#thanksgiving

Pride slays thanksgiving, but a 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

#gets #grateful #grow #humble #man

There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday. ↗

— John Clayton

#christian #comes #distant #ethnic #holiday

As governor, when I visited our troops in Kuwait and Iraq, I served them Thanksgiving dinner. It was a small gesture compared to their sacrifice. ↗

— Jennifer M. Granholm

#dinner #gesture #governor #i #iraq

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it. ↗

— Franz Grillparzer

#be thankful #drink #host #important #insignificant

It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day. ↗

— Marilu Henner

#american #average #average american #between #common

There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American. ↗

— O. Henry

#american #day #one day #ours #purely

A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen. ↗

— Kin Hubbard

#carving #days #kitchen #lot #ruined

It's like being at the kids' table at Thanksgiving - you can put your elbows on it, you don't have to talk politics... no matter how old I get, there's always a part of me that's sitting there. ↗

— John Hughes

#being #elbows #get #how #i

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. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#about #enough #give #go #goes

My whole problem is that all of my favorite things at Thanksgiving are the starches, and everyone is trying to go low-carb this year, even a green vegetable has carbs in it. ↗

— Ted Allen

#even #everyone #favorite #favorite things #go