Thanksgiving is the time of year to let your gratitude show, which is why we have put together a list of all the best short Happy Thanksgiving quotes for you to share. And if you’re looking for short Thanksgiving quotes for Instagram, we also have you covered.
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Short Happy Thanksgiving Quotes
“A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen.” — Kin Hubbard
Gratitude turns what we have into enough.
“Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.”. — Emily Brontë
“They do not love, that do not show their love.” — William Shakespeare
“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.” — Oscar Wilde
“Thankfulness creates gratitude which generates contentment that causes peace.” — Todd Stocker
“Gratitude for the seemingly insignificant—a seed—this plants the giant miracle.” — Ann Voskamp
“When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.” — C.S. Lewis
“I try to start every day and end every day by taking a moment to be grateful.” — Olivia Wilde
“Cooking Tip: Wrap turkey leftover in aluminum foil and throw them out.” — Nicole Hollander
“Autumn… the year’s last, loveliest smile.” — William Cullen Bryant
May the bounty of the season fill your heart and home.
Gratitude is said to be the memory of the heart.
“Embrace every new day with gratitude, hope and love.” — Lailah Gifty Akita
“The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.” — Dalai Lama
“I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.” — Erma Bombeck
Be wary of turkey on Thanksgiving; they make you tired! Happy Thanksgiving!
Eat – Watch Football – Eat – Repeat.
On this Thanksgiving Day, let us take a moment to count our numerous blessings.
“Silent gratitude isn’t very much to anyone.” — Gertrude Stein
If you don’t have a good excuse, you’re welcome to join our family this Thanksgiving!
Gobble Gobble! Some call it turkey day, I call it eat turkey day! Happy Thanksgiving!
Give thanks for a little and you’ll find a lot.
Gratitude is the heart’s memory.
“Here I am, 5 o’clock in the morning, stuffing bread crumbs up a dead bird’s butt.” — Rosanne in Rosanne
“Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.” — Sharon Salzberg
Choose to be grateful.
I’m thankful to have a family who takes eating as seriously as I do.
“Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” — Willie Nelson
May your life be full of both Thanks and Giving!
Let’s take a moment to appreciate the blessing we have in our life. Happy Thanksgiving to you.
“Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.” — John Wooden
“Will you forgive me these November days?” ― Anna Akhmatova
The turkey is in the oven, the cider is spiked with rum, now let the family gossip begin. Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Turkey Day!
“Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants.” — Kevin James
“If the leaves are changing, I feel poetry in the air.” — Laura Jaworski
“Another fall, another turned page.” — Wallace Stegner
“Friends are relatives you make for yourself.“ ― Eustache Deschamps
My prayers to those who are doing the dishes after this Thanksgiving!
Thankful, Grateful, Blessed.
“What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.” — Brené Brown
Don’t bother counting calories today, just your blessings. Wishing you a very happy Thanksgiving!
“Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.” — William Wordsworth
“In November, the smell of food is different.” — Cynthia Rylant
Happy Thanksgiving! May you have a blessed and joyous holiday!
“Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart.” — Roy T. Bennett
“Autumn is as joyful and sweet as an untimely end.” — Rémy de Gourmont
“The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.” — William Blake
“Give me juicy autumnal fruit, ripe and red from the orchard.” — Walt Whitman
“Gratitude tends to attract the things for which we are grateful in advance.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we’d all be much happier.” — John Wooden
“Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother’s tasted better the day before.” — Rita Rudner
Happy Thanksgiving and may your feast be abundant!
“There is no sincerer love than the love of food.” — George Bernard Shaw
“The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.” — Eric Hoffer
Thankful and grateful.
“How sad would be November if we had no knowledge of the spring.” — Edwin Way Teale
“Fate chooses your relations, you choose your friends.” — Jacques Delille
“Thanksgiving was never meant to be shut up in a single day.” — Robert Caspar Lintner
“This is going to be a November to remember” ― Charmaine J. Forde
“Overeating at Thanksgiving is a case in point. It’s a national tradition.” — Eric Samuel Timm
“Live a life full of humility, gratitude, intellectual curiosity, and never stop learning.” — GZA
“An attitude of positive expectation is the mark of the superior personality.” — Brian Tracy
Every morning, I’m grateful for your positive energy. Happy Thanksgiving!
“She loved the fall, all the sun-faded colors of summer repainted by vivid reds and golds.” — Naomi Ragen
“‘Enough’ is a feast.” — Buddhist proverb
“Friends are the family you choose.“ — Jess C. Scott
“We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.” — John F. Kennedy
On this Thanksgiving day, let us be grateful that we were not born turkeys. Happy Thanksgiving!
May your Thanksgiving, and the whole year ahead, be filled with blessing after blessing.
Have a happy Thanksgiving Day, from one grateful heart to another.
