Thanksgiving~ Giving Thanks ~ Harvest Sayings
Our rural ancestors, with little blest,
Patient of labour when the end was rest,
Indulged the day that housed their annual grain,
With feasts, and off'rings, and a thankful strain.
Alexander Pope
“Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living!”
“Thanksgiving to God is an exuberant response to giving me his everything, by giving Him my everything.”
“They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one; they promised to take our land, and they did.”
“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. ”
“I love Thanksgiving turkey… it’s the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts.”
“Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.”
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He who thanks but with the lips
Thanks but in part;
The full, the true Thanksgiving
Comes from the heart.
J.A. Shedd
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O Lord that lends me life,
Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness.
William Shakespeare
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For flowers that bloom about our feet;
For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;
For song of bird, and hum of bee;
For all things fair we hear or see,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee!
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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