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
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Gratitude is the memory of the heart.
~Jean Baptiste Massieu, translated from French
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If you have lived, take thankfully the past.
~John Dryden
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For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sources: Quotegarden.com;openclipart.org
