Thanksgiving is more than just turkey and pumpkin pie. It’s a time to pause, reflect, and appreciate the people and moments that make life special. Sometimes, the perfect words can help us express feelings we don’t always say out loud, whether it’s to family, friends, or even yourself.
That’s why we’ve gathered a collection of Thanksgiving quotes for gratitude and appreciation. From heartfelt and meaningful to lighthearted and fun, Thanksgiving these quotes are perfect for sharing in cards, social posts, or just keeping in mind as a kind reminder to cherish what truly matters this season.
Thanksgiving Quotes on Gratitude
1. “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.” – Cicero
2. “Thanksgiving is a joyous invitation to shower the world with love and gratitude.” — Amy Leigh Mercree
3. “Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” — Melody Beattie
4. “Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more.” — Oprah Winfrey
5. “Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” — Aesop
6. “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.” — Melody Beattie
7. “Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude.” — Nigel Hamilton
8. “Gratitude turns ordinary meals into feasts, houses into homes, and strangers into friends.” — Melody Beattie
9. “We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” — Cynthia Ozick
10. “It’s not joy that makes us grateful, it’s gratitude that makes us joyful.” — David Steindl-Rast
11. “An attitude of gratitude brings great things.” — Yogi Bhajan
12. “Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.” — Henry Ward Beecher
13. “Give thanks with a grateful heart, not because life is perfect, but because you are still here to live it.”
14. “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” — Cicero
15. “Small seeds of gratitude will produce a harvest of hope.”
16. “Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust
17. “Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.” – Aesop
18. “Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.” – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Thankful Thanksgiving Quotes
1. “Give thanks not just on Thanksgiving Day, but every day of your life.” — Catherine Pulsifer
2. “The more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.” — Norman Vincent Peale
3. “We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” — Thornton Wilder
4. “Thanksgiving is a time to count your blessings, not your calories.”
5. “Thanksgiving, when the people who are the most thankful are the ones who didn’t have to cook.”
6. “Thanksgiving is the holiday of peace, the celebration of work and the simple life.” — Elbert Hubbard
7. “He who thanks but with the lips thanks but in part; the full, the true Thanksgiving comes from the heart.” — J.A. Shedd
8. “The thankful heart opens our eyes to a multitude of blessings that continually surround us.” — James E. Faust
Short Thanksgiving Quotes
1. “Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot.” — Hausa Proverb
2. “Thankfulness is the beginning of happiness.”
3. “No one has ever become poor by giving thanks.” — Anne Frank
4. “Forever on Thanksgiving Day the heart will find the pathway home.” — Wilbur D. Nesbit
5. “Be present in all things and thankful for all things.” — Maya Angelou
6. “When you love what you have, you have everything you need.”
7. “Let our hearts be full of thanks and giving.”
8. “Thankfulness is the quickest path to joy.” — Jefferson Bethke
9. “There is always something to be thankful for.”
10. “If the only prayer you said in your whole life was ‘thank you,’ that would suffice.” – Meister Eckhart
11. “No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.” – St. Ambrose
12. “Charity begins at home, but should not end there.” – Thomas Fuller
13. “Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” – Voltaire
14. “I can no other answer make but thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks.” – William Shakespeare
15. “The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.” – William James
16. “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” – Charles Dickens
17. “Give thanks for all things.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:18
Funny Thanksgiving Quotes
1. “After a good dinner, one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.” — Oscar Wilde
2. “Thanksgiving, bringing out the best in family dysfunction since forever.”
3. “Keep calm and gobble on.”
4. “I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.” — Erma Bombeck
5. “May your turkey be moist and your relatives be chill.”
6. “Thanksgiving: the one time of year when seconds are encouraged and sweatpants are mandatory.”
7. “You can’t live a full life on an empty stomach.”
8. “Thanksgiving is all about carbs, gratitude, and pretending to like cranberry sauce.”
9. “Vegetables are a must on Thanksgiving. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.” — Jim Davis (Garfield)
10. “I can’t wait to eat my feelings this Thanksgiving.”
11. “Gratitude turns what we have into enough—except mashed potatoes. There’s never enough mashed potatoes.”
12. “It’s not truly Thanksgiving until you’re arguing about politics over pumpkin pie.”
13. “Thankful, blessed, and kind of stressed.”
14. “Keep your eyes on the pies.”
15. “Leftovers are for quitters.”
16. “Nothing says ‘I love you’ like pretending you enjoyed Aunt Linda’s casserole.”
17. “Here to unbutton my pants and be thankful.”
18. “Thanksgiving: the art of stuffing your face while pretending to ask about your cousin’s new job.”
19. “Elastic waistbands: the real MVPs of Thanksgiving.”
20. “Nothing says ‘I love you’ like silently judging your relatives while passing the gravy.”
21. “Thanksgiving is the day we all pretend to like foods we hate.”
22. “The only thing I’m thankful for this Thanksgiving is that tomorrow is Friday.”
23. “Thanksgiving dinner is proof that humans can eat absurd amounts if socially encouraged.”
24. “Giving thanks is easy; pretending to care about everyone else’s updates is harder.”
