Who doesn’t love a Thanksgiving Day? It’s the time of year where turkey dinners, cranberries, candied yams, mashed potatoes are commonly prepared in the table for the family to enjoy.
In the United States, Thanksgiving is held every fourth Thursday of November. During this holiday, families gather to spend time, have fun, and catch up with each other lives. Others, on the other hand, attend parades of Indians and colonial figures. Everyone has their own way of celebrating Thanksgiving. Although it’s a great thing to take advantage of this holiday for a family gathering, some people forget the real meaning of it and the history of why it was established.
Thanksgiving should be more about our thankfulness to God for all the blessings we received during the year. It’s more than just eating, partying and watching games. It’s unfortunate that this modern generation has been brainwashed by sales pitches, marketing tactics, and commercialism. Although there are some people who still follow the original tradition, it is important that we look back and learn about the purpose for it was first celebrated. Once we learn about history, we will begin to truly appreciate Thanksgiving Day and we will be able to teach the future generation of its real meaning.
The following Thanksgiving quotes are meaningful words that we should cherish as we celebrate Thanksgiving every year with our loved ones.
Thanksgiving Quotes
1. I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. – G.K. Chesterton
2. It is when we stop thinking about what we don’t have or what we lack, and become grateful for who we are, that we can gain access to true unlimited inspiration. – Frank Arrigazzi
3. Thanksgiving is a special day. A day we share the joy. We come before a lavish meal. One we quite enjoy. – Julie Hebert
4. Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the holiday season, and represents food, family and moments of sharing and professing gratitude. – Sarah Moore
5. The willingness of America’s veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude. – Jeff Miller
6. 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
7. 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. – John Clayton
8. Thanksgiving is a time to give, a time to love, and a time to reflect on the things that matter most in life. – Danielle Duckery
9. When did you last thank God for someone important in your life, such as your husband, children, family, or friends? – Renee Swope
10. Thanksgiving Day is a perfect day to share the love and companionship of family and friends at the Thanksgiving table. – Cheryl Leonard,
11. If you made a list of all the things you could be thankful for, the list would undoubtedly be longer than your misfortunes. – Catherine Pulsifer
12. Our view of God always comes first, and this is the primary conflict between the secular scientific community and the Christian community. I am not anti-science; I love discovering the greatness of God by learning about the things He has made. And I thankfully give Him the credit for the beauty and design that surrounds me. – Michael Garland
13. In all things give thanks. – 1 Thessalonians 5:18
14. The blessings of harvest time can be found at Thanksgiving. – Theodore W. Higginsworth
15. If you want a challenge, just try to get through an entire day without uttering one word of complaint. Develop an attitude of thanksgiving in every situation. – Joyce Meyer
16. We are blessed in so many ways; many things we take for granted but we should stop and be thankful each and every day. – Catherine Pulsifer
17. Practicing gratitude is a very powerful tool to shift your attention on the things you don’t have to the things you do have and this alone will make you feel better. – Noelia Aanulds
18. Thanksgiving Day is the day that your kitchen is going to turn into the most wonderful beautiful place in the world. – Polly Ann Lewis
20. 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 offerings, and a thankful strain. – Alexander Pope
21. God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings. – Edwin Percy Whipple
22. God makes us rich in every way so we can be generous on every occasion, which will result in thanksgiving to God. In other words, God doesn’t bless us to provide for our own needs; he blesses us so we can be generous. – Rick Warren
23. Many families begin the Thanksgiving meal by allowing each person at the table to list the reasons they are thankful. Every guest, young and old, takes a moment to give thanks. – Lou Pappas
24. We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning. – Albert Barnes
25. Once you start practicing being grateful and thankful for things, people, and events, you may notice that you start to attract more positive things, people, and events in your life. – Stephanie Conkle
26. Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action. – W. J. Cameron
27. Thanksgiving offers us an annual pause from the pace of life return to places we do not often visit and gather with people we do not often see. – Jay Milbrandt
28. Now, every day when I wake up I am grateful. I have to be. And I have to count the things that are abundant in my life. Literally, count them. – James Altucher,
29. A few years ago, I decided to try to live this giving thanks as I believe Jesus did each day, regardless of His circumstances. And what I found was that in giving thanks for each moment and savoring it as bread from His hand, I’d find sustenance and the grace of God Himself in it. – Ann Voskamp
30. There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way. – Jim Rohn
31. Thanksgiving; giving Him thanks for what He has done and how He has revealed Himself to you. – Tony Watson
