Thanksgiving is a time to reflect upon all for which we are grateful. Here are a few quotes on gratitude and thanks to get your started:
"Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action." ~W.J. Cameron
"Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow." ~Edward Sanford Martin
“The unthankful heart… discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!” ~Henry Ward Beecher
“Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses.” ~Alphonse Karr
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” ~Thornton Wilder
“Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot.” ~Hanna Proverb
“Thank you is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.” ~Alice Walker
“Our rural ancestors, with little blest, patient of labor when the end was rest, indulged the day that housed their annual grain, with feasts, and off'rings, and a thankful strain.” ~Alexander Pope
“He who thanks but with the lips thanks but in part; the full, the true Thanksgiving comes from the heart.” ~J.A. Shed
“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
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” ~Thornton Wilder
“Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.” ~Seneca
“O Lord that lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness.” ~William Shakespeare
