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25 Quotes That Make The Most Incredible Thanksgiving Toasts

"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."

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Our friends from Country Living have some pretty wise words to share...

1

Robert Holden

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"The real gift of gratitude is that the more grateful you are, the more present you become."

2

Neale Donald Walsh

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"The struggle ends when gratitude begins."

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3

Melody Beattie

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Design: Megan Tatem

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life."

4

Anonymous

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Design: Megan Tatem

"When you love what you have, you have everything you need."

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5

John Wooden

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"Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out."

6

Ernest Hemingway

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"Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is."

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7

Meister Eckhart

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"If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough."

8

Frank A. Clark

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"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."

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9

William Arthur Ward

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

10

Theodore Roosevelt

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"Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds."

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11

Marcel Proust

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"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."

12

Neal A. Maxwell

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"We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count."

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13

Elbert Hubbard

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Katja Cho

"I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate."

14

Oscar Wilde

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Katja Cho

"After a good dinner, one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations."

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William Arthur Ward

Dish, Food, Cuisine, Ingredient, Comfort food, Baked goods, Breakfast, Dessert, Brunch, Scone,
Katja Cho

"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."

16

Seneca

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Katja Cho

"Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart."

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17

Thornton Wilder

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Katja Cho

"We can only be said to be alive in those moment when our hearts are conscious of our treasures."

18

Albert Einstein

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Katja Cho

"There are only two ways to live your live. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other as is though everything is a miracle."

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W.T. Purkiser

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Katja Cho

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

20

William Shakespeare

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Katja Cho

"Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast."

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