"Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings."
- William Arthur Ward
Gratitude
"This is part of what a family is about, not just love. It’s knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame. Not work."
- Mitch Albom
Family
"Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling."
- Henry Van Dyke
Gratitude
"Family is not an important thing. It’s everything."
- Michael J. Fox
Family
"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."
- Oprah Winfrey
Gratitude
"Be present in all things and thankful for all things."
- Maya Angelou
Gratitude
"What if, today, we were grateful for everything?"
- Charlie Brown
Gratitude
"I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual."
- Henry David Thoreau
Gratitude
"What greater blessing to give thanks for at a family gathering than the family and the gathering."
- Robert Brault
Family
"In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another’s good, and bearing one another’s burdens."
- Henry Ward Beecher
Family
"Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one."
- Jane Howard
Family
"You and I should count our blessings, but we should also make them count!"
- Neal A. Maxwell
Gratitude
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life."
- Melody Beattie
Gratitude
"Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot."
- Hansa Proverb
Gratitude
"If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share."
- W. Clement Stone
Gratitude
"Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other."
- Randy Pausch
Gratitude
"Wear gratitude like a cloak, and it will feed every corner of your life."
- Rumi
Gratitude
"Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind."
- Lionel Hampton
Gratitude
"A moment of gratitude makes a difference in your attitude."
- Bruce Wilkinson
Gratitude
"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."
- John F. Kennedy
Gratitude
"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others."
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
Gratitude
"When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place."
- C.S. Lewis
Gratitude
"Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Relationships
"We should just be thankful for being together. I think that’s what they mean by Thanksgiving, Charlie Brown."
- Marcie, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
Family
"Thanksgiving is the holiday that encompasses all others. All of them, from Martin Luther King Day to Arbor Day to Christmas to Valentine’s Day, are in one way or another about being thankful."
- Jonathan Safran Foer
Gratitude
"So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty."
- Haniel Long
Strength
"What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family."
- Mother Teresa
Love
"To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do."
- Victor Hugo
Gratitude
"I miss both of my parents terribly every day, but especially as we approach Thanksgiving. We always came together as a family for that holiday, playing capture the flag and touch football and laughing a lot."
- Mark Shriver
Family
"Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year because it reminds us to give thanks and to count our blessings."
- Rashida Jones
Gratitude
"Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family."
- Anthony Brandt
Family
"Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten."
- Lilo & Stitch
Family
"I sustain myself with the love of family."
- Maya Angelou
Family
"There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues … are created, strengthened and maintained."
- Winston Churchill
Family
"It didn’t matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it."
- Peter Buffett
Love
"You need to make time for your family no matter what happens in your life."
- Matthew Quick
Family
"We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count."
- Neal A. Maxwell
Gratitude
"When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around."
- Willie Nelson
Gratitude
"We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives."
- John F. Kennedy
Gratitude
"It’s a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack."
- Germany Kent
Gratitude
"Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity … it makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow."
- Melody Beattie
Gratitude
"Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."
- Marcel Proust
Gratitude
"Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving."
- Amy Grant
Gratitude
"Over and over I marvel at the blessings of my life: Each year has grown better than the last."
- Lawrence Welk
Gratitude
"Nothing is better than going home to family and eating good food and relaxing."
- Irina Shayk
Family
"That’s what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you’re not so lovable."
- Deb Caletti
Family
"Thanksgiving is a time to count your blessings, one by one, as each relative goes home."
- Melanie White
Gratitude
"After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations."
- Oscar Wilde
Family
"After a good dinner, one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations."
- Oscar Wilde
Family
"Thanksgiving is a time when the world gets to see just how blessed and how workable the Christian system is. The emphasis is not on giving or buying, but on being thankful and expressing that appreciation to God and to one another."
- John Clayton
Gratitude
"I suppose I will die never knowing what pumpkin pie tastes like when you have room for it."
- Robert Brault
Happiness
"Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song."
- Konrad von Gesner
Gratitude
"I like football. I find it's an exciting strategic game. It's a great way to avoid conversation with your family at Thanksgiving."
- Craig Ferguson
Family
"Pie makes everybody happy."
- Laurie Halse Anderson
Family
"Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence."
- Erma Bombeck
Gratitude
"Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving."
- Joseph Auslander
Peace
"Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action."
- W.J. Cameron
Gratitude
"Thanksgiving just gets me all warm and tingly and all kinds of wonderful inside."
- Willard Scott
Happiness
"There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American."
- O. Henry
Awareness
"Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude."
Gratitude
"We may not have it all together, but together, we have it all."
Gratitude
"Thanksgiving is a joyous invitation to shower the world with love and gratitude."
Gratitude
"Having somewhere to go is home. Having someone to love is family. Having both is a blessing."
Family
"Happy Thanksgiving. May the warm glow of autumn surround you as you celebrate the holiday with family & friends."
Family
"A thankful heart is the parent of all virtues. This Thanksgiving, may you give thanks for everything you are blessed with."
Gratitude
"Wishing you the happiness of good friends, the joy of a happy family, and the wonder of the holiday season. Have a memorable thanksgiving!"
Family
"My heart is filled with joy and gratitude because I have a friend like you. I wish you a happy Thanksgiving and a terrific holiday season!"
Gratitude
"May your blessings be multiplied this year and throughout all your life. Happy Thanksgiving wishes to you!"
Gratitude
"Happy Thanksgiving. Here’s hoping that whatever you do today brings you delight from morning until night. May the holiday bring you nothing but wonderful things in abundance."
Gratitude
"Happy Thanksgiving. May the holiday bring you good things in abundance that stay with you all year long."
Gratitude
"Have a Happy Thanksgiving! Hoping your Thanksgiving is filled with blessings and joy!"
Gratitude
"There have been times when I forgot to thank you for being there for me. I take this day to tell you how special you are and how great my life has become because of you. Have a memorable Thanksgiving!"
Gratitude
"Thanksgiving wishes from across the miles from our house to yours. May your home be filled with laughter and happiness!"
Family
"Whatever is beautiful, whatever is meaningful, whatever brings you happiness, may it be yours this holiday season and throughout the coming year!"
Gratitude
"May all the good things of life be yours, not only on this day but throughout the coming year."
Gratitude
"Wishing you a harvest of blessings, good health and good times."
Gratitude
"There are so many things I am thankful for this year, but at the very top of that list is you. Wishing you a wonderful holiday filled with the warmth and happiness of the season."
Gratitude
"May you celebrate the thanksgiving day with love in your heart, prosperous vision in your mind, and gratitude in your being. Thanksgiving wishes to everyone!"
Gratitude
"May our hearts always find solace in one another, and may our love continue to grow stronger with each passing year."
- Unknown
Family
"Here's to the memories we've made and the many more we'll create together as a family."
- Unknown
Family
"To our family, whose love and support have carried us through life's challenges and triumphs."
- Unknown
Family
"Today and every day, I am thankful for you."
Gratitude
"Sending you wishes for abundance in all things that matter."
Gratitude
"Warmest wishes for a peaceful celebration this year."
Gratitude
"Wishing you and your family a bountiful holiday."
Family
"Hope you have a restful and restorative Thanksgiving break."
Well-being