Of course, you might not always be able to see each other in person on the holidays.
Either way, you shouldnt forget to give your loved ones a special Thanksgiving greeting.
Shakespeare
2.A great meal is an experience that nourishes more than your body.
Priscilla Du Preez
Ruth Reichl
3.Gratitude is the closest thing to beauty manifested in an emotion.
Mindy Kalin
4.Gratitude is looking on the brighter side of life, even if it means hurting your eyes.
Oprah Winfrey
6.When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.
Dr. Seuss
8.Im so thankful for friendship.
It beautifies life so much.
Elizabeth Smart
10.Thanksgiving, to be truly Thanksgiving, is first thanks, then giving.
Jacob M. Braude
11.Thanksgiving just gets me all warm and tingly and all kinds of wonderful inside.
Willard Scott
12.The greatest gift one can give is thanksgiving.
In giving gifts, we give what we can spare, but in giving thanks, we give ourselves.
David Steindl-Rast
13.Take another look at your life.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
14.The Universe loves a grateful person.
The more you thank life, the more Life will give you to be thankful for.
Mattie Stepanek
16.The grateful mind is constantly fixed upon the best.
Therefore it tends to become the best.
It takes the form or character of the best, and will receive the best.
Muhammad Ali
19.The more grateful we feel, the more things we receive to feel grateful for.
The more loved we feel, the more love we receive.
The more beautiful we feel, the more attractive we become.
Denise Coates
20.Counting your blessings increases them.
People who take the time to focus on the things they are grateful for are happier and healthier.
22.Why did the turkey cross the road?
It was Thanksgiving Day, and he wanted people to think he was a chicken!
23.What animal has the worst eating habits?
The turkey, because it gobbles everything up!
24.Why do turkeys eat so little?
Because they are always stuffed.
25.What part of the turkey do musicians love the most?
26.Why do pilgrims pants always fall?
Because they wear their belt buckles on their hats!
27.Why did the farmer have to separate the chicken and the turkey?
He sensed fowl play.
28.What sound does a limping turkey make?
29.What kind of music did the Pilgrims listen to at the first Thanksgiving feast?
30.If pilgrims were alive today, what would they be known for?
31.What do you call a turkey on the day after Thanksgiving?
32.Whats the best song to sing when preparing your turkey?All About That Baste.
33.What kind of key cant open doors?A tur-key.
34.What is a turkeys favorite dessert?Peach gobbler!
35.What does Thanksgiving have in common with Halloween?Gobble-ins!
36.If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?Pilgrims!
37.What would you get if you crossed a turkey with a ghost?A poultry-geist!
38.Why did the turkey cross the road twice?To prove he wasnt chicken.
39.If you call a large turkey a gobbler, what do you call a small one?Goblet.
40.My family told me to stop telling Thanksgiving jokes… but I told them I couldnt quit cold turkey.
Oprah Winfrey
42.Gratitude paints little smiley faces on everything it touches.
Richelle E. Goodrich
43.The most thankful person is the most fully human.
Thomas Goodwin
44.Thankfulness is the quickest path to joy.
Charles Dickens
47.Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude.
Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness.
Thankfulness may consist merely of words.
Gratitude is shown in acts.
David O. McKay
48.Thanksgiving is the holiday that encompasses all others.
Jonathan Safran Foer
49.Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.
Eckhart Tolle
50.Now is no time to think of what you do not have.
Think of what you’ve got the option to do with what there is.
Ernest Hemingway
51.Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received.
Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling.
Henry van Dyke
52.Gratitude opens the door, the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe.
You bring up the door through gratitude.
Deepak Chopra
53.I am thankful for small mercies.
Melody Beattie
55.Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses.
Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr
56.The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
Be grateful for what you have and be ready to share it when the time comes.
Elizabeth Gilbert
60.Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer.
And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.
Jonathan Safran Foer
62.Give thanks for a little, and you will find a lot.
Hausa Proverb
63.Thanksgiving was never meant to be shut up in a single day.
Shedd
65.Give thanks not just on Thanksgiving Day, but every day of your life.
Appreciate and never take for granted all that you have.
Its really for everybody, and it doesnt matter where youre from.
Daniel Humm
67.No one has ever become poor by giving.
Suddenly, so many things become so little when we realize how blessed and lucky we are.
Joyce Giraud
69.Thanksgiving is a joyous invitation to shower the world with love and gratitude.
Amy Leigh Mercree
70.Forever on Thanksgiving, the heart will find the pathway home.
