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"Thanksgiving
Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do
not take the day, and leave out the gratitude."
-E.P. Powell 
"So
once in every year we throng
Upon a day apart,
To praise the Lord with feast
and song
In thankfulness of heart."
-Arthur
Guiterman, The First Thanksgiving
"As
we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is
not to utter words, but to live by them." -John
Fitzgerald Kennedy
"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
"He
who thanks but with the lips
Thanks but in part;
The full, the true Thanksgiving
Comes
from the heart." -J.A.
Shedd
"Thanksgiving
Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as
the heart of gratitude will allow." -Edward
Sandford Martin
"For
flowers that bloom about our feet;
For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;
For
song of bird, and hum of bee;
For all things fair we hear or see,
Father
in heaven, we thank Thee!" -Ralph
Waldo Emerson
"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
“Praise God even when you don’t understand what He is doing.” [Henry
Jacobsen]
"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]
"Without
Thy sunshine and Thy rain
We could not have the golden grain;
Without Thy
love we'd not be fed;
We thank Thee for our daily bread." [Anonymous]
"If
you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life
mightily." [Gerald
Good]
Do not get tired of doing what is good.
Don't get discouraged and give up,
For we will reap a harvest of blessing at the appropriate time.
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