“November’s sky is chill and drear, November’s leaf is red and sear.” — Sir Walter Scott
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” — Mother Teresa
“November. Crows are approaching, wounded leaves fall to the ground.” — Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann
“Food is better in November than any other time of the year.” — Cynthia Rylant
“There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.” — Ralph H. Blum
“Coexistence: What the farmer does with the turkey—until Thanksgiving.” — Mike Connolly
“Thanksgiving creates abundance.” — Ann Voskamp
“Even the smallest shift in perspective can bring about the greatest healing.” — Joshua Kai
“Gratitude is a feedback loop that will show you where you are thriving.” — Danielle LaPorte
Here’s to one blessing after another on this Thanksgiving Day. Happy Thanksgiving to YOU!
Wishing you a restful and relaxing holiday! Happy Thanksgiving.
Having a family is one of the best blessings in life. Happy thanksgiving to my most supportive family.
Enjoy the feasting! Happy Thanksgiving!
I’m so glad to know someone like you. Happy Thanksgiving!
There is always, always something to be thankful for.
“It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.” — Charles Spurgeon
“What if, today, we were grateful for everything?” – Charlie Brown
May your turkey be fat and your wallet be fatter! Happy Thanksgiving!
“When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.” — Dalai Lama
May you enjoy the bounty of Thanksgiving.
“This is a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before.” — Maya Angelou
“Happiness is a quality of the soul…not a function of one’s material circumstances.” — Aristotle
“I know what I’m having for Thanksgiving and it ain’t turkey.” — Anthony T. Hincks
“There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.“ ― Linda Grayson
“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.” — Oscar Wilde
Happy Turkey Day and all that other stuffing!
“If you count all your assets, you always show a profit.” — Robert Quillen
“I know that I have died before once in November.” — Anne Sexton
“Peering from some high window, at the gold of November sunset.” — E.E. Cummings
Happy Thanksgiving Day!
“Of all of the food filled holidays, Thanksgiving reigns king in the United States.” — Gia Scott
“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.” — John Donne
Wishing you a harvest of blessings, good health, and good times.
“If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.” — W. Clement Stone
May your Thanksgiving be full of peace, love and joy.
So glad to spend this special day with you. Let’s raise our glasses and give thanks.
May the wishbone snap in your favor this Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving!
May you enjoy a grand feast and the loving company of your family. Happy Thanksgiving!
Enjoy the feasting! Happy Thanksgiving!
“Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” — Voltaire
This year, I’m grateful for so many things, but you’re at the top of my list. Happy Thanksgiving.
Gratitude is the open door to abundance.
Let us give thanks with grateful hearts.
Give thanks for a little and you will get a lot.
Wishing you a happy and blessed Thanksgiving!
“Count your blessings. Focus on what you’ve got. Spread the positive vibes.” — Jyoti Patel
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” — William Arthur Ward
I hope your Thanksgiving table is full of your favorite food and surrounded by your favorite people.
Eat, Drink, and be Thankful!
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Happy Thanksgiving! May you all enjoy a memorable holiday with your near and dear ones.
“Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.” — Aesop
Happy Thanksgiving to all! May you enjoy the day with your family and friends!
“I’m a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.” — Roger Federer
“Everything changed when I switched from saying ‘I have to do this’ to ‘I GET to do this.’” — Charlotte Eriksson
“My lovely November. Have you seen my heart, somewhere in your castle of yellow leaves?” — A Waltz for Zizi
A happy heart is a thankful heart.
“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” — Willie Nelson
“November, n. The eleventh twelfth of a weariness.” — Ambrose Bierce
“The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn
May you enjoy blessings in abundance. Happy Thanksgiving.
Wish you have a blessed thanksgiving. May peace and prosperity follow you today and every day.
“Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.” — William James
“Thanksgiving is so called because we are all so thankful that it only comes once a year.” — P.J. O’Rourke
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” — Helen Keller
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” — Albert Camus
Words can’t express how thankful I am to have you as my family! Happy Thanksgiving to my family.
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” — Winston Churchill
“Some people come in our life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons.” — Mother Teresa
“Life is a dance. Mindfulness is witnessing that dance.” — Amit Ray
“Those blessings are sweetest that are won with prayer and worn with thanks.” — Thomas Goodwin
“No matter what our circumstances, we can find a reason to be thankful.” — David Jeremiah
May the wishbone snap in your favor this Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving!
“Superficial social niceties are far different from the deep emotion of thanksgiving.” — Alexandra Katehakis
Happy Thanksgiving, and I’m looking forward to another year full of memories.
“You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings.” — Elizabeth Gilbert
“November at its best—with a sort of delightful menace in the air.” — Anne Bosworth Greene
“Pie makes everybody happy.” — Laurie Halse Anderson
Happy Thanksgiving to my family and friends. Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving.
“Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.” — Roy T. Bennett
“We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.” — Neal A. Maxwell
“Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.” — Jim Bishop
“When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.” — Maya Angelou
“Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses.” — Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr
So that is it for our list of Short Happy Thanksgiving Quotes. We hope you found the perfect one for you!
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Laynni Deir
I am Laynni Deir, writer and editor of Purely Lists. There are times when you are looking for inspiration or aren’t sure what to say and I am committed to providing lists of the best quotes, sayings, messages, puns or captions for any occasion. Whether you are looking for a positive quote, a message for a card, a fun saying for a letter board or caption for your next post or story, you will find the perfect option here.
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