The term 'Thanksgiving' not only
means expressing gratitude towards somebody but it also symbolizes the
wonderful feeling of giving thanks. Many scholars have realized the
richness of this term and therefore they have expressed their views on
'gratitude' or the 'thanksgiving' in the form of quotes and famous
sayings. The Thanksgiving Day is a perfect occasion to collect the
precious views or quotes of those scholars on the thanksgiving and to
share them with your family and friends. As these quotes can help you
express your views on thanksgiving as well. Here are some such
Thanksgiving quotes and quotations for you…
1. "It is therefore recommended ... to set apart Thursday
the eighteenth day of December next, for solemn thanksgiving and praise,
that with one heart and one voice the good people may express the
grateful feelings of their hearts and consecrate themselves to the
service of their divine benefactor ..."-November 1, 1777 (adopted
by the 13 states as the first official Thanksgiving Proclamation) ~
Samuel Adams
2. "It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the
providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his
benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor."-October
3, 1789b
3. "Gratitude is a lively sense of future favors."
~ Anonymous
4. "Gratitude, in most men, is only a strong and secret
hope of greater favors."~ La Rochefoucauld
5. "Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must
be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all."
~ William Faulkner
6. "Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not
find it among gross people." ~ Samuel Johnson
7. "If pity is akin to love, gratitude is akin to the other
thing." ~ George Bernard Shaw
8. "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that
the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."
~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy
9. "To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact
gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch
Heaven." ~ Johannes A. Gaertner
10. "Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the
parent of all the others." ~ Cicero
11. "Gratitude is the heart's memory." ~French
Proverb
12. "Who does not thank for little will not thank for much."
~ Estonian proverb
13. "Got no check books, got no banks. Still I'd like to
express my thanks - I got the sun in the mornin' and the moon at night."
~ Irving Berlin
14. "O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete
with thankfulness." ~ William Shakespeare
15. "God gave us our relatives; thank God we can choose our
friends." ~ Ethel Watts Mumford
16. "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
17. "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
18. "Once, when my feet were bare, and I had not the means
of obtaining shoes I came to the chief of Kufah in a state of much
dejection, and saw there a man who had no feet. I returned thanks to God
and acknowledged his mercies, and endured my want of shoes with
patience." ~ Sadi The Gulistan
  
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