Heap high the board with plenteous cheer and gather to the feast, And toast the sturdy Pilgrim band whose courage never ceased.~Alice W. BrothertonThe Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts.

No Americans have been more impoverished than these who,nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving.

~H.U. Westermayer If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice.

~Meister Eckhart As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

~John Fitzgerald KennedyOur rural ancestors, with little blest,Patient of labour when the end was rest, Indulged the day that housed their annual grain,With feasts, and off'rings, and a thankful strain.~Alexander Pope A thankful heart hath a continual feast.

~W.J. Cameron

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our heartsare conscious of our treasures.

~Thornton WilderForever on Thanksgiving DayThe heart will find the pathway home.~Wilbur D. Nesbit A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.

~Cicero But see, in our open clearings, how golden the melons lie; Enrich them with sweets and spices, and give us the pumpkin-pie!~Margaret Junkin Preston Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

~SenecaFor, after all, put it as we may to ourselves, we are all of us frombirth to death guests at a table which we did not spread.

The sun,the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet.~Rebecca Harding Davis