Quotes about Thanksgiving

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. Votes: 6

My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor. Votes: 6

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. Votes: 6

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do. Votes: 6

On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence. Votes: 4

If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share. Votes: 4

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. Votes: 4

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. Votes: 4

God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart. Votes: 4

The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving. Votes: 4

I love Thanksgiving turkey... It's the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts. Votes: 4

There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American. Votes: 4

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?' Votes: 4

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. Votes: 4

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Votes: 4

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. Votes: 4

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse. Votes: 4

Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song. Votes: 4

I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land. Votes: 4

Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often. Votes: 4

Expressing gratitude for the miracles in your world is one of the best ways to make each moment of your life a special one. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones! Votes: 4

Christians were instructed to serve others, and the thanksgiving was for the grace of God and the fact that God offered a way for man to return to a positive relationship with Him. Votes: 4

I do, therefore, invite my fellow citizens . . . to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. Votes: 4

Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. Votes: 4

May your stuffing be tasty May your turkey plump, May your potatoes and gravy Have nary a lump. May your yams be delicious And your pies take the prize, And may your Thanksgiving dinner Stay off your thighs! Votes: 4

Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feet. Believe in man. Soberly and with clear eyes, believe in your own time and place. There is not, and there never has been a better time, or a better place to live in. Votes: 4

Every day is a day to be thankful. Life's abundance has no limit, and gratitude is what keeps that abundance flowing. In every circumstance there is something for which to be thankful. Even when there seems to be nothing else, there is hope. Votes: 4

We celebrate Thanksgiving along with the rest of America, maybe in different ways and for different reasons. Despite everything that's happened to us since we fed the Pilgrims, we still have our language, our culture, our distinct social system. Even in a nuclear age, we still have a tribal people. Votes: 4

Thankfulness is not something God gives us. It is not a spiritual gift and it is not a spiritual fruit. We can receive God's peace, joy and love, but thankfulness is something that we give to Godand to others. It is a choice that we make. Let us thank Him today with songs of celebration, hearts of strong devotion and acts of admiration. Votes: 4

I am grateful for each and every food bank that helps families in need. Now, more than ever, hunger is a crisis in America, and yet it is not spoken enough and people have yet to give enough to help those in need. Local food banks help fill this need but they need our help, our support, and most importantly, our dollars. No one should ever go hungry. Votes: 4

Gratitude is not a spiritual or moral dessert which we may take or push away according to the whims of the moment, and in either case without material consequences. Gratitude is the very bread and meat of spiritual and moral health, individually and collectively. What was the seed of disintegration that corrupted the heart of the ancient world beyond the point of divine remedy...? What was it but ingratitude? Votes: 4

May my thanksgiving be my prayer. Votes: 3

Eucharisteo—thanksgiving—always precedes the miracle. Votes: 3

The best kind of giving is thanksgiving. Votes: 3

Grief's darkness fades in the sunlight of thanksgiving. Votes: 3

Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving. Votes: 3

The joy of living is the heart of thanksgiving. Votes: 3

My heart is in a constant state of thanksgiving. Votes: 3

Envy and greed starve on a steady diet of thanksgiving. Votes: 3

It is only through thanksgiving that I can become myself. Votes: 3

Recognize success with thanksgiving and build more success on that. Votes: 3

I am grateful for what I have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. Votes: 3

love iz a big fat turkey and every day iz thanksgiving Votes: 3

He that enjoys naught without thanksgiving is as though he robbed God. Votes: 3

There is something in every season, in every day, to celebrate with thanksgiving. Votes: 3

When we exist without thought or thanksgiving we are not men, but beasts. Votes: 3

Your friend is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. Votes: 3

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new. Votes: 3

People see only my actions. Instead, if I focus on Christ with thanksgiving, people see Him. Votes: 3

With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Votes: 3

What's wrong with shoes? I collected them because it was like a symbol of thanksgiving and love? Votes: 3

May your heart be an altar, from which the bright flame of unending thanksgiving ascends to heaven. Votes: 3

Acceptance is taking from God's hand absolutely anything He gives, looking into His face in trust and thanksgiving. Votes: 3

Is it normal to make a minute-to-minute schedule for the timing of thanksgiving? I'm asking for a friend. Votes: 3

When we place our discontented egos on the altar of gratitude, we develop contented altar egos filled with thanksgiving. Votes: 3

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. Votes: 3

When you lie down on your bed to sleep, remember with thanksgiving the blessings and the providence of God. Votes: 3

Our Creator shall continue to dwell above the sky, and that is where those on earth will end their thanksgiving. Votes: 3

A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably. Votes: 3

Genuine thanksgiving is a response to both who God is and what He has done, is doing, and will do. Votes: 3

One of the first choices we make every day is your attitude. Wake up and put on an attitude of thanksgiving! Votes: 3

If the Church is in Christ, its initial act is always the act of thanksgiving, of returning the world to God. Votes: 3

