Thanksgiving Quotes

We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.
-Cynthia Ozick

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones, which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.
-Henry Clay

Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.
-Native American saying

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

There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy.
-Ralph H. Blum

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.
-W. T. Purkiser

God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.
-Izaak Walton

People who live the most fulfilling lives are the ones who are always rejoicing at what they have.
-Richard Carlson

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.
-Seneca

Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.
-William Shakespeare

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.
-Victor Hugo

To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.
-Johannes A. Gaertner

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.
-Frederick Keonig

What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.
-Albert Pine

Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy—because we will always want to have something else or something more.
- Br. David Steindl-Rast

Never delay gratitude.
- Skip Prosser