35 Quotes About Thanksgiving to Inspire Gratitude Ahead of the Holiday (2024)

"Be thankful for everything that happens in your life; it’s all an experience."

—Roy T. Bennett

“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

“Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving."

—Amy Grant

“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.”

— William Arthur Ward

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

— Oprah Winfrey

“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.”

— Henry David Thoreau

“Good mashed potato is one of the great luxuries in life.”

— Lindsey Bareham

“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

“Gratitude, help us to see what is there instead of what isn't.”

— Annette Bridges

“If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.”

— Frank A. Clark

“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

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

— Nora Ephron

“If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily.”

— Gerald Good

“I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.”

— Erma Bombeck

“Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude.”

— Nigel Hamilton

“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

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

— Rumi

“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

“Thankfulness is the quickest path to joy.”

— Jefferson Bethke