I murmured because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet.

If you can't be thankful for what you receive, be thankful for what you escape.

Look up on high, and thank the God of all.

I thank You God for most this amazing day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everythingwhich is natural which is infinite which is yes ...

And let us give thanks for Someone to thank.

Thank God when he oppresses you, and again when he releases you.

When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is how much has been escaped.

Let never day nor night unhallow'd pass, But still remember what the Lord hath done.

It has seemed to me fit and proper that the gifts of God should be solemnly, reverently, and gratefully acknowledged with one heart and one voice by the whole American people. I do, therefore, invite my fellow citizens ... to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a day of thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens.