“Our harvest being gotten in, our Governor sent four men on fowling so that we might, after a special manner, rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our labors. They four in one day killed as much fowl as… served the company almost a week… Many of the Indians came amongst us and… their greatest King, Massasoit, with some ninety men, whom for three days we entertained and feasted; and they went out and killed five deer, which they brought… And although it be not always so plentiful as it was at this time with us, yet by the goodness of God we are…far from want.”
~ Edward Winslow, Plymouth, Massachusetts, December, 1621
Christian, Pilgrim
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues
~ Cicero
O Lord, that lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness.
~ William Shakespeare
The Pilgrims came to America not to accumulate riches but to worship God, and the greatest wealth they left unborn generations was their heroic example of sacrifice that their souls might be free.
~ Harry Moyle Tippett
Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow, A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves
~ Henry Ward Beecher
Measured by the standards of men of their time, [the Pilgrims] were the humble of the earth. Measured by later accomplishments, they were the mighty. In appearance weak and persecuted they came – rejected, despised – an insignificant band; in reality strong and independent, a mighty host of whom the world was not worthy destined to free mankind.
~ Calvin Coolidge
Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road.
~ Henry Ward Beecher
We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is “good,” because is it good, if “bad” because it works in us patience, humility, and the contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country.
~ C. S. Lewis
No people on earth have more cause to be thankful than ours, and this is said reverently, in no spirit of boastfulness in our own strength, but with the gratitude to the Giver of good who has blessed us.
~ Theodore Roosevelt
Thanksgiving, to be truly thanksgiving, is first thanks, then giving.
~ Unknown
In the old Anglo-Saxon, to be “thankful” meant to be “thinkful.” Thinking of one’s blessings should stir one to gratitude.
~ Unknown
This is the holy reasoning of love; it draws no license from grace, but rather feels the strong constraints of gratitude leading it to holiness.
~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon
O Thou Who has given us so much, mercifully grant us one more thing: a grateful heart.
~George Herbert
More Thanksgiving -related content on this blog:
Thanksgiving Bible Study
Thanksgiving devotional reading is here.
Last year’s collection of Thanksgiving quotes are here.
Thanksgiving “funnies” are here and A “Redneck Thanksgiving” is here.
Thanksgiving poems are here and More Thanksgiving Poems are here.
Join us for Kelli’s “Giving Thanks” event this week at There’s No Place Like Home.
And since I have thirteen quotes, I’ll include this for a Thursday Thirteen. 😀
(Top and bottom graphics are from Snapshots of Joy)
Those quotes are really nice, I haven’t read most of them!
You have shared lots of good info with the poems, devotional, funnies, etc. Thank you!
Katherine
Yellow Rose Arbor
Very well put together! Thanks so much! Happy Thanksgiving to you.
Those quotes are powerful. Thanks for gathering them together to remind of how important a humble, thankful heart is. Have a wonderful thanksgiving!
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Very well done. You did a lot of work putting this together and it shows. Have a blessed TT. 🙂
I like the one by George Herbert the best! Great list. Happy TT and hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving too.
Wonderful post, Barbara!!!!
Kelli
I love the George Herbert quote too.
Thanks for these quotes, Barbara. They’re wonderful! I especially appreciate C.S. Lewis’s — his insights that “good” fortune and “bad” fortune are both worthy of thanks, for very different reasons, of course. That God can bring good out of every circumstance is one of the greatest peace-givers I can imagine. Thanks so much for sharing these great thoughts 🙂
Neat list! I love quotes. And what inspiration to have them on such a great theme as Thanksgiving!?
A great site to get quotes from is ThinkExist…
http://www.thinkexist.com/
Nice Thanksgiving quotes. There were several on there that I liked. I especially liked the reading about the Thanksgiving at Plymouth Rock. 🙂
Excellent post!
Thank you for the blessing…..am using some for my ladies bible study devotion tomorrow. Will return to your blog again
Lovely quotes….and brings to mind what we should be remembering this time of year. Thanksgiving and Christmas are about the celebration of family, love, and thankfulness.
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Very well done.
These are really neat!
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Enjoyed this! Thanks!
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