25 Thanksgiving Quotes

OPRAH WINFREY

“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.”

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TONY SNOW

“If you think Independence Day is America’s defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.”

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MICHAEL STRAHAN

“That’s one of the great things about Thanksgiving: Football’s on!”

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MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”

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KARL BARTH

“Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.”

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TONI MORRISON

“At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint, or even remember it. It is enough.”

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DEEPAK CHOPRA

“Gratitude opens the door, the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe. You open the door through gratitude.”

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ELIZABETH GILBERT

“In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it’s wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity and to just keep saying thank you, forever and sincerely, for as long as we have voices.”

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WILLIE NELSON

"When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around."

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HENRY VAN DYKE

“Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.”

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JOANNA GAINES

“Even in the trials of life, if we have eyes to see them, we can find good things everywhere we look.”

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MAYA ANGELOU

“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.”

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RALPH WALDO EMERSON

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

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VOLTAIRE

“Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”

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TECUMSEH

“When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself.”

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CHARLOTTE BRONTË

“For my part, I am almost contented just now, and very thankful. Gratitude is a divine emotion: it fills the heart, but not to bursting; it warms it, but not to fever.”

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EPICTETUS

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

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DOUGLAS WOOD

“The heart that gives thanks is a happy one, for we cannot feel thankful and unhappy at the same time.”

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RUMI

“Wear gratitude like a cloak, and it will feed every corner of your life.”

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AUDRE LORDE

“We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.”

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ALICE WALKER

“‘Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.”

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MELODY BEATTIE

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow."

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WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

"On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence."

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JOYCE GIRAUD

"Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year because it reminds us to give thanks and to count our blessings. Suddenly, so many things become so little when we realize how blessed and lucky we are."

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SAM LEFKOWITZ

"When asked if my cup is half-full or half-empty my only response is that I am thankful I have a cup."

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