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Thanksgiving Day Story

greetingstuffs — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:06:00 +0000

Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a traditional North American holiday. On this day people express gratitude to God for his blessings and give thanks to dear ones for their love & support. Thanksgiving Day brings a perfect time for the families and friends to gather and inspire all of them to give thanks to the the lord for everything that he has done which is the very spirit of today’s thanksgiving celebrations. Nowsaday, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States.

Thanksgiving Origin

The legendary pilgrims, crossed the Atlantic in the year 1620 in Mayflower-A 17th Century sailing vessel. After a sea journey for 66 days, the pilgrims reached Plymouth rock, Massachusetts on December 11th 1620. In the spring of 1621, Squanto, a native Indian taught the pilgrims to survive by growing food like corn, beans and pumpkins which helped all of them survive.

In the summer of 1621, owing to severe drought, pilgrims called for a day of fasting and prayer to please God and ask for a bountiful harvest in the coming season. God answered their prayers and it rained at the end of the day which saved the corn crops.

In the autumn of 1621, they held a grand celebration where people were invited including Indians. The grand feast was organized to thank god for his favors. The dinner is popularly known as “The first thanksgiving feast” which its food included, ducks, turkeys, geese, swan and venison, fish, berries, watercress, lobster, dried fruit, clams, and plums. The feast continued for three days. It was accompanied by lots of dancing and merry-making. The feast was not repeated for the next few years until President Lincoln proclaimed last Thursday in November of thanksgiving in the year 1863.

Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual parade presented by Macy’s Department store. The three-hour event is held in New York City starting at 9:00 a.m. EST on Thanksgiving.

The first Thanksgiving Day Parade was held in 1924 was called the ‘Macy’s Christmas Day Parade’, despite the fact that it took place on a Thanksgiving Day. It took three years to actually re-name it as ‘Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade’ in 1927. American parades actually are an extension to the European tradition. In the 1920’s, many store employees of Macy’s department were second generation immigrants and were proud of their new American heritage. They wanted to introduce their beloved European tradition to an American Holiday and so they marched from 145 Street down to 34th Street dressed in fancy costumes such as clowns, cowboys, knights and sheiks. There were 25 live animals in their parade that they borrowed from the Central Park Zoo along with floats and professional bands. The parade was an instant hit and they attracted an audience of about over a quarter of a million people. Large balloons were introduced for the first time in the shape of Felix the Cat. There was a tradition about releasing the balloons that would float for days and the lucky finders could claim a prize for the balloons but this custom is now extinct. Children simply love Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. Parade continued to grown in 1930s and crowd of over 1 million people lined the routes of the Parade by 1934. New balloons were introduced in the shape of Walt Disney characters and there were radio shows telling all about the ceremony and Santa’s arrival at 34th Street.

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Holiday Greeting Gifts

greetingstuffs — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:37:41 +0000

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Thanksgiving Food Recipes

greetingstuffs — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:10:07 +0000

Buying and Thawing a Turkey Tips

Buying a Turkey

Things to think about:

1. Size. Count on 1 to 1 ½ pounds of turkey for each guest, depending on whether you want plenty of leftovers or just a few. You can also choose to buy two medium-sized turkeys rather than one giant one, to cut the cooking time. This also allows you to cut one turkey for serving while the whole bird is displayed on the table.

2. Fresh or Frozen? This depends on your needs. A fresh turkey costs more but doesn’t need thawing. Some butchers also offer “heritage” breeds of turkey. (You should buy it no more than one or two days ahead of time as it’s best to order in advance from your butcher or grocery store meat department). Frozen turkeys are less expensive and available year-round, but must be thawed before cooking.

Thawing a Turkey

Two safe methods for thawing:

1. In the refrigerator. This is the preferred method, but can be difficult to arrange with a fully stocked fridge. Clear some space and allow one day for every 5 pounds of meat: a 15-pound turkey will require three days to thaw thoroughly.

2. Submerged in cold water. Using your sink or a bucket, keep the turkey in its original wrapper and make sure it is completely covered with cold water. You may need to cover the turkey with a plate and place some heavy cans on top of it to keep it totally submerged. It is vital for the sake of safety that you change the cold water every 30 minutes. Using this method, it will take approximately 30 minutes per pound to thaw a turkey.

