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:
we can't be happy or healthy if we don't take care of our life support system, the planet.
All in heaven take joy in sharing their delights and blessings with others.
Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.
The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.
You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.