Practice gratitude at Thanksgiving dinner by sharing words of wisdom, inspiration, and even humor.
you’re free to kick off the discussion with some of our favorite Thanksgiving quotes.
You’ll start a new holiday tradition that will stick with loved ones and bring them closer together.
Grateful for Everything
“What if today, we were just grateful for everything?”
Charlie Brown
Grateful for the Long Term
“I am grateful for what I am and have.
My thanksgiving is perpetual.”
Maya Angelou
Grateful for Abundance
“It’s not too much food.
This is what we’ve been training for our whole lives.
This is our destiny; this is our finest hour.”
Joanna Gaines
Grateful for the Meal
“The turkey.
Is there anything else we all can agree so vehemently about?
I don’t think so.”
Appreciate and never take for granted all that you have."
John F. Kennedy
Grateful for Joy
“Thankfulness is the quickest path to joy.”
Suddenly, so many things become so little when we realize how blessed and lucky we are."
Joyce Giraud
Grateful for Happiness
“Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.”
Think of what you’re able to do with what there is."
In 1789, President George Washington called for a day of public thanksgiving and prayer.
Rethinking Thanksgiving Celebrations: Native Perspectives on Thanksgiving.
Smithsonian, National Museum of the American Indian.
Thanksgiving: From Local Harvests to National Holiday.
Smithsonian Institutions National Museum of American History, Division of Cultural History
