Thanks Quotes

There are no thanks for a kindness, which has been delayed.

Anonymous

When one is grateful for something too good for common thanks, writing is less unsatisfactory than speech - One does not, at least, hear how inadequate the words are.

George Eliot

The Puritans gave thanks for being preserved from the Indians, and we give thanks for being preserved from the Puritans.

Finley Peter Dunne

My mother is such a lousy cook that Thanksgiving at her house is a time of sorrow.

Rita Rudne

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

Albert Schweitze

Our friendships are precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part is sunshine.

Thomas Jefferson

Thanksgiving Day is a day devoted by persons with inflammatory rheumatism to thanking a loving Father that it is not hydrophobia.

H. L. Mencken

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Contemporary American children, if they are old enough to grasp the concept of Santa Claus by Thanksgiving, are able to see through it by December 15th.

Roy Blount Jr.

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.

Brian Tracy

Sorry for the disaster. And thanks for your patience!

Chris Thyberg

On Thanksgiving Day all over America, families sit down to dinner at the same moment - Halftime.

Unknown

Thanks to his constant habit of shaking the bottle in which life handed him the wine of experience, he presently found the taste of the lees rising as usual into his draught.

Henry James, "The Ambassadors", Book Fourth, Chapter 2

If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself. Minquass.

American Indian Prove

Seeing our Father in everything makes life one long thanksgiving and gives rest of the heart.

Hannah Whitall Smith

Thanks to TV and for the convenience of TV, you can only be one of two kinds of human beings, either a liberal or a conservative.

Kurt Vonnegut, "Cold Turkey", In These Times, May 10, 2004

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.

Thomas Jefferson

The fact remains that the overwhelming majority of people who have become wealthy have become so thanks to work they found profoundly absorbing. The long term study of people who eventually became wealthy clearly reveals that their luck arose from accidental dedication they had to an arena they enjoyed.

Srully Blotnick

For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be, yes.

Dag Hammarskjold

Rejoice evermore. In every thing give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Thessalonians 516, 18 Bible

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Little Girl No thanks, I take it black, like my men.

Airplane

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.

Kahlil Gibran

Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good His love and His kindness go on forever.

1 Chronicles 1634 TLB Bible