Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Thanksgiving Quotes

I thought I would share some quotes on Thanksgiving and giving thanks. Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving. Enjoy!

None is more impoverished than the one who has no gratitude. Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy. ~Fred De Witt Van Amburgh

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart. ~Seneca

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

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. ~Cicero

We give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. ~Author Unknown

Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live. ~Jackie Windspear

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

For flowers that bloom about our feet;For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;For song of bird, and hum of bee;For all things fair we hear or see,Father in heaven, we thank Thee!~Ralph Waldo Emerson

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence. ~Erma Bombeck

An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day. ~Irv KupcinetKup's Column

Coexistence: what the farmer does with the turkey - until Thanksgiving. ~Mike Connolly

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

Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving and remembers to wear pants with elastic waistbands...just kidding.

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