Quotes about thanksgiving
thanksgiving gratitude dark
Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude! Henry Ward Beecher
thanksgiving gratitude heart
The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
thanksgiving praise turkey-day
Praise God even when you don't understand what He is doing.
thanksgiving thankful appreciation
Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart. Henry Clay
thanksgiving kids elbows
It's like being at the kids' table at Thanksgiving - you can put your elbows on it, you don't have to talk politics... no matter how old I get, there's always a part of me that's sitting there. John Hughes
thanksgiving holiday rewards
Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday...The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production. Ayn Rand
thanksgiving thank-god may
Anything I cannot thank God for for the sake of Christ, I may not thank God for at all; to do so would be sin. ... We cannot rightly acknowledge the gifts of God unless we acknowledge the Mediator for whose sake alone they are given to us. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
thanksgiving self desire
If there is no element of asceticism in our lives, if we give free rein to the desires of the flesh (taking care of course to keep within the limits of what seems permissible to the world), we shall find it hard to train for the service of Christ. When the flesh is satisfied it is hard to pray with cheerfulness or to devote oneself to a life of service which calls for much self-renunciation.
thanksgiving gratitude being-thankful
Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things. Horace
thanksgiving sauce refreshments
I originate from a family where sauce is viewed as a refreshment. Erma Bombeck
thanksgiving food mean
What we're really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?
thanksgiving sports football
Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.
thanksgiving song flower
For three things I thank God every day of my life: thanks that he has vouchsafed me knowledge of his works; deep thanks that he has set in my darkness the lamp of faith; deep, deepest thanks that I have another life to look forward to--a life joyous with light and flowers and heavenly song. Helen Keller
thanksgiving gratitude prayer
A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
thanksgiving gratitude heart
God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart. Izaak Walton
thanksgiving moments praise
We ought to make the moments notes Of happy glad Thanksgiving; The hours and days, a silent praise Of music we are living. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
thanksgiving offering feelings
We have so much, yet many Americans feel dissatisfied. Somehow the full table, symbol of abundance to the pilgrims, is not enough. We yearn for something far beyond the material satisfaction. Find your place in history this Thanksgiving by stretching beyond your table. Celebrate your survival by offering peace and sharing with your neighbors. Make the shift from in illogical feeling of lack to the recognition of abundance. Invite the Spirit to your feast, and prepare to feed the world. Jennifer James
thanksgiving sacrifice kuwait
As governor, when I visited our troops in Kuwait and Iraq, I served them Thanksgiving dinner. It was a small gesture compared to their sacrifice. Jennifer Granholm
thanksgiving men soul
Numberless marks does man bear in his soul, that he is fallen and estranged from God; but nothing gives a greater proof thereof, than that backwardness, which every one finds within himself, to the duty of praise and thanksgiving. George Whitefield
thanksgiving country memorial-day
The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude. Jeff Miller
thanksgiving son light
I pray for you, that all your misgivings will be melted to thanksgivings. Remember that the shadow a thing casts often far exceeds the size of the thing itself (especially if the light be low on the horizon) and though some future fear may strut brave darkness as you approach, the thing itself will be but a speck when seen from beyond. Oh that He would restore us often with that 'aspect from beyond,' to see a thing as He sees it, to remember that He dealeth with us as with sons. Jim Elliot
thanksgiving gorges hey
The Thanksgiving tradition is, we gorge. Hey, what about at Thanksgiving we simply consume a considerable measure? However we do that consistently! Goodness. Imagine a scenario where we consume a ton with individuals who pester the heck out of us. Jim Gaffigan
thanksgiving people what-if
Oh. What if we eat a lot with people that annoy the hell out of us?
thanksgiving people drunk
Thanksgiving. It's like we didn't even try to come up with a tradition. The tradition is, we overeat. 'Hey, how about at Thanksgiving we just eat a lot?' 'But we do that every day!' 'Oh. What if we eat a lot with people that annoy the hell out of us?'
thanksgiving regret blessed
I don't regret what I've been through. I've had ups and downs, super highs and some really low lows. I've been so blessed that I could never say, 'I wish this didn't happen.' It's part of who I am. There's nothing in my life that's so ugh. Jennifer Lopez
thanksgiving rich clean
As much as I love crisp, clean whites, there's always a time for rich but balanced Chardonnays with oak, especially at Thanksgiving. Gary Vaynerchuk
thanksgiving thankful gratitude
When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep? George Canning
thanksgiving god prayer
Houses of Congress have . . . requested me to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging, with grateful hearts, the many signal favors of Almighty God. George Washington
thanksgiving people thursday
Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be.
thanksgiving presidential duty-to-god
It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God.
thanksgiving wise grateful
It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God,. to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits , and humbly to implore his protection and favor... beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions; to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed
thanksgiving prayer grateful
Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor, and Whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee 78 requested me "to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanks-giving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.
thanksgiving being-thankful important
Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it. Franz Grillparzer