Joy and thanksgiving expressed in prayer and praise according to the Word of God are the heart of the Church's worship. Votes: 3

The private and personal blessings we enjoy- the blessings of immunity, safeguard, liberty and integrity- deserve the thanksgiving of a whole life. Votes: 3

From David learn to give thanks for everything. Every furrow in the book of Psalms is sown with the seeds of thanksgiving. Votes: 3

Do not exclusively say your prayers in the form of asking God for something. The prayer of thanksgiving is much more powerful. Votes: 3

God needs no worship, no praise, no thanksgiving. It is man himself who needs the benefit to be derived from these activities. Votes: 3

I truly believe that the individual who learns to practice thanksgiving activates within himself and around himself continuous victories and blessings from God. Votes: 3

I can't think of a more wonderful thanksgiving for the life I have had than that everyone should be jolly at my funeral Votes: 3

The greatest gift one can give is thanksgiving. In giving gifts, we give what we can spare, but in giving thanks we give ourselves. Votes: 3

The Christian who walks with the Lord and keeps constant communion with Him will see many reason for rejoicing and thanksgiving all day long. Votes: 3

When thanksgiving is filled with true meaning and is not just the formality of a polite 'thank you,' it is the recognition of dependence. Votes: 3

Lord, for the erring thoughtNot into evil wrought:Lord, for the wicked willBetrayed and baffled still:For the heart from itself kept,Our thanksgiving accept. Votes: 3

Start each day with thanksgiving, prayer, reading of the Scriptures, listening to music while engage in exercise; you will be motivated for the entire day. Votes: 3

If the average person realized the power he wields over his life and destiny, he would live in a perpetual state of wonder and thanksgiving. Votes: 3

God is pleased with no music below so much as with the thanksgiving songs of relieved widows and supported orphans; of rejoicing, comforted, and thankful persons. Votes: 3

The height of devotion is reached when reverence and contemplation produce passionate worship, which in turn breaks forth in thanksgiving and praise in word and song. Votes: 3

Make sure that your heartfelt thanksgiving is more consistent than your nagging needs and your passionate apology fervent than your unhealthy justifications. Be clean and hopeful. Votes: 3

Best of all is to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song. Votes: 3

I think it very wrong to pray for people while they are in distress and then not to continue praying, now with thanksgiving, when they are relieved. Votes: 3

In all "benedictions", be they expressing plea or thanksgiving, we affirm that God is the "source" of every bounty we enjoy and of every favour we seek. Votes: 3

The provisions of Christ's gospel appear mean and scanty to the world, yet they satisfy all that feed on him in their hearts by faith with thanksgiving. Votes: 3

Every genuine confession humbles the soul. When it takes the form of thanksgiving, it teaches the soul that it has been delivered by the grace of God. Votes: 3

Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song. Votes: 3

That action is not warrantable which either fears to ask the divine blessing on its performance, or having succeeded, does not come with thanksgiving to God for its success. Votes: 3

One moment of prayer, of weak worship, confused contrition, tepid thanksgiving, or pitiful petition will bring us closer to God than all the books of theology in the world. Votes: 3

Rapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect offices of prayer and praise, His mind was a thanksgiving to the power That made him; it was blessedness and love! Votes: 3

For one who has made thanksgiving the habit of his life, the morning prayer will be, 'Lord, what will you give me today to offer back to you?' Votes: 3

It's a thanksgiving to God. It's something I have wanted to do for a long time, but the record company wasn't ready for it. So I did it myself. Votes: 3

We ought to shout out our thanksgiving as if every war were over; as if there were no more big taxes; as if there were no sickness, no crime. Votes: 3

God cares about you and your needs. Bring them to Him in a spirit of worship and thanksgiving, knowing that He is mindful of your place in His creation. Votes: 3

This way of seeing our Father in everything makes life one long thanksgiving and gives a rest of heart, and, more than that, a gayety of spirit, that is unspeakable. Votes: 3

We should not take the blessings of God for granted. We should always be careful to give God praise and thanksgiving for the work that he does in our lives. Votes: 3

Part of the power of song is that it is a beautiful expression of devotion...singing releases the pent-up joy and thanksgiving we feel because of God's grace and goodness. Votes: 3

Live everyday like your birthday and drive your life with all varieties of appreciation. A life live with thanksgiving every day is never tired of being lived again and again! Votes: 3

If the heart has been reformed by the spirit, it makes use of both the useful and delightful things created and given by God in a holy manner and with thanksgiving. Votes: 3

Christmas time, we can remember with deep thanksgiving the amazing Christmas gift of God Himself, when God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Votes: 3

To be a presence of perpetual thanksgiving may be the ultimate goal of life. The thankful person is the one for whom life is simply one long exercise in the sacred. Votes: 3

In counting gifts, to one thousand, more, I discover that slapping a sloppy brush of thanksgiving over everything in my life leaves me deeply thankful for very few things in my life. Votes: 3

