Christian Thanksgiving Quotes:

To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us - and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it immense graces from Him. Gratitude therefore takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder and to praise of the goodness of God. For the grateful person knows that God is good, not by hearsay but by experience. And that is what makes all the difference.

- Thomas Merton

topic: Faith, Gratitude, Grateful, Take Nothing For Granted, Inspirational Gratitude

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.

- Melody Beattie

source: Melody Beattie (2013). “Melody Beattie 4 Title Bundle: Codependent No More and 3 Other Best Sellers by Melody Beattie: A collection of four Melody Beattie best sellers”, Hazelden Publishing

topic: Inspirational, Thankful, Gratitude, Make Things Right, I Am Thankful

Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.

- George Herbert

source: George Herbert (1850). “Beauties of George Herbert: with Selections from “The Synagogue.””, p.14

topic: Thanksgiving, Thankful, Gratitude, Inspirational Gratitude, Thanksgiving Day

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.

- Conrad Gessner

topic: Thank You, Song, Heart, Funny Thanksgiving Day, Christian Thanksgiving

We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts.

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

source: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Samuel Wells (2015). “Life Together”, p.17, SCM Press

topic: Gratitude, Giving, Thankfulness, Christian Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Christian

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.

- W. T. Purkiser

topic: Thanksgiving, Blessing, Use, Being Blessed, I Am Thankful

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

topic: Gratitude, Heart, Deeds, Inspirational Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving, when the Indians said, "Well, this has been fun, but we know you have a long voyage back to England".

- Jay Leno

topic: Thanksgiving, Fun, Long, Christian Thanksgiving, Friends Thanksgiving

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not.

- James Russell Lowell

topic: Good Morning, Gratitude, Garden, Funny Good Morning, Gratitude To God

We're having something a little different this year for Thanksgiving. Instead of a turkey, we're having a swan. You get more stuffing

- George Carlin

topic: Thanksgiving, Sarcastic, Sarcasm, Funny Thanksgiving Day, Christian Thanksgiving

There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.

- O. Henry

topic: Thanksgiving, One Day, Thanksgiving Day, Inspirational Thanksgiving, Funny Thanksgiving Day

But see, in our open clearings, how golden the melons lie; Enrich them with sweets and spices, and give us the pumpkin-pie!

- Margaret Junkin Preston

source: Margaret Junkin Preston (1887). “Colonial Ballads, Sonnets, and Other Verse”

topic: Sweet, Lying, Pie, Christian Thanksgiving, Melons

Coexistence: what the farmer does with the turkey - until Thanksgiving.

- Mike Connolly

topic: Turkeys, Doe, Funny Thanksgiving Day, Peaceful Coexistence, Christian Thanksgiving

The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!

- Henry Ward Beecher

topic: Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Optimistic, I Am Thankful, Thankful Heart

We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is good, because it is good; if bad, because it works in us patience, humility, contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country.

- C. S. Lewis

topic: Country, Humility, Giving, Christian Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Christian

On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.

- William Jennings Bryan

topic: Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day, Acknowledge, Inspirational Thanksgiving, Funny Thanksgiving Day

We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has ever grown.

- Abraham Lincoln

topic: Years, Numbers, Heaven, Christian Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Funny

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 else would they call it Thanksgiving?

- Erma Bombeck

topic: Food, Mean, Talking, Wishbones, Inspirational Thanksgiving

How wonderful it would be if we could help our children and grandchildren to learn thanksgiving at an early age. Thanksgiving opens the doors. It changes a child's personality. A child is resentful, negative, or thankful. Thankful children want to give, they radiate happiness, they draw people.

- John Templeton

topic: Thanksgiving, Children, Doors, Inspirational Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

- Charles Dickens

topic: Inspirational, Happiness, Thank You, Being Blessed, Inspirational Gratitude

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.

- Erma Bombeck

topic: Thanksgiving, Sports, Food, Inspirational Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day

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

topic: Motivational, Thanksgiving, Thankful, Inspirational Thanksgiving, Daily Gratitude

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

- Melody Beattie

source: Melody Beattie (2003). “The Language of Letting Go: A Meditation Book and Journal for Daily Reflections”, Hazelden Publishing

topic: Happiness, Thank You, Thanksgiving, Joy And Gratitude, I Am Thankful

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

topic: Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Kindness, Inspirational Thanksgiving, Funny Thanksgiving Day

It must be an odd feeling to be thankful to nobody in particular. Christians in public institutions often see this odd thing happening on Thanksgiving Day. Everyone in the institution seems to be thankful 'in general.' It's very strange. It's a little like being married in general.

