No one possesses unalloyed pleasure; there is some anxiety mingled with the joy.
Thanksgiving Quotes
This page is not a collection of Thanksgiving writing. It is made from three others, gratitude, family and happiness, and sorted by quality. A handful of entries mention the holiday itself, from writers as different as Harriet Beecher Stowe, the poet John Keble, Will Carleton, Patton Oswalt and Ted Nugent.
Most of what you will see is general, and it makes good table talk, with more sentiment than usual and less irony. Glance at the flag and the source before you print one on a place card.
Most quoted on thanksgiving:
Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
Do not fall prey to seeking pure happiness. Instead, seek lifelong progress toward happierness.
What is there given by the gods more desirable than a happy hour?
No eye to watch, and no tongue to wound us
All earth forgot, and all heaven around us.
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.
When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.
Those views of life which deify pleasure are less likely to yield it.