Quotes about thanksgiving Day

An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day. Votes: 6

There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American. Votes: 6

I'm thankful for every moment. Votes: 4

On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence. Votes: 4

Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget--lest we forget! Votes: 4

A dysfunctional family is any family with more than one person in it. Votes: 4

A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen. Votes: 4

Perhaps no custom reveals our character as a Nation so clearly as our celebration of Thanksgiving Day. Votes: 4

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it. Votes: 4

Our Creator shall continue to dwell above the sky, and that is where those on earth will end their thanksgiving. Votes: 4

For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received. Votes: 4

But see, in our open clearings, how golden the melons lie; Enrich them with sweets and spices, and give us the pumpkin-pie! Votes: 4

Perhaps it takes a purer faith to praise God for unrealized blessings than for those we once enjoyed or those we enjoy now. Votes: 4

And let these altars, wreathed with flowers And piled with fruits, awake again Thanksgivings for the golden hours, The early and the latter rain! Votes: 4

Before you go out into the world, wash your face in the clear crystal of praise. Bury each yesterday in the fine linen and spices of thankfulness. Votes: 4

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: 4

But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. Votes: 4

We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has ever grown. 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

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: 4

It must be an odd feeling to be thankful to nobody in particular. Christians in public institutions often see this odd thing happening on Thanksgiving Day. Everyone in the institution seems to be thankful 'in general.' It's very strange. It's a little like being married in general. Votes: 4

Lord, for the erring thought Not unto evil wrought: Lord, for the wicked will Betrayed, and baffled still: For the heart from itself kept, Our thanksgiving accept. For ignorant hopes that were Broken to our blind prayer: For pain, death, sorrow, sent Unto our chastisement: For all loss of seeming good, Quicken our gratitude. Votes: 4

There is one day that is ours. There is one day when all we Americans who are not self-made go back to the old home to eat saleratus biscuits and marvel how much nearer to the porch the old pump looks than it used to. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American. Votes: 4

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

If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down. 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 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: 2

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: 2

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: 2

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: 2

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: 2

I miss both of my parents terribly every day, but especially as we approach Thanksgiving. We always came together as a family for that holiday, playing capture the flag and touch football and laughing a lot. Votes: 2

It's funny, I was talking to somebody who writes for a cop show, and he was saying how they aren't allowed to acknowledge Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, just because it has to be able to play forever. 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

If no one shopped on Thanksgiving Day, the stores wouldn't open. End of story. 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: 2

I think I'm going to give my baby her first food on Thanksgiving, make her some organic sweet potato. I'm very excited! It's going to be a big day and my husband is in charge of the turkey - he's the chef of the family! 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

I am so excited this year getting to play the 85th Anniversary Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Everyone knows on Thanksgiving morning to get up, turn on the TV and watch the parade, so to be an actual participant is going to be fun and I'm looking forward to it. I am gonna have to put on my deer hunting gear, though, to stay warm! Votes: 2

love iz a big fat turkey and every day iz thanksgiving Votes: 0

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

There is something in every season, in every day, to celebrate with thanksgiving. Votes: 0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: 0

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: 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

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

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

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

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