Heartwarming Family Inspirational Happy Thanksgiving Quotes to Cherish

"Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings."

- William Arthur Ward

"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

"Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling."

- Henry van Dyke

"Family is not an important thing. It’s everything."

- Michael J. Fox

"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

"Be present in all things and thankful for all things."

- Maya Angelou

"What if, today, we were grateful for everything?"

- Charlie Brown

"I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual."

- Henry David Thoreau

"What greater blessing to give thanks for at a family gathering than the family and the gathering."

- Robert Brault

"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

"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

"You and I should count our blessings, but we should also make them count!"

- Neal A. Maxwell

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life."

- Melody Beattie

"Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot."

- Hansa Proverb

"If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share."

- W. Clement Stone

"Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other."

- Randy Pausch

"Wear gratitude like a cloak, and it will feed every corner of your life."

- Rumi

"Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind."

- Lionel Hampton

"A moment of gratitude makes a difference in your attitude."

- Bruce Wilkinson

"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 is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others."

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

"When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place."

- C.S. Lewis

"Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"We should just be thankful for being together. I think that’s what they mean by Thanksgiving, Charlie Brown."

- Marcie, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

"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

"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

"What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family."

- Mother Teresa

"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

"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

"Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year because it reminds us to give thanks and to count our blessings."

- Rashida Jones

"Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family."

- Anthony Brandt

"Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten."

- Lilo & Stitch

"I sustain myself with the love of family."

- Maya Angelou

"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

"It didn’t matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it."

- Peter Buffett

"You need to make time for your family no matter what happens in your life."

- Matthew Quick

"We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count."

- Neal A. Maxwell

"When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around."

- Willie Nelson

"We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives."

- John F. Kennedy

"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 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

"Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."

- Marcel Proust

"Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving."

- Amy Grant

"Over and over I marvel at the blessings of my life: Each year has grown better than the last."

- Lawrence Welk

"Nothing is better than going home to family and eating good food and relaxing."

- Irina Shayk

"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

"Thanksgiving is a time to count your blessings, one by one, as each relative goes home."

- Melanie White

"After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations."

- Oscar Wilde

"After a good dinner, one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations."

- Oscar Wilde

"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

"I suppose I will die never knowing what pumpkin pie tastes like when you have room for it."

- Robert Brault

"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

"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

"Pie makes everybody happy."

- Laurie Halse Anderson

"Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence."

- Erma Bombeck

"Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving."

- Joseph Auslander

"Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action."

- W.J. Cameron

"Thanksgiving just gets me all warm and tingly and all kinds of wonderful inside."

- Willard Scott

"There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American."

- O. Henry

"Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude."

"We may not have it all together, but together, we have it all."

"Thanksgiving is a joyous invitation to shower the world with love and gratitude."

"Having somewhere to go is home. Having someone to love is family. Having both is a blessing."

"Happy Thanksgiving. May the warm glow of autumn surround you as you celebrate the holiday with family & friends."

"A thankful heart is the parent of all virtues. This Thanksgiving, may you give thanks for everything you are blessed with."

"Wishing you the happiness of good friends, the joy of a happy family, and the wonder of the holiday season. Have a memorable thanksgiving!"

"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!"

"May your blessings be multiplied this year and throughout all your life. Happy Thanksgiving wishes to you!"

"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."

"Happy Thanksgiving. May the holiday bring you good things in abundance that stay with you all year long."

"Have a Happy Thanksgiving! Hoping your Thanksgiving is filled with blessings and joy!"

"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!"

"Thanksgiving wishes from across the miles from our house to yours. May your home be filled with laughter and happiness!"

"Whatever is beautiful, whatever is meaningful, whatever brings you happiness, may it be yours this holiday season and throughout the coming year!"

"May all the good things of life be yours, not only on this day but throughout the coming year."

"Wishing you a harvest of blessings, good health and good times."

"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."

"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!"

"May our hearts always find solace in one another, and may our love continue to grow stronger with each passing year."

- Unknown

"Here's to the memories we've made and the many more we'll create together as a family."

- Unknown

"To our family, whose love and support have carried us through life's challenges and triumphs."

- Unknown

"Today and every day, I am thankful for you."

"Sending you wishes for abundance in all things that matter."

"Warmest wishes for a peaceful celebration this year."

"Wishing you and your family a bountiful holiday."

"Hope you have a restful and restorative Thanksgiving break."