Why does it take a National Holiday to remind us to express our gratitude for the little things?

In honor of the holiday and to put things in prospective, today I am sharing some verses and quotes of thanks with you.  Hope you enjoy them!

Frederick Keonig-

We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

E. P. Powell-

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.

Seneca-

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe-

If we meet someone who owes us thanks, we right away remember that. But how often do we meet someone to whom we owe thanks without remembering that?

W. T. Purkiser-

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

Henry Clay-

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones, which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.

Phillips Brooks-

Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feet. Believe in man. Soberly and with clear eyes, believe in your own time and place. There is not, and there never has been a better time, or a better place to live in.

E. P. Powell-

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.

Robert Casper Lintner-

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

Victor Hugo-

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do.

Johannes A. Gaertner-

To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.

Albert Pine-

What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon-

You say, ‘If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.’ You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled.

So,take time from work and mundane things.  Give thanks to all and Have a great holiday, shared with friends and family.

In the immortal words of William Shakespeare  “Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.”

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