82 Happy Thanksgiving Quotes to Toast to Gratitude and Gathering
Express the thankfulness in your heart by sharing these warm words with family and friends.
The season of Thanksgiving is officially here. But as you think about Thanksgiving greetings to send to family and friends or, perhaps, prepare a toast to share at your gathering, the right words can elude you. What to do? Say it with a Thanksgiving quote.
From thoughts about gratitude to funny Thanksgiving sayings and sentiments about what it means to gather 'round, this collection brings together inspirational words from famous authors, poets, celebrities, chefs, and more. And there's no need to fear your hand getting tired from writing—or a dreaded "TL;DR" response to your Thanksgiving Instagram caption—because these warm Thanksgiving quotes are short enough for all kinds of sharing.
After all, this time of year can be a little hectic, whether you’re traveling, planning the Thanksgiving menu, or decorating the house. So, make life just a bit easier by turning to these quotes (complete with images!) when spreading Turkey Day wishes far and wide. For even more ideas, you can also check out our collections of classic Thanksgiving poems, Thanksgiving Bible verses, and (on the humorous side), Thanksgiving jokes.
Now for our favorite Happy Thanksgiving quotes, which, we hope, will soon become your favorites too.
Marcie, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
“We should just be thankful for being together. I think that’s what they mean by Thanksgiving, Charlie Brown.”
Amy Grant
“Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving.”
Thomas Merton
“To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything.”
Lionel Hampton
"Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind."
Rumi
"Wear gratitude like a cloak, and it will feed every corner of your life."
Maya Angelou
"Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer."
Will Arnett
"I am happy because I'm grateful. I choose to be grateful. That gratitude allows me to be happy."
Oprah Winfrey
"True forgiveness is when you can say, 'Thank you for that experience.'"
Roy T. Bennett
"Be thankful for everything that happens in your life; it’s all an experience."
Lindsey Bareham
“Good mashed potato is one of the great luxuries of life.”
Nora Ephron
“The turkey. The sweet potatoes. The stuffing. The pumpkin pie. Is there anything else we all can agree so vehemently about? I don’t think so.”
Rick Riordan
“If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the eons, it’s that you can’t give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it.”
Jonathan Safran Foer
"Thanksgiving is the meal we aspire for other meals to resemble."
Elie Wiesel
“For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile.”
Johannes A. Gaertner
“To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.”
Randy Pausch
"Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other."
Henry Van Dyke
"Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.”
Hausa Proverb
"Give thanks for a little, and you will find a lot."
Robert Caspar Lintner
"Thanksgiving was never meant to be shut up in a single day."
Gerald Good
"If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily."
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