All across America, we gather this week with the people we…

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

— John G. Shedd

The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.

— Henry Ward Beecher

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

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings.

— William Arthur Ward

Reflect upon your present blessings

— Charles Dickens

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

For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends... Feeling gratitude…

— William Arthur Ward

'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say.

— Alice Walker

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

That action is not warrantable which either fears to ask the divine blessing on its performance, or having succeeded, does not come with thanksgiving…

— Francis Quarles

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.

— Melody Beattie

Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if…

— George Herbert

Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.

— Melody Beattie

What's wrong with shoes? I collected them because it was like a symbol of thanksgiving and love?

— Imelda Marcos