“Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.”
"You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4th, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism."
- Erma Bombeck
Love
"When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' It is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway."
- Erma Bombeck
Awareness
"Worry is like a rocking chair: It gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere."
- Erma Bombeck
Awareness
"There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt."
- Erma Bombeck
Awareness
"Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation’s compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain loving one another."
- Erma Bombeck
Compassion
"When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love."
- Marcus Aurelius
Gratitude
"To get happier, try gratitude, giving back, savoring, encouraging your optimism, and celebrating progress."
- Jonathan Harnum
Gratitude
"Be thankful for everything that happens in your life; it’s all an experience."
- Roy T. Bennett
Gratitude
"Sometimes the little things in life mean the most."
- Ellen Hopkins
Gratitude
"The two words that will change your life are 'thank you'. Like a candle that can light a thousand more without shortening its own life, appreciation is a gift that, when given, can set the whole world aglow."
- Stacey Lee
Gratitude