30 Thanksgiving Quotes To Make You Feel Grateful

Thanksgiving day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States. The holiday originated in 1621 as a harvest festival celebrated by Pilgrims after a successful growing season. It has been celebrated nationally since 1789, when George Washington declared Thursday, November 26, a Thanksgiving holiday.

While Thanksgiving day is celebrated in the United States, we should all take the time more often to be thankful and grateful for all of the blessings in our lives.

I think that the following collection of Thanksgiving quotes perfectly capture the true meaning of the holiday; a time of giving thanks, feeling grateful, and enjoying the special time spent with friends and family.

1. We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives. – John F. Kennedy

2. Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

3. The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart. – Helen Keller

4. Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out. – John Wooden

5. What if, today, we were grateful for everything? – Charlie Brown

6. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year because it reminds us to give thanks and to count our blessings. Suddenly, so many things become so little when we realize how blessed and lucky we are. – Joyce Giraud

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

8. 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

9. The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. – William Blake

10. There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way. – Jim Rohn

11. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow. – Melody Beattie

12. When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around. – Willie Nelson

13. Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. – William Arthur Ward

14. There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. – Albert Einstein

15. If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. – Meister Eckhart

16. The more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for. – Norman Vincent Peale

17. Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other. – Randy Pausch

18. Give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation. – Brian Tracy

19. Gratitude is one of the most powerful human emotions. Once expressed, it changes attitude, brightens outlook, and broadens our perspective. – Germany Kent

20. There is always, always, always something to be thankful for.

21. Even in the trials of life, if we have eyes to see them, we can find good things everywhere we look. – Joanna Gaines

22. Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. – Eckhart Tolle

23. What I love about Thanksgiving is that it’s purely about getting together with friends or family and enjoying food. It’s really for everybody, and it doesn’t matter where you’re from. – Daniel Humm

24. A moment of gratitude makes a difference in your attitude. – Bruce Wilkinson

25. Wear gratitude like a cloak, and it will feed every corner of your life. – Rumi

26. We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count. – Neal A. Maxwell

27. Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude. – Nigel Hamilton

28. No matter what the situation is…close your eyes and think of all the things in your life you could be grateful for right now. – Deepak Chopra

29. Give thanks not just on Thanksgiving Day, but every day of your life. Appreciate and never take for granted all that you have. – Catherine Pulsifer

30. Be kind, be thoughtful, be genuine but most of all be thankful.

I hope that you enjoyed reading this wonderful collection of Thanksgiving Quotes.