Thanksgiving Quotes

“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.” Frank A. Clark

 

“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.” Konrad von Gesner

 

“Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise… then you will discover the fullness of your life.” Brother David Steindl-Rast

 

“Who does not thank for little will not thank for much.” Estonian Proverb

 

“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.” Phillips Brooks

 

“If I have enjoyed the hospitality of the Host of this universe, Who daily spreads a table in my sight, surely I cannot do less than acknowledge my dependence.” G. A. Johnston Ross

“To know the value of generosity, it is necessary to have suffered from the cold indifference of others.” Eugene Cloutier

 

“Praise now is one of the great duties of the redeemed. It will be their employment for ever.”

 

“Gratitude is born in hearts that take time to count up past mercies.”

 

“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.” Jeremy Taylor

 

“One distinguishing mark of an unregenerate man is ingratitude.” E. J. Conrad

 

“I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.” Kahlil Gibran