Celebrating Gratitude: The Ultimate Collection of Thanksgiving Quotes
Thanksgiving is a time when we gather with friends and family to celebrate the blessings of the year and express gratitude for all that we hold dear. It’s a season filled with warmth, togetherness, and reflection, making it the perfect occasion to share inspiring, funny, religious, and classic Thanksgiving quotes with your loved ones.
Feel free to share these quotes with your friends and family to add a special touch to your Thanksgiving celebrations.
"There's always something to be thankful for on Thanksgiving. Even if it's just not being a turkey."
Unknown
Inspirational Thanksgiving Quotes
- “Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” – William Arthur Ward
- “Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude.” – Nigel Hamilton
- “The thankful heart opens our eyes to a multitude of blessings that continually surround us.” – James E. Faust
- “Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” – Melody Beattie
- “In everything, give thanks.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (Bible)
- “Thanksgiving is an attitude that must be rooted in the heart before it can be expressed in words.” – William Arthur Ward
- “Thanksgiving is a joyous invitation to shower the world with love and gratitude.” – Amy Leigh Mercree
- “Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.” – Henry Ward Beecher
- “The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.” – Dalai Lama
- “Thanksgiving is a time of reflection and appreciation. Count your blessings, not your problems.” – Unknown
- “Thanksgiving is the language of heaven, and we had better start to learn it if we are not to be mere dumb aliens there.” – A.J. Gossip
- “Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” – John F. Kennedy
- “Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” – Voltaire
- “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.” – Melody Beattie
- “In giving thanks, we find happiness.” – Unknown
- “Gratitude is the memory of the heart.” – Jean-Baptiste Massieu
- “Thanksgiving is the soul’s holiday.” – Ted Turner
- “Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.” – Native American Proverb
- “The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.” – Dalai Lama
Thanksgiving is a time of reflection and appreciation. Count your blessings, not your problems.
Unknown
Funny Thanksgiving Quotes
- “I can’t cook a Thanksgiving dinner. All I can make is cold cereal and maybe toast.” – Charlie Brown
- “Thanksgiving, when the people who are the most thankful are the ones who didn’t have to cook.” – Melanie White
- “Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.” – Jim Davis
- “I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.” – Erma Bombeck
- “I’m looking forward to seeing pie this Thanksgiving more than members of my own family.” – Damien Fahey
- “A new survey found that 80 percent of men claim they help cook Thanksgiving dinner. Which makes sense, when you hear them consider saying ‘that smells good’ to be helping.” – Jimmy Fallon
- “Thanksgiving dinners take 18 hours to prepare. They are consumed in 12 minutes. Half-times take 12 minutes. This is not a coincidence.” – Erma Bombeck
- “On Thanksgiving Day, all over America, families sit down to dinner at the same moment – halftime.” – Unknown
- “It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without a little emotional scarring.” – Chandler in “Friends”
- “You can tell you ate too much for Thanksgiving when you have to let your bathrobe out.” – Jay Leno
- “Thanksgiving is America’s holiday. Let us give thanks for all that we have and for all the absurd food we can eat with total impunity.” – A. O. Scott
- “Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants.” – Kevin James
- “Thanksgiving is a magical time of year when families across the country join together to raise America’s obesity statistics.” – Stephen Colbert
- “Cooking tip: Wrap turkey leftovers in aluminum foil and throw them out.” – Nicole Hollander
- “You can tell you ate too much for Thanksgiving when you have to let your bathrobe out.” – Jay Leno
- “Thanksgiving is an emotional time. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they see only once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often.” – Johnny Carson
- “Coexistence: What the farmer does with the turkey—until Thanksgiving.” – Mike Connolly
- “There’s always something to be thankful for on Thanksgiving. Even if it’s just not being a turkey.” – Unknown
- “An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.” – Irv Kupcinet
- “Thanksgiving: Bringing out the best in family dysfunction since 1863.” – Unknown
Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants.
Kevin James
Religious Thanksgiving Quotes
- “Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name.” – Psalm 100:4
- “In all things give thanks.” – 1 Chronicles 16:8
- “The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and He helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song, I praise Him.” – Psalm 28:7
- “Let them give thanks to the Lord for His unfailing love and His wonderful deeds for mankind.” – Psalm 107:8
- “And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.” – Colossians 3:15
- “Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.” – 1 Chronicles 16:34
- “Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the peoples!” – 1 Chronicles 16:8
- “Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.” – Psalm 106:1
- “The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!” – Psalm 50:23
- “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
- “Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:18
- “I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.” – Psalm 9:1
- “Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name.” – Psalm 100:4
- “And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.” – Colossians 3:15
- “I will praise God’s name in song and glorify Him with thanksgiving.” – Psalm 69:30
