There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating – people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing. — Oscar Wilde
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! — Rodney Atkins
For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. — W. T. Purkiser
When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around. — Willie Nelson
May your heart be an altar, from which the bright flame of unending thanksgiving ascends to heaven. — Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed. — Maya Angelou
We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. — Cynthia Ozick
God smiles when we praise and thank Him continually. Few things feel better than receiving heartfelt praise and appreciation from someone else. God loves it, too. An amazing thing happens when we offer praise and thanksgiving to God. When we give God enjoyment, our own hearts are filled with joy. — William Law
… because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude. — Wallace D. Wattles
(Some people) have a wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder, and even ecstasy. — Abraham Maslow
Our lives are filled with meeting wonderful people. Make sure those that have become a part of your life hear your words of appreciation. — Ace Antonio Hall
Reflect upon your present blessings — Charles Dickens
He who thanks but with the lips. Thanks but in part; the full, the true Thanksgiving. Comes from the heart. — John G. Shedd
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving,” and the words of John Fitzgerald Kennedy tell us that, “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. — W. T. Purkiser
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. — Jon Stewart
Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants. — Kevin James
[when asked about what he was most thankful about]: Being alive. After heart surgery, you dig that part. Breath, family and friends are just amazing. Just to have a second shot is pretty great! — Robin Williams
Thanksgiving is a time for families and friends to gather together and express gratitude for all that we have been given, the freedoms we enjoy, and the loved ones who enrich our lives. We recognize that all of these blessings, and life itself, come not from the hand of man but from Almighty God. — George W. Bush
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
It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favors. — George Washington
Wait, we can not break bread with you. You have taken the land which is rightfully ours. Years from now my people will be forced to live in mobile homes on reservations. Your people will wear cardigans, and drink highballs. We will sell our bracelets by the road sides, and you will play golf, and eat hot h’ors d’ourves. My people will have pain and degradation. Your people will have stick shifts. The gods of my tribe have spoken. They said do not trust the pilgrims, especially Sarah Miller. And for all of these reasons I have decided to scalp you and burn your village to the ground. — Paul Rudnick
Its better to pace yourself throughout a big day like Thanksgiving by having something healthful for breakfast and something light for lunch. — Marilu Henner
I love Thanksgiving turkey… It’s the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts. — Arnold Schwarzenegger
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. — William Arthur Ward
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. — Charles Dickens
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. — Melody Beattie
Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you’ll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you’ll find that you have more of it. — Ralph Marston
Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary. — Margaret Cousins
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flames within us. — Albert Schweitzer
I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate. — Elbert Hubbard
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. — James Allen
You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I have learned that in every circumstance that comes my way, I can choose to respond in one of two ways: I can whine or I can worship! And I can’t worship without giving thanks. It just isn’t possible. When we choose the pathway of worship and giving thanks, especially in the midst of difficult circumstances, there is a fragrance, a radiance, that issues forth out of our lives to bless the Lord and others. — Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. — Oprah Winfrey
God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say ‘thank you?’ — William Arthur Ward
Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing… a grateful heart! — George Herbert
There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy. — Ralph 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
Got no checkbooks, got no banks. Still I’d like to express my thanks – I’ve got the sun in the mornin’ and the moon at night. — Irving Berlin
After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations. — Oscar Wilde
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. — Melody Beattie
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. — John F. Kennedy
Truly appreciate those around you, and you’ll soon find many others around you. — Ralph Marston
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. — Maya Angelou
