulsifer, from See The Positive In All Situations

"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."
William Arthur Ward

"Gratitude is our most direct line to God and the angels. If we take the time, no matter how crazy and troubled we feel,
we can find something to be thankful for. The more we seek gratitude, the more reason the angels will give us for gratitude and joy to exist in our lives."
Terry Lynn Taylor

"All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child."
Madame Marie Curie

"We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers."
1 Thessalonians 1:2

"Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty."
Doris Day

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."
Epicurus

"When eating a fruit, think of the person who planted the tree."
Vietnamese Proverb

"There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy."
Ralph H. Blum

"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."
Oprah Winfrey

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

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