We ought to be as earnest and frequent in our prayers of thanksgiving when the cupboard is full as we would be in our prayers of supplication if the cupboards were bare. Votes: 3

We don't pray to win. We pray to play the best we can, and to keep us free from injury. And the prayer we say after the game is one of thanksgiving. Votes: 3

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite - only a sense of existence. Well, anything for variety. Votes: 3

Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. Votes: 3

The more I come to recognize my story's place in God's grander Story, my once-bewildered questions are turning to psalms of thanksgiving at the wonder that I have been included in what He is doing. Votes: 3

There is something about the mental act of thanksgiving that seems to carry the human mind far beyond the region of doubt into the clear atmosphere of faith and trust, where "all things are possible." Votes: 3

If you make your prayers an expression of gratitude and thanksgiving for the blessings you have already received, instead of requests for what you do not have, you will obtain results a great deal faster. Votes: 3

"But you can thank God the Lord for His inconceivable goodness, which can be recognized daily and hourly throughout your entire existence, if only you honestly try! Your whole life shall therefore become a thanksgiving! Votes: 3

Don't wish today away. Don't waste it. Redeem one hour to be grateful. Let your thanksgiving rise above the din of disappointment - opportunities lost, mistakes made, the clamor of all that has not yet come. Votes: 3

Houses of Congress have . . . requested me to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging, with grateful hearts, the many signal favors of Almighty God. Votes: 3

The purest form of thanksgiving unto God is a reflected in our knowledge and understanding about who He is, not what we receive from Him! Thanksgiving is a continuous celebration of God's awesome nature and Supreme Being! Votes: 3

Cynthia came in quietly and set a cup of tea before him. He kissed her hand, inexpressibly grateful, and she went back into the kitchen. When we view the little things with thanksgiving, even they become big things. Votes: 3

To be happy is easy enough if we give ourselves, forgive others, and live with thanksgiving, No self centered person, no ungrateful soul can ever be happy, much less make anyone else happy. Life is giving, not getting. Votes: 3

Come into my lap and sit in the center of your soul. Drink the living waters of memory and give birth to yourself. What you unearth with stun you. You will paint the walls of this cave in thanksgiving. Votes: 3

Numberless marks does man bear in his soul, that he is fallen and estranged from God; but nothing gives a greater proof thereof, than that backwardness, which every one finds within himself, to the duty of praise and thanksgiving. Votes: 3

We should write an elegy for every day that has slipped through our lives unnoticed and unappreciated. Better still, we should write a song of thanksgiving for all the days that remain-now that we know how to cherish them. Votes: 3

When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for our use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants will look upon with praise and thanksgiving in their hearts. Votes: 3

All revival begins, and continues, in the prayer meeting. Some have also called prayer the "great fruit of revival." In times of revival, thousands may be found on their knees for hours, lifting up their heartfelt cries, with thanksgiving, to heaven. Votes: 3

Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. And he is your board and your fireside. For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace. Votes: 3

Foolish talking and jesting are not the ways in which Christian cheerfulness should express itself, but rather "giving of thanks" (Eph. 5:4). Religion is the source of joy and gladness, but its joy is expressed in a religious way, in thanksgiving and praise. Votes: 3

From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea. Votes: 3

The Spirit of prayer makes us so intimate with God that we scarcely pass through an experience before we speak to Him about it, either in supplication, in sighing, in pouring out our woes before Him, in fervent requests, or in thanksgiving and adoration. Votes: 3

Praise lies upon a higher plain than thanksgiving. When I give thanks, my thoughts still circle around myself to some extent. But in praise my soul ascends to self-forgetting adoration, seeing and praising only the majesty and power of God, His grace and redemption Votes: 3

If you would cure anger, do not feed it. Say to yourself: 'I used to be angry every day; then every other day; now only every third or fourth day.' When you reach thirty days offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the gods. Votes: 3

I can pass days Stretch'd in the shade of those old cedar trees, Watching the sunshine like a blessing fall,-- The breeze like music wandering o'er the boughs, Each tree a natural harp,--each different leaf A different note, blent in one vast thanksgiving. Votes: 3

Keep quiet and say one's prayers-certainly not merely the best, but the only things to do if one would be truly happy; but, ashamed of asking when I have received so much, the only form of prayer I would use would be a form of thanksgiving. Votes: 3

It is therefore recommended... to set apart Thursday the eighteenth day of December next, for solemn thanksgiving and praise, that with one heart and one voice the good people may express the grateful feelings of their hearts and consecrate themselves to the service of their divine benefactor. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

Prayer is, for me, not an opportunity to ask God to do stuff for me. Prayer is an opportunity to open myself, to try and understand his will, and oftentimes it's a prayer of thanksgiving, and sometimes it's a prayer of supplication, and sometimes it is just worship. Votes: 3

We only enter into the full life if our faith gives thanks. Because how else do we accept His free gift of salvation if not with thanksgiving? Thanksgiving is the evidence of our acceptance of whatever He gives. Thanksgiving is the manifestation of our Yes! to His grace. Votes: 3