It is also possible to use a combination of the two methods–use the fridge for the first two days of thawing, and the sink on the day before Thanksgiving, when the refrigerator fills up with other holiday dishes.

Turkey Burritos

PREP TIME 5 Min
COOK TIME 20 Min
READY IN 25 Min
Original recipe yield 6 burritos
For 6 Servings

INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

* 1 pound ground turkey
* 2 (7 ounce) cans hot tomato sauce
* 1 (15.25 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
* 1/2 small onion, diced
* 1 (16 ounce) can fat-free refried beans
* 1 (16 ounce) container fat free sour cream
* 3/4 cup shredded reduced-fat Cheddar cheese
* 6 (10 inch) flour tortillas

DIRECTIONS

1. In a large skillet over medium high heat, brown ground turkey. Stir in tomato sauce, corn and onion. Reduce heat to medium and let simmer, stirring occasionally, until liquids reduce (about 20 minutes).
2. In a separate medium skillet, heat beans over medium-low heat. Prepare sour cream and cheese for sprinkling into burritos. One by one, heat tortillas over stove burner for 1 to 2 minutes, flipping a few times. Top with beans, then meat mixture, then sour cream and cheese. Fold over and serve while still warm.

Southwestern Turkey Casserole

For 8 Servings

INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

* 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup
* 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
* 1 (7 ounce) can diced green chile peppers, drained
* 1 cup sour cream
* 16 (6 inch) corn tortillas, cut into strips
* 10 ounces cooked turkey, diced
* 8 ounces shredded Cheddar cheese

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. In a mixing bowl, combine the chicken soup, mushroom soup, chile peppers and sour cream.
3. Line the bottom of a 9×13 inch baking pan with corn tortillas. Follow with a layer of turkey. Pour soup mixture over turkey, sprinkle with 1/2 of the cheese. Repeat layers and top with cheddar cheese. Bake for 30 to 45 minutes or until cheese is browned and bubbly.

Smoked Turkey Tortilla Wraps

PREP TIME 10 Min
COOK TIME 10 Min
READY IN 20 Min
For 10 Servings

INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

* 10 whole wheat flour tortillas
* 10 slices smoked turkey, cut into thin strips
* 1 avocado - peeled, pitted and sliced
* 1/2 cup sour cream, for topping
* 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese

DIRECTIONS

Heat flour tortillas in a large skillet over medium heat until slightly browned. Divide turkey strips, avocado, sour cream, and cheese among the warmed tortillas. Fold in half and serve.

Turkey Stuffing Divan

PREP TIME 10 Min
COOK TIME 30 Min
READY IN 40 Min
For 6 Servings

INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

* 1 1/4 cups boiling water
* 4 tablespoons butter or margarine
* 4 cups Pepperidge Farm? Herb Seasoned Stuffing
* 2 cups cooked broccoli cuts
* 2 cups cubed cooked turkey or chicken
* 1 (10.75 ounce) can Campbell’s? Condensed Cream of Celery Soup (Regular or 98% Fat Free)
* 1/2 cup milk
* 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

DIRECTIONS

1. Mix water and butter. Add stuffing. Mix lightly.
2. Spoon into 2-quart shallow baking dish. Top with broccoli and turkey.
3. Mix soup, milk and 1/2 cup cheese and pour over all. Sprinkle with remaining cheese.
4. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes or until hot.

Tips: For 2 cups cubed cooked chicken, in medium saucepan over medium heat, in 4 cups boiling water, cook 1 pound boneless chicken breasts or thighs, cubed, 5 minutes or until chicken is done.

Rosemary Roasted Turkey

PREP TIME 25 Min
COOK TIME 4 Hrs
READY IN 4 Hrs 45 Min
Original recipe yield 1 (12 pound) turkey

INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

* 3/4 cup olive oil
* 3 tablespoons minced garlic
* 2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary
* 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
* 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
* 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
* salt to taste
* 1 (12 pound) whole turkey

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2. In a small bowl, mix the olive oil, garlic, rosemary, basil, Italian seasoning, black pepper and salt. Set aside.
3. Wash the turkey inside and out; pat dry. Remove any large fat deposits. Loosen the skin from the breast. This is done by slowly working your fingers between the breast and the skin. Work it loose to the end of the drumstick, being careful not to tear the skin.
4. Using your hand, spread a generous amount of the rosemary mixture under the breast skin and down the thigh and leg. Rub the remainder of the rosemary mixture over the outside of the breast. Use toothpicks to seal skin over any exposed breast meat.
5. Place the turkey on a rack in a roasting pan. Add about 1/4 inch of water to the bottom of the pan. Roast in the preheated oven 3 to 4 hours, or until the internal temperature of the bird reaches 180 degrees F (80 degrees c)

