10 Festive Thanksgiving Quotes to Spread Gratitude This Season

Let us all take a moment to reflect on what this season truly means.

Happy Thanksgiving!

“In November, people are good to each other. They carry pies to each other’s homes and talk by crackling woodstoves, sipping mellow cider. They travel very far on a special November day just to share a meal with one another and to give thanks for their many blessings.”— Cynthia Rylant

Food & Family

“I love Thanksgiving because it’s a holiday that is centered around food and family, two things that are of utmost importance to me.”— Marcus Samuelsson

Gratitude

“Gratitude, help us to see what is there instead of what isn’t.”— Annette Bridges

Give Thanks

“Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot.”— Hansa Prover

Live By Your Words

“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

Gilmore Girls

“It’s not too much food. This is what we’ve been training for our whole lives. This is our destiny, this is our finest hour.”– Lorelai Gilmore

Maya Angelou

“Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer.”—Maya Angelou

An Abundant Feast

“The turkey. The sweet potatoes. The stuffing. The pumpkin pie. Is there anything else we all can agree so vehemently about?”— Nora Ephron

Gratitude & Thankfullness

“Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.”— Henry Van Dyke

Make Your Soul Blossom

“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy. They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”— Marcel Proust

Increased Bounty

“I started out giving thanks for small things, and the more thankful I became, the more my bounty increased.”— Oprah Winfrey

Mindset

“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

Togetherness

“Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude.”— Nigel Hamilton

Plentiful Harvest

“The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.”— William Blake

Path To Joy

“Thankfulness is the quickest path to joy.”— Jefferson Bethke

Feed Every Corner

“Wear gratitude like a cloak, and it will feed every corner of your life.”— Rumi