Thanksgiving Quote by Robert Tracy McKenzie

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

“THE PILGRIMS HAD BEEN DRIVEN by fiercely held spiritual beliefs. They had sailed across a vast and dangerous ocean to a wilderness where, against…

— Nathaniel Philbrick

Thanksgiving comes to us out of the prehistoric dimness, universal to all ages and all faiths. At whatever straws we must grasp, there is…

— J Robert Moskin

It [Thanksgiving] was founded by the Puritans to give thanks for bein' preserved from the Indians, an' we keep it to give thanks we…

— Finley Peter Dunne

Considering that virtually none of the standard fare surrounding Thanksgiving contains an ounce of authenticity, historical accuracy, or cross-cultural perception, why is it so…

— Michael Dorris

If the Church is in Christ, its initial act is always the act of thanksgiving, of returning the world to God.

— Alexander Schmemann

Every genuine confession humbles the soul. When it takes the form of thanksgiving, it teaches the soul that it has been delivered by the…

— Maximus the Confessor

Remembering that the real meaning of Thanksgiving is gratitude and not food will bring the focus back there.

— Joshua Rosenthal

Perhaps no custom reveals our character as a Nation so clearly as our celebration of Thanksgiving Day. Rooted deeply in our Judeo-Christian heritage, the…

— Ronald Reagan

“And historians have now discovered an even earlier Thanksgiving than the 1621 Plymouth celebration that English-American historians made famous. Half a century before Plymouth,…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Christians were instructed to serve others, and the thanksgiving was for the grace of God and the fact that God offered a way for…

— John Clayton

“Thanksgiving Day, a function which originated in New England two or three centuries ago when those people recognized that they really had something to…

— Mark Twain