Wilbur D. Nesbit
71.What if today, we were just grateful for everything?
Charlie Brown
72.Be thankful for what you have.
Your life is someone elses fairy tale.
Wale Ayeni
73.I am grateful for what I am and have.
My thanksgiving is perpetual.
Henry David Thoreau
74.Be thankful for what you have; youll end up having more.
Powell
76.Thanksgiving isnt just a day.
Its a way we can live our lives every day.
Frank A. Clark
78.Thanks are the highest form of thought, and gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
G.K. Chesterton
79.I love Thanksgiving because its a holiday that is centered around food and family.
Marcus Samuelsson
80.If you are really thankful, what do you do?
Meister Eckhart
82.Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all the others.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
83.There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other as is though everything is a miracle.
Albert Einstein
84.Careful for nothing, prayerful for everything, thankful for anything.
Dwight L. Moody
85.Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
His love endures forever.
Psalm 136:1
86.Living in a state of gratitude is the gateway to grace.
Billy Graham
90.Once you feel grateful, you are in an energy that can create miracles.
Warren W. Wiersbe
92.Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy.
They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
George W. Bush
95.O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness.
Theodore Roosevelt
97.Remember Gods bounty in the year.
String the pearls of His favor.
Hide the dark parts, except so far as they are breaking out in light!
Give this one day to thanks, to joy, to gratitude!
Henry Ward Beecher
98.We would worry less if we praised more.
Thanksgiving is the enemy of discontent and dissatisfaction.
Ironside
99.Thanksgiving is a season that is very much in accord with the themes and teachings of Jesus Christ.
John Clayton
100.We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.
Neal A. Maxwell
The best thanksgiving message for your boyfriend or girlfriend:
101.Happy Thanksgiving, baby!
Dont eat any pumpkin pie without me.
102.Its a blessing to spend this Thanksgiving with you.
I love you so much.
103.I have such a full, thankful heart on this beautiful Thanksgiving Day.
104.Gathering with our loved ones is always nice but all I need is you.
105.Im so thankful to have you in my life.
I love you to the moon and back.
106.I love the holiday season because it means more time to spend with you.
The turkey is waiting, and I am, too.
108.I want to start a new Thanksgiving tradition with you because youre my family now.
109.Today, I want to show my appreciation for you.
Im so thankful for everything you do for me.
110.I know were going to have a wonderful Thanksgiving together.
Every day spent with you is perfect.
111.Its a good thing youre dating me because I make the best sweet potatoes and pie.
112.This is going to be such a memorable Thanksgiving.
Were never going to forget this day.
113.Im putting on my comfy pants because Im ready for a Thanksgiving celebration!
114.Thanksgiving is the perfect day to tell you how much happiness youve brought into my life.
115.Im so blessed to be celebrating this Thanksgiving season alongside my true love.
116.I cant wait to cook a Thanksgiving meal with you!
Its going to taste great.
117.This is the first of many happy Thanksgivings together.
118.On this Thanksgiving, Im thankful foryou.
119.Thanksgiving is even better when Im sitting beside you.
120.Happy Thanksgiving, darling!
I love you even more than pumpkin pie!
Thanksgiving wishes for your mother and father:
121.Happy Thanksgiving!
Im ready for a good dinner and good company.
I hope youre ready to stuff yourselves.
123.The great thing about Thanksgiving is that I get to spend it with you two.
124.I dont say this enough, but I love you and am so thankful for you.
I hope you have a happy holiday!
126.Today is a good day to see the family.
127.My Thanksgiving wish is that well all be happy and healthy this coming year.
128.Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Enjoy every bite of food you take without worrying about your weight.
129.Have a great Thanksgiving!
Eat enough turkey for both of us.
130.I wish you a bountiful Thanksgiving.
131.Im ready to stuff myself with sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce.
132.Im sending you warm wishes on this special day.
133.Have a cheerful Thanksgiving.
Focus on the good in your lives, not the bad.
You bring me so much joy and comfort.
I cannot thank you enough for that, mom and dad.
135.Thanksgiving holds so many wonderful memories for me and its all because of you.
136.I love you especially when you cook me a warm turkey dinner.
137.Thank you for always making the Thanksgiving holiday feel so special.
138.Im so thankful for you.
I appreciate everything you do.
139.Im so excited for tonight.
I miss sitting around the dinner table with you.
140.The Thanksgiving holiday is my favorite because its filled with good food and good people.
Thanksgiving messages for your closest friends:
141.Happy turkey day!
I just wanted to remind you how much you mean to me!