I'm thankful for every moment. Votes: 2

Some memories are unforgettable, remaining ever vivid and heartwarming! Votes: 2

That's one of the great things about Thanksgiving: Football's on! Votes: 2

The earliest you can play Christmas music is on Thanksgiving. Votes: 2

It's a bit of a sore spot, the Thanksgiving in Indian country. Votes: 2

I absolutely adore Thanksgiving. It's the only holiday I insist on making myself. Votes: 2

Christmas is the antithesis of Thanksgiving. Christmas is pretty much a man-made holiday. Votes: 2

I'm not from the States, so Thanksgiving, for me, was never a huge tradition. Votes: 2

Thanksgiving just gets me all warm and tingly and all kinds of wonderful inside. Votes: 2

I make a fabulous tofurkey for Thanksgiving. My Mexican-Italian family can't tell the difference. Votes: 2

I love chicken. I would eat chicken fingers on Thanksgiving if it were socially acceptable. Votes: 2

A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen. Votes: 2

Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving. Votes: 2

My fondest memories are generally the day after Thanksgiving. I get the total decorating Christmas itch. Votes: 2

It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day. Votes: 2

Thanksgiving is a season that is very much in accord with the themes and teachings of Jesus Christ. Votes: 2

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings. Votes: 2

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it. Votes: 2

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence. Votes: 2

For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

What a marvelous resource soup is for the thrifty cook - it solves the ham-bone and lamb-bone problems, the everlasting Thanksgiving turkey, the extra vegetables. Votes: 2

I give thanks to my Creator for this wonderful life where each of us has the opportunity to learn lessons we could not fully comprehend by any other means. Votes: 2

I love Thanksgiving. In Canada, we don't really have a lot of history with Thanksgiving, and it's a holiday devoted to food, and that warms the cockles of my being. Votes: 2

When people come to my act any time after Thanksgiving, I usually say, You shouldn't be here. You should be shopping. Our economy depends on you! You should be out there buying stuff.' Votes: 2

My mom makes something called green pie, which I thought was a delicacy that many people only had at Thanksgiving, but it turns out it was just Jell-O with whipped cream on it. And it's delicious. Votes: 2

Shopmas now begins on Thanksgiving Day. Apparently, escaping the families you cannot stand to spend another minute with on Thanksgiving Day to go buy them gifts is how some Americans show their affection for one another. Weird. Votes: 2

On Thanksgiving I will stop to give thanks that my family is safe and healthy, especially because I realize that, following the tragedies of this year, it is all too real a possibility that they might not have been. Votes: 2

You may have heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There's another day you might want to know about: Giving Tuesday. The idea is pretty straightforward. On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, shoppers take a break from their gift-buying and donate what they can to charity. Votes: 2

My most memorable meal is every Thanksgiving. I love the food: the turkey and stuffing; the sweet potatoes and rice, which come from my mother's Southern heritage; the mashed potatoes, which come from my wife's Midwestern roots; the Campbell's green-bean casserole; and of course, pumpkin pie. Votes: 2

On the morning of Thanksgiving, I would wake up to the home smelling of all good things, wafting upstairs to my room. I would set the table with the fancy silverware and china and hope that my parents and grandmother wouldn't have the annual Thanksgiving fight about Richard Nixon. Votes: 2

I've spent a lot of Thanksgivings on the road with my band, so anytime that I can spend Thanksgiving with my family in a traditional aspect, eating sweet potatoes and cranberries and stuffing and all the trappings of Thanksgiving and then get on a treadmill the next day extra long, I'm happy. Votes: 2

Let's say you go to a friend's wedding, or Thanksgiving, or Halloween. It'd be great the next day to see what went on with your friends' Thanksgiving weekend, or all the costumes they wore on Halloween, and be able to look back and see what they wore the year before, and the year before that. Votes: 2

Thanksgiving creates abundance. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving is worry's kryptonite. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving comes after Christmas. Votes: 0

No One Diets on Thanksgiving. Votes: 0

Twas the night before Thanksgiving. Votes: 0

What is Thanksgiving without a nutty relative? Votes: 0

ThanksGiving is good but ThanksLiving is better. Votes: 0

I celebrate three holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Telluride. Votes: 0

I like to stuff myself at Thanksgiving, not turkeys. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving, to be truly Thanksgiving, is first thanks, then giving. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants. Votes: 0

The standard reason for Thanksgiving doesn't mean nothing to me. Votes: 0

If you think you are enlightened; go home for Thanksgiving. Votes: 0

Forever on Thanksgiving Day the heart will find the pathway home. Votes: 0

I never drank except a couple sips of wine at Thanksgiving. Votes: 0

Coexistence: what the farmer does with the turkey - until Thanksgiving. Votes: 0

I Don't Really Like Thanksgiving Food, I'm Not Worried About Overeating. Votes: 0

