Idea Book
Thanksgiving

Forever on Thanksgiving Day the heart will find the way home  Wilbur D. Nesbit

Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action  W.J. Cameron

Heap high the board with plenteous cheer and gather to the feast, and toast the sturdy pilgrim band whose courage never ceased  Alice Brotherton

He who thanks but with the lips thanks but in part
The full, the true Thanksgiving comes from the heart
 J.A. Shedd

We gather at the table to pray, giving thanks for our blessings on Thanksgiving Day  unknown

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

On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence  William Jennings Bryan

So once in every year we throng
Upon a day apart,
To praise the Lord with feast and song
In thankfulness of the heart
 Arthur Guiterman

What we're really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets.  I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?  Erma Bombeck

Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude  E.P. Powell

Thanksgiving is the holiday of peace, the celebration of work and the simple life...a true folk-festival that speaks the poetry of the turn of the seasons, the beauty of seedtime and harvest, the ripe product of the year - and the deep, deep connection of all these things with God  Ray Stannard Baker