11/23/17 Thanksgiving Grif.Net - Why I Love Thanksgiving
Robert Griffin
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
The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving. ~H.U. Westermayer
If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "Thank you," that would suffice. ~Meister Eckhart
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! ~Henry Ward Beecher
Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds. ~Theodore Roosevelt
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. ~Thornton Wilder
On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence. ~William Jennings Bryan
Forever on Thanksgiving Day the heart will find the pathway home. ~Wilbur D. Nesbit
God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart. ~Izaak Walton
But when our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep? ~George Canning
O Lord that lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness. ~William Shakespeare
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Dr Bob Griffin
"Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!"