Giving Thanks and Giving Back

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A time to appreciate and show appreciation by giving back

Thanksgiving is around the corner and for many of us the holiday represents family, feasting and giving thanks for all the blessings we truly have. This time of year always makes me think about how lucky I am, how much I have, and how good people have been to me. It also makes me think about those that do not have family support, enough food or shelter. It's a wonderful time a year to take a moment and show appreciation and give back. There are so many ways we can do this and no act of kindness is ever to small. It all leaves a positive impact.

Quotes of Thanksgiving

from thanksgiving.org

Famous Thanksgiving Quotations

George Washington in his first Presidential
Proclamation:
"It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty
God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore
his protection and favor."-October 3, 1789

Samuel Adams, father of the American Revolution:
"It is therefore recommended ... to set apart Thursday the eighteenth day
of December next, for solemn thanksgiving and praise, that with one heart and
one voice the good people may express the grateful feelings of their hearts and
consecrate themselves to the service of their divine benefactor
..."-November 1, 1777 (adopted by the 13 states as the first official
Thanksgiving Proclamation)

Abraham Lincoln, during the Civil War:
"We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven; we have
been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in
numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has ever grown."-1863

Sir John Templeton:
"How wonderful it would be if we could help our children and grandchildren
to learn thanksgiving at an early age. Thanksgiving opens the doors. It changes
a child's personality. A child is resentful, negative-or thankful. Thankful
children want to give, they radiate happiness, they draw people."

Albert Schweitzer:
"To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for
granted, but to always seek out and value the kind that will stand behind the
action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything
originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself
never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude."

William Faulkner:
"Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and
discharged and used up in order to exist at all."

Seneca Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy:
"Our Creator shall continue to dwell above the sky, and that is where those
on earth will end their thanksgiving."

Anne Frank:
"I do not think of all the misery, but of the glory that remains. Go
outside into the fields, nature and the sun, go out and seek happiness in
yourself and in God. Think of the beauty that again and again discharges itself
within and without you and be happy."

Theodore Roosevelt:
"Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected
from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and
shows itself in deeds."-1901

John Fitzgerald Kennedy:
"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest
appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."

If you know another Thanksgiving quotation, please send us an e-mail
containing the quote and its origin, and we will add it here. We would love
to hear from you!

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