142.Youre such a good friend!
Im sending you warm wishes today.
143.To my dear friend on this beautiful Thanksgiving Day.
May you have the meal of a lifetime!
144.Wonderful things are coming your way in this coming year.
I can feel it.
145.I hope your Thanksgiving is peaceful and all your family members get along!
146.Turkey isnt the best part of Thanksgiving.
Dont forget to gobble up some homemade food.
I just wanted to send you my warm appreciation.
149.I hope this is your best Thanksgiving yet.
I miss you, buddy.
150.Youve always been like family to me.
151.Im so thankful you walked into my life long ago.
I love you, pal.
152.I wish you a happy Thanksgiving.
I hope you have the time of your life.
153.I love you more than I love most of my family.
I wish I was spending the day with you.
154.Have a wonderful Thanksgiving day!
Make the most of every second.
155.Im beyond thankful to have a friend like you in my life.
156.Im saving you some turkey.
Ill see you soon, man.
157.Youre my best friend.
Im thankful for you today and every other day.
158.Remember, youre allowed to spoil yourself today.
Eat whatever you want without feeling guilty!
159.I cant thank you enough for always being there for me.
It means a lot, dear friend.
160.Im so thankful youre in my life even though you get on my nerves sometimes.
Andy Borowitz
162.Im looking forward to seeing pie this Thanksgiving more than members of my own family.
Damien Fahey
163.I cant cook a Thanksgiving dinner.
All I can make is cold cereal and maybe toast.
Charlie Brown
164.After a good dinner, one can forgive anybody, even ones own relations.
Oscar Wilde
165.Its not too much food.
This is what weve been training for our whole lives.
This is our destiny; this is our finest hour.
Lorelai Gilmore
166.Good mashed potato is one of the great luxuries of life.
Rick Riordan
168.Thanksgiving, man.
Not a good day to be my pants.
Melanie White
170.It wouldnt be Thanksgiving without a little emotional scarring.
Friends
171.Overeating at Thanksgiving is a case in point.
Its a national tradition.
Eric Samuel Timm
172.An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.
Irv Kupcinet
173.A new survey found that 80% of men claim they help cook Thanksgiving dinner.
Which makes sense, when you hear they consider saying that smells good to be helping.
Its like we didnt even venture to come up with a tradition.
The tradition is, we overeat.
Hey, how about at Thanksgiving we just eat a lot?
But we do that every day!
What if we eat a lot with people that annoy the hell out of us?'
Jim Gaffigan
177.I like football.
I find its an exciting strategic game.
Its a great way to avoid conversation with your family at Thanksgiving.
Craig Ferguson
178.Vegetables are a must on a diet.
I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.
John Lyon
181.Thanksgiving dinners take 18 hours to prepare.
They are consumed in 12 minutes.
Half-times take 12 minutes.
This is not a coincidence.
Erma Bombeck
182.Cooking tip: Wrap turkey leftovers in aluminum foil and throw them out.
Nicole Hollander
183.What were really talking about is a wonderful day when no one diets.
I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?
Erma Bombeck
184.Pie makes everybody happy.
Laurie Halse Anderson
185.Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday.
People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year.
And then discover once a year is way too often.
Johnny Carson
186.Thanksgivingwhen the people who are the most thankful are the ones who didnt have to cook.
Melanie White
187.Im from Canada, so Thanksgiving to me is just Thursday with more food.
Howie Mandel
188.I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.
Erma Bombeck
189.It took me three weeks to stuff the turkey.
I stuffed it through the beak.
Phyllis Diller
190.I celebrated Thanksgiving the old-fashioned way.
Jon Stewart
191.Thanksgiving is the day men start getting in shape… to play Santa Claus.
Melanie White
192.Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mothers tasted better the day before.
Ted Allen
195.I got to go home for Thanksgiving and sit at the adults table.
Thats cause, you know, somebody had to die for me to move up a plate.
Andre Kelley
196.The Thankstini: a fun and delicious new novelty drink I invented.
Cranberry juice, potato vodka, and a bouillon cube.
Tastes just like a turkey dinner.
How I Met Your Mother
197.Heres a tip: Dont cook Thanksgiving dinner for five people in 14 hours.
The one that you say Man, it was never as good as that night.
So let this night be great.
New Girl
200.What am I supposed to be thankful for, exactly?
Who am I meant to be thanking, right?
Ive had to scratch and claw for everything Ive got.
If anything, I should be thanking myself.
Im so thankful for every single member of this family.