Overeating at Thanksgiving is a case in point. It's a national tradition. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving being thankful or grateful results in more to be thankful for. Votes: 0

Being an Ethiopian-born, Swedish-raised chef, there's nothing traditional about my Thanksgiving spread. Votes: 0

An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day. Votes: 0

My mother is a great hunter - she usually shoots our Thanksgiving turkey. Votes: 0

I have nothing against turkey. We eat turkey for Thanksgiving in my house. Votes: 0

A two-pound turkey and a fifty-pound cranberry-that's Thanksgiving dinner at Three Mile Island. Votes: 0

I'm vegetarian, but I love Thanksgiving dinner: faux turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes. Votes: 0

He looked like something that had gotten loose from Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Votes: 0

North Carolina was where you could have Thanksgiving and feel like it was Thanksgiving. Votes: 0

Any woman who votes for no-fault divorce is like a turkey voting for Thanksgiving. Votes: 0

If you think about a Thanksgiving dinner, it's really like making a large chicken. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving opens up the windows of the opportunity for ideas to flow your way. Votes: 0

Detente - isn't that what a farmer has with his turkey - until Thanksgiving? Votes: 0

Im not from the States, so Thanksgiving, for me, was never a huge tradition. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving is every day because in this physical body you can spring into eternal paradise. Votes: 0

Happy Thanksgiving! I broke into Best Buy and stole a copy of Pocahontas to celebrate. Votes: 0

The Church of God could not live twenty four hours without Rhodes rolls at Thanksgiving. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving day. Let us all give humble, hearty, and sincere thanks now, but the turkeys. Votes: 0

The secret to happiness, at Thanksgiving or any time, is to find pleasure in imperfection. Votes: 0

Oh, that [his Thanksgiving Message] is some of Seward's nonsense, and it pleases the fools. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving-giving thanks in everything-prepares the way that God might show us His fullest salvation in Christ. Votes: 0

We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction. Votes: 0

Almost nobody gives thanks to God at Thanksgiving, unless there's a short prayer before we eat. Votes: 0

If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down. Votes: 0

Eight days ago, we were the toast of the town. Eight days later we're Thanksgiving turkeys. Votes: 0

The guy who kills 38 people is not the guy you'd want to have over at Thanksgiving. Votes: 0

I'm not a big turkey fan, but my husband loves it. Thanksgiving is his favorite meal. Votes: 0

Radical historians now the tell the story of Thanksgiving from the point of view of the turkey. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving is so called because we are all so thankful that it only comes once a year. Votes: 0

My mother is such a lousy cook that Thanksgiving at her house is a time of sorrow. Votes: 0

You can tell you ate too much for Thanksgiving when you have to let your bathrobe out. Votes: 0

Perhaps no custom reveals our character as a Nation so clearly as our celebration of Thanksgiving Day. Votes: 0

Halloween is fun, but it wasnt always my favorite holiday. I think Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Votes: 0

Halloween is fun, but it wasn't always my favorite holiday. I think Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Votes: 0

I suggest a nationwide reading of the Holy Scriptures during the period from Thanksgiving Day to Christmas. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving reminds us that no matter our differences, we're still one people part of something bigger than ourselves. Votes: 0

We're having a traditional Thanksgiving - turkey, mashed potatoes, hat buckles, smallpox, genocide, a blue corn moon, etc. Votes: 0

Times are hard in the ghetto, I gotta steal for a living; Eating turkey-flavored Now & Laters for Thanksgiving. Votes: 0

Here's a Thanksgiving tip. Generally, your turkey is not cooked enough if it passes you the cranberry sauce. Votes: 0

The turkeys that most Americans eat for Thanksgiving are turkeys - losers that are mass produced and bland. Votes: 0

Prayer is like Thanksgiving dinner. It takes one hour to eat it and ten hours to prepare it. Votes: 0

This boy turkied my Thanksgiving, but I won't let him Grinch my Christmas. -Dean Hughes (Midway to Heaven) Votes: 0

I'm from Canada, so Thanksgiving to me is just Thursday with more food. And I'm thankful for that. Votes: 0

For Thanksgiving we have to make a Tofurkey! It doesn't sound right! It's gonna be jiggly and weird. Votes: 0

Sharing in God's blessings is at the heart of Thanksgiving and at the core of the American spirit. Votes: 0

Every Thanksgiving we feed the homeless so they may join us as we celebrate other people finding a home. Votes: 0

I would love four children because I have a very small family, so I want those big Thanksgiving dinners. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving without tension is like a Thanksgiving without turkey. It can be done, but it is not the norm. Votes: 0

Even though we're a week and a half away from Thanksgiving, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Votes: 0

I really like Thanksgiving turkey... it does not take only time in Houston that you look at natural breasts. Votes: 0

Homemade stuffing is my favorite thing about Thanksgiving. I wish people served it more than just once a year. Votes: 0

