As we approach Thanksgiving Day, it is important to remember the reason for the holiday. In all of the activity involved in meal planning, travel, and the myriad things related to the day, let’s take a moment to remember the things that inspire an attitude of thankfulness.
Thanksgiving Quotes For the Season
Here are ten Thanksgiving quotes to get you started:
- “Although Thanksgiving comes but once a year, every day should be a day of Thanks.” – Monique Hammond
- “Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude.” – Nigel Hamilton
- “We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.” – John F. Kennedy
- “And though I ebb in worth, I’ll flow in thanks.” – John Taylor
- “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
- “Thanksgiving was never meant to be shut up in a single day.” – Robert Caspar Lintner
- “Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action.” – W. J. Cameron
- “Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.” – W. T. Purkiser
- “A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
- “Thanksgiving just gets me all warm and tingly and all kinds of wonderful inside.” – Willard Scott
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