203.God, thank you so much for your heavenly blessings.
204.Its Thanksgiving tradition to say a prayer, so let us bow our heads and pray.
205.Almighty God, thank you for blessing our food today.
206.Have a blessed Thanksgiving!
I love you dearly.
207.Today, we give thanks to the Almighty God and everything hes given us.
208.On this joyous Thanksgiving, we cannot forget to give our thanks to God.
Im sending you my warmest wishes on this beautiful Thanksgiving.
210.My grateful heart loves you and appreciates you.
Thank God youve entered my life.
Happy Thanksgiving messages to send to younger kids:
211.Happy turkey day!
double-check you eat all your vegetables.
But also leave room for pie!
Thats turkey talk forI love and miss you on this special day.
213.Im so thankful that your mommy and daddy brought you into this world.
214.Happy Thanksgiving, little one.
see to it you remind your parents youre thankful for them on this special day!
215.Every single day, Im thankful for you, but today Im going to scream it from the rooftops!
The turkey isnt going to bite but it’s possible for you to bite him.
217.Youre my little turkey.
I love you so much.
Christmas is right around the corner, so eat your veggies!
219.I hope you have the best day.
Dont get a stomachache, though!
I cant wait to see you soon, little buddy!
221.Gobble until you wobble!
222.Worry about the Christmas tree later.
Today its all about the poul-tree.
It doesnt get butter than this.
224.I hope today is thebasteThanksgiving ever.
225.Today is leg day.
Turkey leg day that is.
227.Leftovers are for quitters.
double-check you eat plenty today!
228.Dont use any fowl language during our turkey dinner.
229.You are the pumpkin pie of my eye.
I love you, buddy!
232.Thanksgiving is the most beautiful holiday because it involves people who mean the most to me.
234.Im thankful for the food on my plate and the family by my side.
I couldnt be happier.
235.Thanksgiving is the best time to check in on loved ones so I was wondering how you have been?
237.I hope you pack your plate with delicious food.
I hope your stomach stays full and happy.
Thank you for holding such a special place in my heart.
239.This Thanksgiving, Im thankful for all the lessons you taught me.
I cannot overstate how much you mean to me.
242.I wish we were spending Thanksgiving together, but we will see each other again soon.
243.Im thankful to have you in my life, even when youre not in my home.
244.I wish we were together this holiday season, especially since I burnt the turkey.
245.My favorite Thanksgivings were spent with you.
Im going to miss you even more than usual today.
246.Thanksgiving only comes once per year but well get plenty of chances to see each other soon.
247.I miss you so much.
Thanksgiving doesnt seem as special without you here to carve the turkey.
248.Thanksgiving is a special time.
Youre on my mind.
Ill be thinking of you all day long.
249.Even when we arent spending the holidays together, youre the only one on my mind.
I hope you have a wonderful day.
250.This turkey is way too big for one person.
Ill be dropping off leftovers soon, so keep an eye out for them.
251.I wish you were here to celebrate with me, but theres always next year!
253.Im thankful to have someone to miss as much as I miss you.
254.The dinner table feels so empty without you, but I know youre here in spirit.
255.Wherever you are, I hope youre gobbling up some delicious food.
256.Even though youre not here today, remember youre an important part of this family.
We all love you and cant wait to see you again soon.
257.Its not Thanksgiving without you, but thats okay.
We know you would be here if you could.
258.I wish you were here mostly because youre a much better cook than me!
260.I love you, and miss you.
I wont have anything to be thankful for until youre sitting beside me again.
262.The turkey isnt the only thing that needs stuffing.
263.Im going to Plymouth Rock your world!
264.you’re free to butter my biscuit whenever you want.
265.Youre like a turkey dinner.
Ill eat you anytime.
266.ensure you leave room for dessert.
I have something delicious you could gobble on.
267.Do you prefer the breasts or the thighs?
268.Youre even sweeter than pumpkin pie.
Let me have a taste.
269.The food isnt the only thing thats going to make you want to loosen your belt.
270.Is it the oven, or is it getting hot in here?
271.Do you want to ride my mayflower?
272.Im not stuffed yet.
But I will be once you get here.
273.Want to break the wishbone?
Because I wish for a date with you.
274.I put the pump in pumpkin pie.
275.I have a thing for butterballs.
276.Im a real master baster.
277.you’re free to call me tryptophan because youll be sleepy when were done together.
278.Theres only one cavity that I want to stuff.
279.Damn, girl, youve got some fine yams.
280.Id be very thankful if you did some giving.
