- “Until you make peace with who your are, you will never be content with what you have.” ~Doris Mortman
- “If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, “thank you,” that would suffice.” ~Meister Eckhart
- “Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action.” ~W.J. Cameron
- “Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants.” ~Kevin James
- “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
- “Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise; be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the Lord is good…” ~Psalm 100:4, 5a
- “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 favor, 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 public 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.” Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be.” – George Washington (1789 – The institution of Thanksgiving as a national holiday)
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