32. Wherever you are in life, wherever you are right at this moment you have much to be thankful. – Sarah Butland
33. Before you sleep, ruminate on things that you can give thanks for, and end your day on a positive note in order to sleep happy and wake up happy. – Ryan Help
34. This week, try turning a worried thought into one of gratitude by whispering prayers of thanksgiving each time an anxious thought comes into your mind. – Sarah Young
35. As a die-hard foodie, my ultimate holiday is of course Thanksgiving. I wait for this day for 364 days, and the moment it’s over I begin running ideas through the back of my head for the next one. – Jan Charles
36. After a good dinner, one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.― Oscar Wilde
37. 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
38. Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. – W.T. Purkiser
39. Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not a coincidence. – Erma Bombeck
40. Thankfulness creates gratitude which generates contentment that causes peace. – Todd Stocker
41. I like football. I find it’s an exciting strategic game. It’s a great way to avoid conversation with your family at Thanksgiving. – Craig Ferguson
42. Twas the night before Thanksgiving. All the food’s in the oven. And I’m in the bedroom performin’ self-lovin’. – Craig Ferguson
43. A little “thank you” that you will say to someone for a “little favor” shown to you is a key to unlock the doors that hide unseen “greater favors”. Learn to say “thank you” and why not? – Israelmore Ayivor
44. Thanksgiving-giving thanks in everything-prepares the way that God might show us His fullest salvation in Christ. – Ann Voskam
45. The Christian who walks with the Lord and keeps constant communion with Him will see many reasons for rejoicing and thanksgiving all day long. – Warren W. Wiersbe
46. A sincere attitude of gratitude is a beatitude for secured altitudes. Appreciate what you have been given and you will be promoted higher. – Israelmore Ayivor
47. I always think it’s funny when Indians celebrate Thanksgiving. I mean, sure, the Indians and Pilgrims were best friends during the first Thanksgiving, but a few years later, the Pilgrims were shooting Indians. So I’m never quite sure why we eat turkey like everybody else. – Sherman Alexie
48. There is no Thanksgiving back in the old country where I come from. You know why? Because being thankful is a sin. – Craig Ferguson
49. Superficial social niceties are far different from the deep emotion of thanksgiving. – Alexandra Katehakis
50. One moment of prayer, of weak worship, confused contrition, tepid thanksgiving, or pitiful petition will bring us closer to God than all the books of theology in the world. – Peter Kreeft
51. Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings. – William Arthur Ward
52. The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It’s part of our culture like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays beyond their meaning, a factor in our economy. – Bob Schieffer
53. The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. – William Blake
54. 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
55. My most memorable meal is every Thanksgiving. I love the food: the turkey and stuffing; the sweet potatoes and rice, which come from my mother’s Southern heritage; the mashed potatoes, which come from my wife’s Midwestern roots; the Campbell’s green-bean casserole; and of course, pumpkin pie. – Douglas Conant
56. Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. – Henry Ward Beecher
57. Let’s talk about the holidays, more specifically, consumption during the holidays. If it’s true that ‘We are what we eat,’ most of us would be unrecognizable during the period that ranges from the night before Thanksgiving through that day in early January when everyone decides to return to the gym. – Rachel Nichols
58. I think that is a better thing than thanksgiving: thanks-living. How is this to be done? By a general cheerfulness of manner, by an obedience to the command of Him by whose mercy we live, by a perpetual, constant delighting of ourselves in the Lord, and by a submission of our desires to His will. – Charles Spurgeon
59. I give thanks to my Creator for this wonderful life where each of us has the opportunity to learn lessons we could not fully comprehend by any other means. – Joseph B. Wirthlin
60. What a marvelous resource soup is for the thrifty cook – it solves the ham-bone and lamb-bone problems, the everlasting Thanksgiving turkey, the extra vegetables. – Julia Child
61. I’ve been giving back since I was a teen, handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving and handing out toys at toys drives for Christmas. It’s very important to give back as a youth. It’s as simple as helping an old lady across the street or giving up your seat on the bus for someone who is pregnant. – Queen Latifah
62. Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie. – Jim Davis
63. Thanksgiving is a time when the world gets to see just how blessed and how workable the Christian system is. The emphasis is not on giving or buying, but on being thankful and expressing that appreciation to God and to one another. – John Clayton
64. 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. – James Patterson
65. An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day. – Irv Kupcinet
66. 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 forever; that dead man rises up never; that even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea. – Algernon Charles Swinburne
67. Every Thanksgiving, we all write down three things we’re thankful for and put them in a hat. Then we pass the hat around the dinner table and everyone has to guess who wrote what!
