We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.

A basic law: the more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.

I make a fabulous tofurkey for Thanksgiving. My Mexican-Italian family can't tell the difference.

I'm from Canada, so Thanksgiving to me is just Thursday with more food. And I'm thankful for that.

If you say I'm great, thank you very much. But I know what I am. I could be better, man, you know?

Sharing in God's blessings is at the heart of Thanksgiving and at the core of the American spirit.

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.

May your heart be an altar, from which the bright flame of unending thanksgiving ascends to heaven.

Thanksgiving is a season that is very much in accord with the themes and teachings of Jesus Christ.

We would worry less if we praised more. Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction.

For Thanksgiving we have to make a Tofurkey! It doesn't sound right! It's gonna be jiggly and weird.

What moistens the lip and what brightens the eye? What calls back the past like the rich pumpkin pie?

It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.

The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.

I think Thanksgiving is the perfect occasion to break open a buttery, oaky Chardonnay from California.

Perhaps no custom reveals our character as a Nation so clearly as our celebration of Thanksgiving Day.

Being an Ethiopian-born, Swedish-raised chef, there's nothing traditional about my Thanksgiving spread.

I would love four children because I have a very small family, so I want those big Thanksgiving dinners.

Even though we're a week and a half away from Thanksgiving, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

My fondest memories are generally the day after Thanksgiving. I get the total decorating Christmas itch.

Turkeys are misunderstood. Once I adopted turkeys, I understood this large bird to be a great companion.

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.

Halloween is fun, but it wasn't always my favorite holiday. I think Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.

On Thanksgiving Night, 1942, when I was fifteen years old, white racists burned our house to the ground.

The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

It's so warm now, and Thanksgiving came so early - is it just me, or does it not really feel like Ramadan?

The turkeys that most Americans eat for Thanksgiving are turkeys - losers that are mass produced and bland.

I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.

He who thanks but with the lips. Thanks but in part; the full, the true Thanksgiving. Comes from the heart.

God wants my life to be about being successful and being happy and blessing other people and being blessed.

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

Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give.

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.

It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.

Thank you to all for your prayers and good wishes. It gave me the strength to persevere and warmed my heart.

... because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.

Homemade stuffing is my favorite thing about Thanksgiving. I wish people served it more than just once a year.

In the moments we are awake to the wonder of simply being alive, gratitude flows, no matter our circumstances.

When we grow careless of keeping our souls, then God recovers our taste of good things again by sharp crosses.

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.

It's so simple to create a delicious holiday meal without animal cruelty. I promise no one will miss the turkey!

Thanksgiving-giving thanks in everything-prepares the way that God might show us His fullest salvation in Christ.

I do think that Thanksgiving is a very nice holiday because it's all about saying thank you; it's being thankful.

So once in every year we throng Upon a day apart, to praise the Lord with feast and song in thankfulness of heart.

There is no Thanksgiving back in the old country where I come from. You know why? Because being thankful is a sin.

Thanksgiving, when the Indians said, "Well, this has been fun, but we know you have a long voyage back to England".

Not to sound too much like Christopher Guest in 'Waiting for Guffman,' but on Thanksgiving you're putting on a show!

Thanksgiving is nothing if not a glad and reverent lifting of the heart to God in honor and praise for His goodness.

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