Thanksgiving Quotes

Christians were instructed to serve others, and the thanksgiving was for the grace of God and the fact that God offered a way for man to return to a positive relationship with Him.

It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.

There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday.

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.

I never drank except a couple sips of wine at Thanksgiving.

From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.

My favorite meal is turkey and mashed potatoes. I love Thanksgiving, it's just my favorite. I can have Thanksgiving all year round.

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.

My restaurants are never opened on Thanksgiving; I want my staff to spend time with their family if they can. My feeling is, if I can't figure out how to make money the rest of the year so that my workers can enjoy the holidays, then I don't deserve to be an owner.

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.

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.

It's so warm now, and Thanksgiving came so early - is it just me, or does it not really feel like Ramadan?

The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.

Even though we're a week and a half away from Thanksgiving, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

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

Not to sound too much like Christopher Guest in 'Waiting for Guffman,' but on Thanksgiving you're putting on a show!

I absolutely adore Thanksgiving. It's the only holiday I insist on making myself.

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

I'm thankful for every moment.

As governor, when I visited our troops in Kuwait and Iraq, I served them Thanksgiving dinner. It was a small gesture compared to their sacrifice.

Christmas is the antithesis of Thanksgiving. Christmas is pretty much a man-made holiday.

I love chicken. I would eat chicken fingers on Thanksgiving if it were socially acceptable.

Thanksgiving is nothing but a toast to genocide.

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

It's like being at the kids' table at Thanksgiving - you can put your elbows on it, you don't have to talk politics... no matter how old I get, there's always a part of me that's sitting there.

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do.

Christmas is more stressful with present buying and making sure everyone gets included, but Thanksgiving is really not that. I don't ever really get stressed out about the food.

Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It's called Four Blind Mice and it's a pretty amazing story about several murders inside the military.

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

Thanksgiving is a season that is very much in accord with the themes and teachings of Jesus Christ.