32  Festive Thanksgiving Quotes  to Spread Gratitude This Season

— Frank A. Clark

“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.”

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— William Arthur Ward

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

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— Nora Ephron

“The turkey. The sweet potatoes. The stuffing. The pumpkin pie. Is there anything else we all can agree so vehemently about?”

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— Oprah Winfrey

“I started out giving thanks for small things, and the more thankful I became, the more my bounty increased.”

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— Nigel Hamilton

“Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude.”

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— Cynthia Rylant

“In November, people are good to each other. They carry pies to each other's homes and talk by crackling woodstoves, sipping mellow cider. They travel very far on a special November day just to share a meal with one another and to give thanks for their many blessings.”

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— Henry David Thoreau

“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.”

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— Lindsey Bareham

“Good mashed potato is one of the great luxuries in life.”

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— Annette Bridges

“Gratitude, help us to see what is there instead of what isn't.”

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— 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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Gerald Good

“If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily.”

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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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— Kevin James

“Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants.”

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— Marcus Samuelsson

“I love Thanksgiving because it's a holiday that is centered around food and family, two things that are of utmost importance to me.”

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— Erma Bombeck

“I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.”

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– Lorelai Gilmore

“It’s not too much food. This is what we’ve been training for our whole lives. This is our destiny, this is our finest hour.”

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— Jefferson Bethke

“Thankfulness is the quickest path to joy.”

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– Franz Grillparzer

“Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.”

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— Willard Scott

“Thanksgiving just gets me all warm and tingly and all kinds of wonderful inside.”

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— Hansa Proverb

"Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot."

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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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— William Blake

“The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.”

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Margaret Cousins

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

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– Robert Caspar Lintner

“Thanksgiving was never meant to be shut up in a single day.”

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— Albert Einstein

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

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– Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

“Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.”

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– John F. Kennedy

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”

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— Marcel Proust

"Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy. They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."

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― Ina Garten

“If you think about a Thanksgiving dinner, it’s really like making a large chicken.”

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— Rumi

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

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― Charles Dickens

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

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— Brené Brown

"Recognizing and leaning into the discomfort of vulnerability teaches us how to live with joy."

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