Thanksgiving is possible only for those who take time to remember; no one can give thanks who has a short memory. ~Author Unknown
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. ~Johnny Carson
Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants. ~Kevin James
Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow. ~Edward Sandford Martin
Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds. ~Theodore Roosevelt
The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving. ~H.U. Westermayer
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. ~W.T. Purkiser
Turkey: A large bird whose flesh, when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude. ~Ambrose Bierce
The thing I’m most thankful for right now is elastic waistbands. ~Author Unknown
I suppose I will die never knowing what pumpkin pie tastes like when you have room for it. ~Robert Brault
Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart. ~Seneca
Coexistence: what the farmer does with the turkey – until Thanksgiving. ~Mike Connolly
Thanksgiving is America’s national chow-down feast, the one occasion each year when gluttony becomes a patriotic duty. ~Michael Dresser
If you count all your assets, you always show a profit. ~Robert Quillen
God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say “thank you?” ~William A. Ward
Perhaps it takes a purer faith to praise God for unrealized blessings than for those we once enjoyed or those we enjoy now. ~A.W. Tozer
If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, “thank you,” that would suffice. ~Meister Eckhart
Got no check books, got no banks. Still I’d like to express my thanks – I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night. ~Irving Berlin
Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude. ~E.P. Powell
Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving. ~Charles Lamb
