Famous Quotes & Sayings

Melody Beattie

Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.

Mark Burnett

When I see someone in a military uniform I make it a point to approach them, shake their hand and say five words... 'thank you for your service.' 'Stars Earn Stripes' is a high energy, fun, action show, but at its heart it is all about those five words.

Marie Lu

You must be as thrilled as I am to meet again.Call it an act of extreme kindness that I requested your leg be bandaged up," she snaps. "I want to see you stand for your execution,and I won't have you dying from infection before I'm through with you." "Thanks.You're very kind.

Theodore Roosevelt

Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds.

Theodore Roosevelt

No people on earth have more cause to be thankful than ours, and this is said reverently, in no spirit of boastfulness in our own strength, but with the gratitude to the Giver of good who has blessed us.

Kin Hubbard

A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen.

Michael Symon

I don't think any other holiday embraces the food of the Midwest quite like Thanksgiving. There's roasted meat and mashed potatoes. But being here is also about heritage. Cleveland is really a giant melting pot - not only is my family a melting pot, but so is the city.

Marcel Proust

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy.

Joseph Auslander

Dear Lord; we beg but one boon more: Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

I give thanks to my Creator for this wonderful life where each of us has the opportunity to learn lessons we could not fully comprehend by any other means.

Joseph Addison

If gratitude, when exerted towards another, naturally produces a very pleasing sensation in the mind of a grateful man, it exalts the soul into rapture when it is employed on this great object of gratitude to the beneficent Being who has given us everything we already possess, and from whom we expect everything we yet hope for.

Joseph Addison

There is not a more pleasante exercise of the mind than gratitude.

John Taylor

And though I ebb in worth, I'll flow in thanks.

John Sununu

Office holders are a self-selected group; you don't get elected if you don't put your name on the ballot. There are many people who would do a great job, but who would never think to run. Find them. Badger them. Get them elected. They might not thank you for it, but a lot of other people will.

James K. Polk

Thank God, under our Constitution there was no connection between church and state.

James Russell Lowell

The gift without the giver is rare.

James Russell Lowell

Not what we give, but what we share, for the gift without the giver is bare.

James Harden

I just want to thank God for everything he has done in my life.

Friedrich Schiller

A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.

Harvey Mackay

None of us got to where we are alone. Whether the assistance we received was obvious or subtle, acknowledging someone's help is a big part of understanding the importance of saying thank you.

Jacques Maritain

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

Henry B. Eyring

With one eye on today's blessings you will have more staying power for the distant goal.

Henry B. Eyring

You could have an experience with the gift of the Holy Ghost today. You could begin a private prayer with thanks. You could start to count your blessings, and then pause for a moment. If you exercise faith, and with the gift of the Holy Ghost, you will find that memories of other blessings will flood into your mind. If you begin to express gratitude for each of them, your prayer may take a little longer than usual. Remembrance will come. And so will gratitude.

Helen Hunt

You have five seconds to enjoy it and then you remember who you didn't thank.

Henry David Thoreau

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite - only a sense of existence. Well, anything for variety. I am ready to try this for the next ten thousand years, and exhaust it. How sweet to think of! my extremities well charred, and my intellectual part too, so that there is no danger of worm or rot for a long while. My breath is sweet to me. O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment.

Henry David Thoreau

O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment.

John Adams

Thanks to God that he gave me stubborness when I know I am right.

Elle Macpherson

Having children is my greatest achievement. It was my saviour. It switched my focus from the outside to the inside. My children are gifts, they remind me of what's important.

Eric Hoffer

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

Ennio Morricone

I was offered a free villa in Hollywood, but I said no thank you, I prefer to live in Italy.

Emo Philips

I'm not as good a swimmer as I used to be - thanks to evolution.

James Allen

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Almighty God, who hast given us this good land for our heritage; We humbly beseech Thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of Thy favor and glad to do Thy will.