Twas the night before Thanksgiving. All the food's in the oven. And I'm in the bedroom performin' self lovin'. Votes: 0

He who knows all the answers, but none of the questions is like a large gobbling bird on Thanksgiving. Votes: 0

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Or, as it's known to Native Americans - Sarcastic You're Welcomesgiving. Votes: 0

My mother loved entertaining, and I've followed suit, so we have big celebrations for New Year, Passover, Thanksgiving and birthdays. Votes: 0

He who thanks but with the lips Thanks but in part; The full, the true Thanksgiving Comes from the heart. Votes: 0

"ŽYou cannot correct an old person every time they say something offensive. You would never make it through Thanksgiving dinner! Votes: 0

May I so boldly suggest that this Thanksgiving, we focus on one-on-one conversations, instead of broadcasting our lives to the masses. Votes: 0

I'm excited about Thanksgiving. It's my favorite holiday. It's the feast of a thousand senses, so just eat, eat, eat, eat. Votes: 0

Do you realize that if the pilgrims have been chasing bobcats instead of turkeys.. we'd all be eating pussy on Thanksgiving?! Votes: 0

This Thanksgiving, Americans are especially thankful for our freedom, and we are especially thankful to you, those who keep us free. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving Day is a day devoted by persons with inflammatory rheumatism to thanking a loving Father that it is not hydrophobia. Votes: 0

Not to sound too much like Christopher Guest in 'Waiting for Guffman,' but on Thanksgiving you're putting on a show! Votes: 0

Thanksgiving for God's faithfulness in our pain is the indisputable proof that we believe God is a part of our pain. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving, when the Indians said, "Well, this has been fun, but we know you have a long voyage back to England". Votes: 0

I have a good house for hosting, so we had the barbecues, and some of the guys over for Thanksgiving, even Christmas. Votes: 0

My favorite meal is turkey and mashed potatoes. I love Thanksgiving, it's just my favorite. I can have Thanksgiving all year round. Votes: 0

On Thanksgiving, you realize you're living in a modern world. Millions of turkeys baste themselves in millions of ovens that clean themselves. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving began in 1621 when Native Americans sat down with a bunch of undocumented pilgrims. They had dinner and the pilgrims never left. Votes: 0

Its better to pace yourself throughout a big day like Thanksgiving by having something healthful for breakfast and something light for lunch. Votes: 0

We're having something a little different this year for Thanksgiving. Instead of a turkey, we're having a swan. You get more stuffing Votes: 0

I saw what's going on under my chin. I don't want to be the one the President has to pardon on Thanksgiving. Votes: 0

Y'ever notice how you never seem to get laid on Thanksgiving? I think it's because all the coats are on the bed. Votes: 0

As much as I love crisp, clean whites, there's always a time for rich but balanced Chardonnays with oak, especially at Thanksgiving. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving is the most complicated meal you can think of. Every night, dinner is just pasta. It's just different shapes of pasta. Votes: 0

It's so warm now, and Thanksgiving came so early - is it just me, or does it not really feel like Ramadan? Votes: 0

Thanksgiving is nothing if not a glad and reverent lifting of the heart to God in honor and praise for His goodness. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite American traditions. I quickly picked it up when I moved to the U.S. from Sweden. Votes: 0

I love Francis Bacon. I just saw a great Jackson Pollock exhibit at the Dallas Museum when I was home for Thanksgiving. Votes: 0

I like football. I find its an exciting strategic game. Its a great way to avoid conversation with your family at Thanksgiving. Votes: 0

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I'm thankful for all of you. I am not thankful for the pilgrims. Buckles should never be on hats. Votes: 0

There is no Thanksgiving back in the old country where I come from. You know why? Because being thankful is a sin. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving speaks in clear, crisp tones of forgotten terms, like integrity - bravery - respect - freedom - discipline - sacrifice - godliness. Votes: 0

We ought to make the moments notes Of happy glad Thanksgiving; The hours and days, a silent praise Of music we are living. Votes: 0

I love Thanksgiving because it's a holiday that is centered around food and family, two things that are of utmost importance to me. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving is the day you don't know if you're invited for dinner or an intervention either way is going to be an ambush. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving, you know - Thanksgiving - it's like we didn't even try to come up with a tradition. The tradition is we overeat. Votes: 0

Dear Lord; we beg but one boon more: Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving, our eminent moral holiday, doesnt have much for children. At its heart are conversation, food, drink, and fellowship - all perks of adulthood. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thankless. Christmas dinner's dark and blue. When you stop and try to see it From the turkey's point of view. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving was nothing more than a pilgrim-created obstacle in the way of Christmas; a dead bird in the street that forced a brief detour. Votes: 0

Its almost Thanksgiving! A day when you get to hear your extended family use racial slurs for groups are not taking away their jobs. Votes: 0

Every day is Thanksgiving for me, man. Yeah, I still have an audience, and they ask the local promoter, "When is Al coming back?" . Votes: 0

