Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robin Williams

[when asked about what he was most thankful about]: Being alive. After heart surgery, you dig that part. Breath, family and friends are just amazing. Just to have a second shot is pretty great!

Wilma Mankiller

We celebrate Thanksgiving along with the rest of America, maybe in different ways and for different reasons. Despite everything that's happened to us since we fed the Pilgrims, we still have our language, our culture, our distinct social system. Even in a nuclear age, we still have a tribal people.

W. Clement Stone

If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.

William Arthur Ward

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings.

William Arthur Ward

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

William Tecumseh Sherman

If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.

Tony Snow

If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.

Willie Nelson

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.

Joseph Auslander

Dear Lord; we beg but one boon more: Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving.

Babette March

I came to New York with $500 and I had to live on that, but thankfully I was taken up by photographers quickly.

Trish Stratus

And I'm so thankful that I've been allowed to show another side of Trish.

William Shenstone

Thanks, oftenest obtrusive.

William Bennett

Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.

Robert South

The grateful person, being still the most severe exacter of himself, not only confesses, but proclaims, his debts.

Saint Basil

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship.

Saint Basil

He who plants kindness gathers love.

Wilkie Collins

I am (thank God) constitutionally superior to reason.

Rebecca Miller

I'm thankful that everyone got out safely. You always wonder how it's going to be if it ever happens.

Robert Creeley

God give you pardon from gratitude and other mild forms of servitude.

Richard Paul Evans

...for we are all amateurs at life, but if we do not focus too much on our mistakes, a miraculous picture emerges. And we learn that it's not the beauty of the image that warrants our gratitude--it's the chance to paint.

Richard Whately

The power of duly appreciating little things belongs to a great mind...

Richelle Mead

He smiled and tapped my nose. "Two thank-yous in as many days. I don't suppose I'll get to see any, uh, special gratitude?" I scoffed. "Nope. You'll just have to imagine it." He gave me a half-hug and released me. "Fair enough. But I have a good imagination.

Richard Baxter

Special mercy arouses more gratitude than universal mercy.

Travis Barker

I wanted to say thanks... and share my gratitude for everything I've been blessed with. Family, friends, and continued support from everyone.

William Rotsler

You cannot hold back a good laugh any more than you can the tide. Both are forces of nature.

William Safire

Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.

William Matthews

The difficulties, hardships and trials of life, the obstacles... are positive blessings. They knit the muscles more firmly, and teach self-reliance.