68. I’d love to give my girls a traditional Thanksgiving with turkey and all that jazz, but we’ve raised them to love Tuscan food so much that they don’t care for it. My favorite is a nice polenta with beef stew and broccoli rabe on the side. – Debi Mazar
69. 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. Michael Symon
70. For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received. – Storm Jameson
71. What I love about Thanksgiving is that it’s purely about getting together with friends or family and enjoying the food. It’s really for everybody, and it doesn’t matter where you’re from. – Daniel Humm
72. My parents came from little, so they made a choice to give a lot: buying turkeys for homeless shelters at Thanksgiving, delivering meals to people in hospices, giving spare change to those asking for it. – Meghan Markle
73. After church on Sunday after Thanksgiving, my family would go chop down our Christmas tree. Once it was home and placed in its stand, Mom and I would painstakingly decorate our tree. It took hours to place the tinsel, string the lights, find the perfect spot for my favorite macaroni and felt ornaments from kindergarten. – Molly O’Keefe
74. 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. – Frank A. Clark
75. My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor. – Phyllis Diller
76. When people come to my act any time after Thanksgiving, I usually say, You shouldn’t be here. You should be shopping. Our economy depends on you! You should be out there buying stuff. – Lewis Black
77. Black Friday is not another bad hair day on Wall Street. It’s the term used by American retailers to describe the day after the Thanksgiving Holiday, seen as the semi-official start of Christmas shopping season. – Evan Davis
78. In many ways, September feels like the busiest time of the year: The kids go back to school, work piles up after the summer’s dog days, and Thanksgiving is suddenly upon us. – Brene Brown
79. The men and women in the Armed Forces, that’s what I always think about and what I teach my kids about. We’re getting ready to sit down at the table and have Thanksgiving, and there are people that are not with their families. – Guy Fieri
80. There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American. – O. Henry
81. I’m from Canada, so Thanksgiving to me is just Thursday with more food. And I’m thankful for that. – Howie Mandel
82. I loved my mom so much because she had to work on a penny just to put food on the table. During the Depression in the United States, everybody had a tough time. And I was so hurt because she was crying that she didn’t have any food for us for Thanksgiving. – Tony Bennett
83. If you think Independence Day is America’s defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down. – Tony Snow
84. Thanksgiving is a season that is very much in accord with the themes and teachings of Jesus Christ. – John Clayton
85. I’m vegetarian, but I love Thanksgiving dinner: faux turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes. – Leigh Lezark
86. Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song. – Konrad von Gesner
87. I absolutely adore Thanksgiving. It’s the only holiday I insist on making myself. – Ina Garten
88. Even though we’re a week and a half away from Thanksgiving, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. – Richard Roeper
89. Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I took time to reflect on what is most important to me and realized I need to find a way to put the fun back into racing. – Kurt Busch
90. Thanksgiving just gets me all warm and tingly and all kinds of wonderful inside. – Willard Scott
91. Something I didn’t even know was on my bucket list has been achieved. I have cooked Thanksgiving dinner with Martha Stewart. I vow to follow the gospel of her teachings and do my very best in the remarkably less glamorous kitchen of my own home without the luxury of magically appearing prep bowls filled by a staff of sous chefs. – Jesse Tyler Ferguson
