Belated Thanksgiving Thoughts...worth sharing

My buddy Elaine sent this to me via emai, thought I would share it with you.

THOUGHTS FOR YOUR THANKSGIVING TABLE

"Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality." -- Alfred Painter

"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'Thank you,' that would suffice."-- Eckhart von Hochheim, German theologian, philosopher (1260-1328)

"The unthankful heart...discovers no mercies, but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!"-- Henry Ward Beecher, clergyman, social reformer (1813-1887)

"God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say, 'Thank you'?"-- William A. Ward, writer (1921-1994)

"Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone."-- GB Stern, British author (1890-1973)

"The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you."-- John E. Southard

"Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: It must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all."-- William Faulkner, author (1897-1962)

"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us."-- Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian theologian, physician (1875-1965)

"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."-- William A. Ward

"If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily."-- Gerald Good

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."-- John F. Kennedy, 35th President (1917-1963)

"I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than have things I cannot appreciate."-- Elbert Hubbard, writer, philosopher (1856-1915)

"Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don't unravel."-- Anonymous