25. “Being thankful is mandatory; being happy is optional.”
26. “Thanksgiving is when everyone’s diet starts tomorrow, but tomorrow never comes.”
27. “I’m thankful for elastic waistbands.”
Thanksgiving Quotes for Family
1. “Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” — Michael J. Fox
2. “Grateful for the love and laughter of family this Thanksgiving.”
3. “The love of family is life’s greatest blessing, today and always.”
4. “We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” — Cynthia Ozick
5. “The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.” — Charles Kuralt
6. “Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.” — Anthony Brandt
7. “The most important thing in the world is family and love.” — John Wooden
8. “A happy family is but an earlier heaven.” — George Bernard Shaw
9. “Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life.” — Albert Einstein
10. “In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.” — Alex Haley
11. “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.” — Jane Howard
12. “Family is the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.” — Brad Henry
Thanksgiving Quotes for Friends
1. “Friends are the family we choose. Grateful for all of my amazing friends this Thanksgiving.”
2. “A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
3. “True friendship is a plant of slow growth.” – George Washington
4. “Friends make every day brighter, but Thanksgiving reminds me how lucky I am.”
5. “Grateful for friends who feel like home.”
6. “I’m thankful for laughter, love, and friends like you.”
7. “There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” – Thomas Aquinas
8. “No road is long with good company.” – Turkish Proverb
9. “Friendship is the heart of every Thanksgiving celebration.”
10. “Friendship is a sheltering tree.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
11. “Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.” – Cicero
12. “Thankful for the little things, the big things, and friends like you.”
13. “Friends fill our hearts and our tables with joy.”
Thanksgiving Wishes
1. “May your heart and home be filled with blessings this Thanksgiving.”
2. “Wishing you a holiday where the only thing getting roasted is the turkey.”
3. “Wishing you a Thanksgiving full of love, laughter, and delicious moments.”
4. “Wishing you a joyful Thanksgiving surrounded by family, friends, and gratitude.”
5. “Grateful for you today and every day. Happy Thanksgiving!”
6. “Wishing you a holiday filled with love, laughter, and pumpkin pie!”
7. “Sending you heartfelt wishes for a blessed and beautiful Thanksgiving.”
8. “Happy Thanksgiving! Thank you for being part of my life and bringing joy to it.”
9. “Sending warm Thanksgiving wishes to you and your family.”
10. “Happy Thanksgiving! May this holiday season bring countless blessings to you.”
11. “Thankful for the moments we share, today and always. Happy Thanksgiving!”
12. “May the spirit of Thanksgiving bring you closer to those you love and treasure.”
Thanksgiving Quotes for Work
1. “Wishing you a warm and happy Thanksgiving with family and friends.”
2. “Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with happiness and good company.”
3. “Happy Thanksgiving! Time to eat, nap, and pretend the office doesn’t exist.”
4. “Wishing you a safe, happy, and peaceful Thanksgiving.”
5. “Hope your Thanksgiving is full of good food, good company, and good vibes.”
6. “Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving and a happy start to the holiday season.”
7. “Hope you have a great Thanksgiving with family, friends, and plenty of gratitude.”
8. “Happy Thanksgiving! Grateful to work alongside you and looking forward to more great teamwork.”
9. “Wishing you a joyful Thanksgiving and a relaxing holiday weekend.”
10. “Hope your Thanksgiving is full of good food, laughter, and great memories.”
11. “Grateful for coworkers who tolerate my Monday morning attitude.”
12. “Grateful for colleagues who make work… slightly less unbearable.”
13. “Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you get to enjoy some well-deserved rest and time with loved ones.”
14. “Happy Thanksgiving! Here’s to surviving meetings, deadlines, and family drama this season.”
15. “Wishing you a Thanksgiving as satisfying as hitting ‘Send’ on a finished project.”
Thanksgiving Quotes for Instagram Captions
1. “Grateful for small things, big things, and everything in between.”
2. “Grateful, thankful, blessed.”
3. “Give thanks, eat pie, repeat.”
4. “Thankful for nights that turned into mornings, friends that turned into family, and dreams that turned into reality.”
5. “Pumpkin spice and everything nice.”
6. “Gratitude changes everything.”
7. “Thanksgiving calories don’t count.”
8. “Grateful for today, hopeful for tomorrow.”
9. “Thankful for laughter, love, and pumpkin pie.”
10. “Friendsgiving vibes only.”
11. “Sweater weather + Thanksgiving = happiness.”
12. “Gratitude is the best attitude.”
13. “Thankful, blessed, and a little obsessed with pie.”
14. “Pass the turkey and the gratitude, please.”
15. “Thankful for cozy moments and loved ones near.”
16. “Pie first, problems later.”
17. “Thanksgiving: the original self-care day.”
Gratitude has a way of brightening our days and deepening our connections with others. These Thanksgiving quotes are here to help you pause, reflect, and express appreciation for the big moments, the small joys, and the people who make life sweeter. A little gratitude can go a long way!
Share your favorite Thanksgiving quotes with family and friends this holiday!
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