So once in every year we throng Upon a day apart, to…

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

— John G. Shedd

For flowers that bloom about our feet; For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet; For song of bird, and hum of bee; For all…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving," and the words of John…

— W. T. Purkiser

What we're really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why…

— Erma Bombeck

The turkey that President Obama will pardon this Thanksgiving is from California. The turkey said, "I don't need a pardon. I need a job.'

— Conan O'Brien

Thanksgiving is the day when you turn to another family member and say, 'How long has Mom been drinking like this?' My Mom, after…

— David Letterman

I have strong doubts that the first Thanksgiving even remotely resembled the 'history' I was told in second grade. But considering that (when it…

— Ellen Orleans

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings.

— William Arthur Ward

“Do not say, 'But it is hypocritical to thank God with my tongue when I don't feel thankful in my heart.' There is such…

— John Piper

“I pondered her life, I realized that when I am in the presence of someone who really walks with God, there is evidence of…

— Sarah Mae

You can tell you ate too much for Thanksgiving when you have to let your bathrobe out.

— Jay Leno

Praise God even when you don't understand what He is doing.

— Henry Jacobsen

Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude.

— John Henry Jowett

Thanksgiving is so called because we are all so thankful that it only comes once a year.

— P. J. O'Rourke

You know that just before that first Thanksgiving dinner there was one wise, old Native American woman saying, Don't feed them. If you feed…

— Dylan Brody