If you're in a position where you can help other people, there is nothing better in life than helping other people. Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! Votes: 0

Thanksgiving, our eminent moral holiday, doesn't have much for children. At its heart are conversation, food, drink, and fellowship - all perks of adulthood. Votes: 0

The Word of God isn't for one particular season. It's for every season. But in its specific application, it's best read from Thanksgiving to Christmas. Votes: 0

The turkey that President Obama will pardon this Thanksgiving is from California. The turkey said, "I don't need a pardon. I need a job.' Votes: 0

As governor, when I visited our troops in Kuwait and Iraq, I served them Thanksgiving dinner. It was a small gesture compared to their sacrifice. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday...The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production. Votes: 0

Every day is Thanksgiving.On this stage you're going to hear God and none of them other words, and I ain't going to touch my stuff. Votes: 0

Contemporary American children, if they are old enough to grasp the concept of Santa Claus by Thanksgiving, are able to see through it by December 15th. Votes: 0

Save a life this Thanksgiving, and join me in starting a new tradition by adopting a turkey instead of eating one through Farm Sanctuary's Adopt-A-Turkey Project. Votes: 0

People tend to stay at home and eat a home-cooked meal. There are three days that are really slow for restaurants - Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday - it's a day that's American to the core and it's a day that's all about what and how we eat. Votes: 0

We never talk about the second Thanksgiving. I think we should. It's a holiday where the Indian people were cold and the white people gave them blankets Votes: 0

Thanksgiving is coming. I wonder what the holiday will be like at Dog the Bounty Hunter’s house—obviously, they’ll have a turkey with all-white meat. Votes: 0

The inspiration was this great group of 40 or 50 relatives, sometimes for Thanksgiving or Passover or something and my brothers would just go up and make them laugh. Votes: 0

Southerners have been known to stay over the Fourth and not get home before Thanksgiving. Some oldtimers take in overnight guests and keep them through three generations. Votes: 0

The secret to happiness, at Thanksgiving or any time, is to reframe obligation as opportunity. You don't have to spend Thanksgiving with your family. You get to. Votes: 0

You know that just before that first Thanksgiving dinner there was one wise, old Native American woman saying, Don't feed them. If you feed them, they'll never leave. Votes: 0

The Chinamen built the railroad, the Indians saved the Pilgrim, And in return, the Pilgrim killed 'em. They call it it Thanksgiving, I call your holiday 'hell-day.' Votes: 0

Every year I volunteer at a hospital on Thanksgiving, deep-frying turkeys in the children's burn unit. I do it just to see the looks on their little "faces." Votes: 0

The Song of Love, the Song of Hate, the Songs of Praise and of Thanksgiving; I've learned them all, but there remains one called the Melody of Living. Votes: 0

Since I was a kid, every Thanksgiving growing up in New York, we always watched 'The March of the Wooden Soldiers' by Laurel and Hardy. Never miss it. Votes: 0

I hate cooking. But I do make the candied yams every year at Thanksgiving. And they're awesome! You could definitely get diabetes and cavities from them, but they're delicious! Votes: 0

For every moment of joy Every hour of fear For every winding road that brought me here For every breath, for every day of living This is my Thanksgiving Votes: 0

It [Thanksgiving] was founded by the Puritans to give thanks for bein' preserved from the Indians, an' we keep it to give thanks we are preserved from the Puritans. Votes: 0

Now that you're gone, it hit us, super hard on Thanksgiving and Chrismas, this can't be right, yo you heard the track I did called this can't be life Votes: 0

There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way. Votes: 0

The craft Emmys are kind of the kids table at Thanksgiving. You're not really invited to the big dance. It's still really, really exciting, and the statue still counts. Votes: 0

The craft Emmys are kind of the kids' table at Thanksgiving. You're not really invited to the big dance. It's still really, really exciting, and the statue still counts. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving-day, I fear, If one the solemn truth must touch, Is celebrated, not so much To thank the Lord for blessing o'er, As for the sake of getting more! Votes: 0

Christmas is more stressful with present buying and making sure everyone gets included, but Thanksgiving is really not that. I don't ever really get stressed out about the food. Votes: 0

What we're really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving? Votes: 0

I say we all take the pledge and stay home. Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks for what you have, not to save a few dollars to get more. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving is a time of quiet reflection; an annual reminder that God has, again, been ever so faithful. The solid and simple things of life are brought into clear focus. Votes: 0

In our family, mom and dad are Longhorns, our first two kids are Aggies and we're hoping our last one is a Longhorn. It gives us family fun on Thanksgiving Day. Votes: 0

Holiday binge-buying has deep roots in American culture: department stores have been associating turkey gluttony with its spending equivalent since they began sponsoring Thanksgiving Day parades in the early 20th century. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving creates abundance; and the miracle of multiplying happens when I give thanks-take the just one loaf, say it is enough, and give thanks-and He miraculously makes it more than enough. Votes: 0

