Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow. — Melody Beattie

 

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

 

Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good. — Maya Angelou

 

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year because it reminds us to give thanks and to count our blessings. Suddenly, so many things become so little when we realize how blessed and lucky we are.  — Joyce Giraud

 

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.  — Epictetus

 

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 me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile. — Elie Wiesel

 

The heart that gives thanks is a happy one, for we cannot feel thankful and unhappy at the same time. — Douglas Wood

 

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.  — Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

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

 

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.  — John Fitzgerald Kennedy

 

The more we express thanks, the more gratitude we feel. The more gratitude we feel, the more we express thanks. It’s circular, and it leads to a happier life. — Steve Goodier

 

Thanksgiving reminds us that no matter what befalls us in life, we can take the charred remnants and we can reconstruct a life unimaginably richer than that from which the shards and pieces fell. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

 

Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. — Voltaire

 

Although Thanksgiving comes but once a year, every day should be a day of Thanks. Among all the challenges that we face as people with hearing loss there are certainly brighter moments in every day — moments that deserve to be recorded in our Gratitude Journal. — Monique Hammond

 

Real ballplayers pass the stuffing by rolling it up in a ball and batting it across the table with a turkey leg. — Tom Swyers

 

He who thanks but with the lips Thanks but in part; The full, the true Thanksgiving Comes from the heart. — J.A. Shedd

 

Remember God’s bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude! — Henry Ward Beecher

 

If the only prayer you said in your life was ‘Thank you,’ that would suffice.  — Meister Eckhart

 

We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives. — John F. Kennedy

 

Wear gratitude like a cloak, and it will feed every corner of your life. — Rumi

 

Appreciation can change a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary. — Margaret Cousins

 

Kindness is always fashionable, and always welcome.  — Amelia Barr

 

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

 

If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily. — Gerald Good

 

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. — Oprah Winfrey

 

There is one day that is ours. There is one day when all we Americans who are not self-made go back to the old home to eat saleratus biscuits and marvel how much nearer to the porch the old pump looks than it used to. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American. — O. Henry, Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen

 

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. — Jon Stewart

 

Give thanks not just on Thanksgiving Day, but every day of your life. Appreciate and never take for granted all that you have. — Catherine Pulsifer

 

Give thanks not just on Thanksgiving Day, but every day of your life. Appreciate and never take for granted all that you have.  — Catherine Pulsifer

 

We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not. — Audre Lorde

 

When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself.  — Tecumseh

 

Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving.

 

For my part, I am almost contented just now, and very thankful. Gratitude is a divine emotion: it fills the heart, but not to bursting; it warms it, but not to fever.  — Charlotte Bronte

 

Thanksgiving is the holiday of peace, the celebration of work and the simple life… a true folk-festival that speaks the poetry of the turn of the seasons, the beauty of seedtime and harvest, the ripe product of the year — and the deep, deep connection of all these things with God. — Ray Stannard Baker

 

Let me encourage you to get up every day and focus on what you do have in life. Be thankful for the blessings of the little things, even when you don’t get what you expect.  — Victoria Osteen

 

What I love about Thanksgiving is that it’s purely about getting together with friends or family and enjoying food. It’s really for everybody, and it doesn’t matter where you’re from. — Daniel Humm

 

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.  — William Blake

 

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
— Charles Dickens

 

When asked if my cup is half-full or half-empty my only response is that I am thankful I have a cup. — Sam Lefkowitz

 

Thanksgiving reminds us that no matter what befalls us in life, we can take the charred remnants and we can reconstruct a life unimaginably richer than that from which the shards and pieces fell.  — Craig D. Lounsbrough

 

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

 

Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other. — Randy Pausch

 

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

 

I like football. I find its an exciting strategic game. It’s a great way to avoid conversation with your family at Thanksgiving. — Craig Ferguson

 

When asked if my cup is half-full or half-empty my only response is that I am thankful I have a cup. — Sam Lefkowitz

 

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.  — Gilbert K. Chesterton

 

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses. — Alphonse Karr

 

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