Happiness will never be found in the spirit of every man for him self.
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:
I don't miss my youth. I'm glad I had one, but I wouldn't like to start over.
Every discord is a harmony not understood. Happiness is a disease, and pain, a medicine.
The happiness consists in realizing that it is all a great strange dream.
He belonged to a respectable family and I wanted him to continue to belong there.
You can allow any real—or merely perceived—flaw to diminish your happiness.
Your heart should not fret over this. [...] Let your heart be glad over.
Take what you can have. Rejoice in what you can save, and do not mourn your losses too long.