- Cornelius Plantinga

source: Cornelius Plantinga (2001). “Beyond Doubt: Faith-Building Devotions on Questions Christians Ask”, p.52, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

topic: Christian, Funny Thanksgiving, Being Thankful, Funny Thanksgiving Day, Christian Thanksgiving

Thanks are the highest form of thought.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

topic: Thanks, Form, Being Blessed, Social Good, Joy And Gratitude

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

source: FaceBook post by Oprah Winfrey from Oct 03, 2011

topic: Positive, Thank You, Thankful, Concentrating, Spiritual Blessings

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

- William Arthur Ward

topic: Inspirational, Thanksgiving, Thank You, Social Good, Joy And Gratitude

Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often.

- Johnny Carson

topic: Thanksgiving, Holiday, Emotional, Day After Thanksgiving, Funny Thanksgiving Day

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 C. Barnes

topic: Thanksgiving, Thankful, Dark, Inspirational Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day

O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!

- William Shakespeare

topic: Happiness, Gratitude, Heart, Gratitude To God, Thankful Heart

Foolish talking and jesting are not the ways in which Christian cheerfulness should express itself, but rather "giving of thanks" (Eph. 5:4). Religion is the source of joy and gladness, but its joy is expressed in a religious way, in thanksgiving and praise.

- Charles Hodge

topic: Christian, Religious, Blessing, Christian Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Christian

A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably.

- John Bunyan

topic: Prayer, Thankfulness, Spirit, Christian Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Christian

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

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

topic: Friendship, Good Morning, Thank You, New Friendship, Life Love And Friendship

How can God entrust great things to one who will not thankfully receive from Him the little things?

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

topic: Littles, Little Things, Great Things, Christian Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Christian

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

- Henry Ward Beecher

topic: Heart, Blessing, Thankfulness, Being Blessed, Spiritual Gratitude

It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favors.

- George Washington

topic: Thanksgiving, Bible, God, Proclamation, Thanksgiving Day

Our knowledge of God is perfected by gratiitude: we are thankful and rejoice in the experience of the truth that He is love.

- Thomas Merton

source: Thomas Merton (2011). “Thoughts In Solitude”, p.46, Macmillan

topic: Thanksgiving, Knowledge Of God, Rejoice, Christian Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Christian

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

topic: Leadership, Teacher, Gratitude, Being Blessed, Joy And Gratitude

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

topic: Life, Thanksgiving, Grateful, Inspirational Thanksgiving, Funny Thanksgiving Day

An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.

- Irv Kupcinet

topic: Thanksgiving Day, Optimist, Persons, Optimism And Pessimism, Optimism In Life

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

- Charles Spurgeon

topic: Positive, Happiness, Attitude, Money Isn't Everything, Success Happiness

Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.

- Melody Beattie

topic: Gratitude, Meals, Turns, I Am Thankful, Spiritual Gratitude

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'

- William Arthur Ward

topic: Thanksgiving, Thank You, Gratitude, I Am Thankful, Spiritual Gratitude

Houses of Congress have . . . requested me to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging, with grateful hearts, the many signal favors of Almighty God.

- George Washington

source: George Washington (1837). “The Writings of George Washington: pt. V. Speeches and messages to Congress, proclamations, and addresses”, p.119

topic: Thanksgiving, God, Prayer, Proclamation, Thanksgiving Day

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

- John F. Kennedy

topic: Inspirational, Thank You, Thanksgiving, I Am Thankful, Inspirational Gratitude

WHEREAS it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favour; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint Committee, requested me "to recommend to the people of the United States a DAY OF PUBLICK THANKSGIVING and PRAYER, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness."

- George Washington

source: George Washington's first Presidential Thanksgiving Day proclamation, October 3, 1789.

topic: Thanksgiving, Prayer, Grateful, Proclamation, Christian Thanksgiving