For flowers that bloom about our feet; For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet; For song of bird, and hum of bee; For all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee!
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

How wonderful it would be if we could help our children and grandchildren to learn thanksgiving at an early age. Thanksgiving opens the doors. It changes a child’s personality. A child is resentful, negative-or thankful. Thankful children want to give, they radiate happiness, they draw people.
- Sir John Templeton

Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude.
- E.P. Powell

Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is one of the only holidays celebrated by just about everyone in America..It is celebrated with lot of fervor and euphoria on the fourth Thursday in the month of November. For the people in US Thanksgiving is a time for merrymaking, shopping, family reunion, feasts and family dinners.There are already innumerable quotes and sayings by famous personalities, signifying the importance of thanksgiving.Here is a selection of great Thanksgiving quotes.Relish these quotes on Thanksgiving Day and enjoy the spirit of the occasion.

Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow.
-Edward Sandford Martin

For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night. For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

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

— Elbert Hubbard

Ah! on Thanksgiving day….    When the care-wearied man seeks his mother once more,    And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before.    What moistens the lips and what brightens the eye?    What calls back the past, like the rich pumpkin pie?       

-John Greenleaf Whittier
For flowers that bloom about our feet; For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet; For song of bird, and hum of bee; For all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee!
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Remember God’s bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude!
-Henry Ward Beecher

May your stuffing be tasty, May your turkey plump, May your potatoes and gravy Have nary a lump. May your yams be delicious And your pies take the prize, And may your Thanksgiving dinner Stay off your thighs!
-Author Unknown

We can always find something to be thankful for, no matter what may be the burden of our wants, or the special subject of our petitions.
-Albert Barnes

Some people complain because God put thorns on roses,while others praise Him for putting roses among thorns.
-Anonymous

True thanksgiving means that we need to thank God for what He has done for us, and not to tell Him what we have done for Him.
-George R. Hendrick

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise; be thankful unto him,
and bless his name. For the Lord is good…
-Psalm 100:4, 5a

For flowers that bloom about our feet;
For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;
For song of bird, and hum of bee;
For all things fair we hear or see,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee!
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Without Thy sunshine and Thy rain
We could not have the golden grain;
Without Thy love we’d not be fed;
We thank Thee for our daily bread.
-Anonymous