Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Robert Caspar Lintner - Thanksgiving was never...

"Thanksgiving was never meant to be shut up in a single day."

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

J.A. Shedd - He who thanks but...

"He who thanks but with the lips
Thanks but in part;
The full, the true Thanksgiving
Comes from the heart."

Monday, November 22, 2010

W.J. Cameron - Thanksgiving, after all...

"Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action."

Friday, November 19, 2010

Arthur Guiterman, The First Thanksgiving - So once in every year...

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

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Henry Ward Beecher - Remember God's bounty in the year...

"Remember God's bounty in the year. String the pearls of His favor. Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light! Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude!"

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

John Fitzgerald Kennedy - As we express our gratitude...

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

E.P. Powell - Thanksgiving Day is a jewel...

"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."

Monday, November 15, 2010

Albert Einstein - Not everything that...

"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."

Friday, November 12, 2010

Edward Sandford Martin - Thanksgiving Day comes...

"Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow."

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Oliver Wendell Holmes - A mind that is...

“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.”