Hello and Happy Thanksgiving!! I bet you're here because Thanksgiving is one of your favorite days of the year!
I've pulled together some favorite Thanksgiving messages, displayed on beautiful images. These Thanksgiving images were all photographed by me to celebrate the story of one of my podcast guests OR our my community crowdsourced episode. The Best Thanksgiving Podcast Ever is full of favorite Thanksgiving memories for you to enjoy while you cook or drive.
As you kick off the holiday season, I've organized these quotes into Thanksgiving blessings, thankful quotes, funny Thanksgiving quips, and so much more for you to share on social media or in an instagram caption.
But! If you want to display any of these quotes in your home, you can purchase them right here, from The Storied Recipe Print Shop. A great way to keep gratitude in your heart and in front of your eyes all season long!
Inspirational Thanksgiving Quotes
Reminding us that gratitude is the best way to create a wonderful day for ourselves.
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"If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share."
W. Clement Stone
"As we approach Thanksgiving; and as we experience it, and even after; I carefully maintain an attitude of gratitude. And, I have changed that old saying around from “give ‘til it hurts and now I tell myself, give ‘til it helps.'"
Maya Angelou
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“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 makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and
creates a vision for tomorrow.
Melanie Beatty
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"When I started counting my blessings,
my whole life turned around."
Willie Nelson
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but
the parent of all the others.
Marcus Tuillus Cicero
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“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 can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings. We cannot prescribe your joy. You must find that yourself."
William Arthur Ward
Pumpkin Pie Quotes
"What moistens the lip and what brightens the eye? What calls
back the past like the rich pumpkin pie?"
John Greenleaf Whittier
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"But see, in our open clearings, how golden the melons lie; Enrich them with sweets and spices, and give us the pumpkin-pie!"
Margaret Junkin Preston
"I suppose I will die never knowing what pumpkin pie tastes
like when you have room for it."
Robert Breault
Ep. 76 A Turkey
Fit for a Queen
Funny Thanksgiving Quotes
"The Thanksgiving tradition is, we overeat. 'Hey, how about at Thanksgiving we just eat a lot?' 'But we do that everyday!' 'Oh. What if we eat a lot with people that annoy the hell out of us.'"
Jim Gaffigan
“Thanksgiving dinners take 18 hours to prepare.
They are consumed in 12 minutes.
Half-times take 12 minutes.
This is not a coincidence.”
Erma Bombeck
“Thanksgiving Day, man—not a good day to be my pants.”
Kevin James
“Thanksgiving—when the people who are the most thankful
are the ones who didn’t have to cook."
Melanie White
"There's always something to be thankful for on Thanksgiving. Even if it's just not being a turkey."
Anonymous
BEST THANKSGIVING QUOTES
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"Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.”
A.A. Milne
"Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received.
Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.”
Henry Van Dyke
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"Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving."
W.T. Purkiser
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Thanksgiving Blessings
Tongue tied? Prayers to say at the dinner table.
We Thank Thee
by: Ralph Waldo Emerson
For flowers that bloom about our feet,
Father, we thank Thee.
For tender grass so fresh, so sweet,
Father, we thank Thee.
For the song of bird and hum of bee,
For all things fair we hear or see,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee.
For blue of stream and blue of sky,
Father, we thank Thee.
For pleasant shade of branches high,
Father, we thank Thee.
For fragrant air and cooling breeze,
For beauty of the blooming trees,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee.
For this new morning with its light,
Father, we thank Thee.
For rest and shelter of the night,
Father, we thank Thee
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Quotes About
Thanksgiving Dinner
Because good food is the cornerstone of every Thanksgiving.
"I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage."
Erma Brombeck
"Good mashed potato is one of the great luxuries of life."
Lindsey Bareham
"A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not
carving the turkey in the kitchen."
Kin Hubbard
The Best Thanksgiving Podcast Episode Ever
Quotes About Friends & Family Members on Thanksgiving
From the sweet to the funny.
"After a good dinner one can forgive anybody,
even one's own relatives."
Oscar Wilde
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"Family is not an important thing. It's everything."
Michael J. Fox
We may not have it all together, but together we have it all.
Unknown
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“The family is one of nature's masterpieces.”
George Santayana
“If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the eons, it’s that you can’t give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it.”
Rick Riordin
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“Having somewhere to go is home. Having someone to love is family. And having both is a blessing.”
Unknown
“Thanksgiving is a lot like Christmas, except you don’t get any presents for holding in your familial rage.”
Unknown
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"Thanksgiving is a time to count your blessings, one by one, as each relative goes home."
Melanie White
Thanksgiving Quotes
From Literature
Let gratitude be the pillow on which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome
evil and welcome good."
Maya Angelou
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."
Charles Dickens
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“Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.”
William Shakespeare
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
Marcel Proust
"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”
Thornton Wilder
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"I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder."
G.K. Chesteron
“My breath is sweet to me. O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment.”
Henry David Thoreau
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Rather, every image here tells the story of one of my podcast guests!
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Thanksgiving Bible Verses
and Hymns
“"All good things given and every perfect gift is from above,
coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is
no variation or shifting shadow."”
James 1:17
Give Thanks Song
Give thanks with a grateful heart
Give thanks to the Holy One
Give thanks because He's given
Jesus Christ, His Son
And now let the weak say, "I am strong"
Let the poor say, "I am rich"
Because of what the Lord has done for us
Give Thanks
Don Moen
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