#thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day, a function which originated in New England two or three centuries ago when those people recognized that they really had something to be thankful for -- annually, not oftener -- if they had succeeded in exterminating their neighbors, the Indians, during the previous twelve months instead of getting exterminated by their neighbors, the Indians. Thanksgiving Day became a habit, for the reason that in the course of time, as the years drifted on, it was perceived that the exterminating had ceased to be mutual and was all on the white man's side, consequently on the Lord's side; hence it was proper to thank the Lord for it and extend the usual annual compliments. ↗

— Mark Twain

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Today's Quote: Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. ↗

— W.T. Purkiser

#thanksgiving #blessings

Eucharisteo—thanksgiving—always precedes the miracle. ↗

— Ann Voskamp

#gratitude #miracle #thanksgiving #gratitude

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. ↗

— W.T. Purkiser

#thanksgiving #gratitude

Thanksgiving-giving thanks in everything-prepares the way that God might show us His fullest salvation in Christ. ↗

— Ann Voskamp

#thanksgiving #salvation

Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#gets #grateful #grow #humble #man

There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday. ↗

— John Clayton

#christian #comes #distant #ethnic #holiday

I like football. I find its an exciting strategic game. Its a great way to avoid conversation with your family at Thanksgiving. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#football #strategy #thanksgiving #family

Thanksgiving is nothing but a toast to genocide. ↗

— Stephen Evans

#nothing #thanksgiving #toast

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#be thankful #concentrate #end #enough #ever