Some quotes to consider between servings of turkey, mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce...."As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"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
"On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence."
-William Jennings Bryan
"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others."
-Cicero
"Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all."
-William Faulkner
"As we enjoy great Advantages from the Inventions of others we should be glad of an Opportunity to serve others by any Invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously."
-Ben Franklin
"Your friend is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving."
-Kahlil Gibran
"Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live."
-Jackie Windspear
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