I always love the soapy conflicts between somebody's family of origin and their new family - 'Do I have Thanksgiving at my husband's parents' house, or at my parents' house?' Votes: 0

Over the Thanksgiving holiday I took time to reflect on what is most important to me and realized I need to find a way to put the fun back into racing. Votes: 0

People always think of Chinese food as the go-to ethnic food when everything else is closed during the holidays, but Indian is a nice alternative. Plus - Indians? Thanksgiving? Kinda makes sense... Votes: 0

In many ways, September feels like the busiest time of the year: The kids go back to school, work piles up after the summer's dog days, and Thanksgiving is suddenly upon us. Votes: 0

Since I was 15 years old I've never been able to spend Christmas, Halloween or Thanksgiving (with friends and family). This was the first time I was able to enjoy a Super Bowl. Votes: 0

My whole problem is that all of my favorite things at Thanksgiving are the starches, and everyone is trying to go low-carb this year, even a green vegetable has carbs in it. Votes: 0

Nixon's offences had been so long in the past, so much part of a different era that he now seemed like some lovable but bigoted uncle you tolerated at Christmas and Thanksgiving. Votes: 0

Yesterday, after the Thanksgiving parade, Donald Trump appeared at Macy's to promote his new line of fragrances and business suits. Unfortunately, there were high winds and Trump's hair nearly killed two people. Votes: 0

At Thanksgiving, I always start at the top of my list and say I'm grateful for friends, family, and good health. Then I get more superficial... like being thankful for my Louboutins. Votes: 0

Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It's called Four Blind Mice and it's a pretty amazing story about several murders inside the military. Votes: 0

In many ways, September feels like the busiest time of the year: The kids go back to school, work piles up after the summer's dog days, and Thanksgiving is suddenly upon us. Votes: 0

It has been an unchallengeable American doctrine that cranberry sauce, a pink goo with overtones of sugared tomatoes, is a delectable necessity of the Thanksgiving board and that turkey is uneatable without it. Votes: 0

Spending so much time on the road, I get to fart all the time. Then when it's, like, Thanksgiving dinner and I'm sitting with my grandmother, I can't fart for, like, two hours. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving is the holiday that encompasses all others. All of them, from Martin Luther King Day to Arbor Day to Christmas to Valentine's Day, are in one way or another about being thankful. Votes: 0

There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday. Votes: 0

The playoffs are the wedge between the season and the World Series. If you lose, it means you won't be going to the greatest sports event in this country...You're forgotten by Thanksgiving. Votes: 0

Agriculture is a business that has been up to its bib overalls in politics since the first Thanksgiving dinner kickback to the Indians for subsidizing Pilgrim maize production with fish head fertilizer grants. Votes: 0

My idea of a perfect holiday is spending time with the family, waking up on Christmas morning or Thanksgiving morning, watching football all day, having the family come over, people you haven't seen. Votes: 0

Yesterday, the Supreme Court spent over an hour listening to arguments on whether Obamacare is unconstitutional. Yeah, listening to arguments about Obamacare for an hour, or as most people call that, 'Thanksgiving Dinner.' Votes: 0

Every Thanksgiving, we all write down three things we're thankful for and put them in a hat. Then we pass the hat around the dinner table and everyone has to guess who wrote what! Votes: 0

Throughout its history, the members of Shearith Israel have observed Thanksgiving by reciting in synagogue the same psalms of praise and gratitude sung by Jews all over the world on festive days like Hanukkah. Votes: 0

I love Halloween, trick or treating and decorating the house. And I love Thanksgiving, because of the football and the fall weather. And of course, I love Christmas - that's my favorite of all! Votes: 0

To be very honest with you, there were two big factors: One was that we were initially coming out in that week before Thanksgiving where both Twilight 3D and Happy Feet 2 are coming out. Votes: 0

Christmas is a huge thing in my family. We usually start decorating the day after Thanksgiving. We spend Christmas Eve with one set of grandparents, and Christmas Day with the other grandparents and our family. Votes: 0

I am originally from Florida. So Thanksgiving was always something I really looked forward to, because I got to travel back home every year and see everyone all at once, around one big happy table. Votes: 0

Black Friday is not another bad hair day in Wall Street. It's the term used by American retailers to describe the day after the Thanksgiving Holiday, seen as the semi-official start of Christmas shopping season. Votes: 0

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has new balloons this year including the Pillsbury Doughboy balloon and the first openly gay balloon. Also the Thomas Tank Engine balloon, and they even have the Ebola nurse balloon. Votes: 0

I make a special point of working on Thanksgiving Day. I have friends I go out with but I even make it plain to them. The standard reason for Thanksgiving doesn't mean nothing to me. Votes: 0

In deference to American traditions, my family put our oven to rare use at Thanksgiving during my childhood, with odd roast-turkey experiments involving sticky-rice stuffing or newfangled basting techniques that we read about in magazines. Votes: 0