Quote by O. Henry
There is one day that is ours. There is one day when all we Americ

There is one day that is ours. There is one day when all we Americans who are not self-made go back to the old home to eat saleratus biscuits and marvel how much nearer to the porch the old pump looks than it used to. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American. – O. Henry

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If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, theyd never marry. – O. Henry

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Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a mans starving! – O. Henry

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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

Thanksgiving is the holiday of peace, the celebration of work and the simple life… a true folk-festival that speaks the poetry of the turn of the seasons, the beauty of seedtime and harvest, the ripe product of the year — and the deep, deep connection of all these things with God. – Ray Stannard Baker (David Grayson)

If you count all your assets, you always show a profit. – Robert Quillen

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say “thank you?” – William A. Ward

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