Turkey ‘n’ Stuffing Pie

PREP TIME 30 Min
READY IN 30 Min
For 4 Servings

INGREDIENTS

* 1 egg, beaten
* 1 cup chicken broth
* 1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted
* 5 cups herb-seasoned stuffing
* FILLING:
* 1 (4 ounce) can mushroom stems and pieces, drained
* 1/2 cup chopped onion
* 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
* 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
* 3 cups cubed cooked turkey
* 1 cup frozen peas
* 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
* 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
* 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
* 1 (12 ounce) jar turkey gravy
* 5 slices processed American cheese, cut into strips

DIRECTIONS

In a large bowl, combine the egg, broth and butter. Add stuffing; mix well. Pat onto the bottom and up the sides of a greased 9-in. pie plate; set aside. In a skillet, saute mushrooms and onion in butter until tender. Sprinkle with flour; mix well. Add the turkey, peas, parsley, Worcestershire sauce and thyme; mix well. Stir in gravy. Bring to a boil; boil and stir for 2 minutes. Spoon into the crust. Bake at 375 degrees F for 20 minutes. Arrange cheese strips in a lattice pattern over filling. Bake 5-10 minutes longer or until the cheese is melted.

Ref: allrecipes.com

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Halloween SMS / Quotes

greetingstuffs — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:53:25 +0000

Halloween SMS, Halloween Quotes, Halloween Sayings, Popular Halloween SMS on Halloween Holidays.

Where there is no imagination there is no horror.
- - -Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Ghosts, like ladies, never speak till spoke to.
- - -Richard Harris Barham

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On Hallowe’en the thing
you must do
Is pretend that nothing
can frighten you
An’ if somethin’ scares you
and you want to run
Jus’ let on like
it’s Hallowe’en fun.
- - - from an Early Nineteenth Century Halloween Postcard

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Just like a ghost, you’ve been a-hauntin’ my dreams,
So I’ll propose on Halloween.
Love is kinda crazy with a spooky little girl like you
- - - from Anonymous

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This Halloween the most popular mask is the Arnold Schwarzenegger mask.
And the best part? With a mouth full of candy you will sound just like him.
- - - from Anonymous

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‘Tis the night - the night
Of the grave’s delight,
And the warlocks are at their play;
Ye think that without
The wild winds shout,
But no, it is they - it is they.
- - - Arthur Cleveland Coxe

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One need not be a chamber to be haunted;
One need not be a house;
The brain has corridors surpassing
Material place.
- - - Emily Dickinson

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If a man harbors any sort of fear, it makes him landlord to a ghost.
- - - Lloyd Douglas

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Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen,
Voices whisper in the trees, “Tonight is Halloween!”
- - - Dexter Kozen

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Fear is nature’s warning signal to get busy.
- - - Henry C. Link

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The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest
and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
- - - H. P. Lovecraft

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Be wary then; best safety lies in fear.
- - - Shakespeare “Hamlet”

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Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble.
- - - Shakespeare “Macbeth”

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Hark! Hark to the wind! ‘Tis the night, they say,
When all souls come back from the far away-
The dead, forgotten this many a day!
- - - Virna Sheard

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From ghoulies and ghosties and long leggety beasties and things that go bump
in the night, Good Lord, deliver us!
- - - Scottish saying

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Men say that in this midnight hour,
The disembodie`d have power
To wander as it liketh them,
By wizard oak and fairy stream.
- - - William

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At first cock-crow the ghosts must go Back to their quiet graves below.
- - -Theodosia Garrison

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‘Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world.
- - -William Shakespeare

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Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children
is increased with tales, so is the other.
- - -Sir Francis Bacon, Essays [1625], “Of Death”

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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
- - -Sir Francis Bacon, Essays [1625], “Of Seditions and Troubles

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For as children tremble and fear everything in the blind darkness, so we in the light
sometimes fear what is no more to be feared than the things children in the dark
hold in terror and imagine will come true.
- - -Titus Lucretius Carus [99-55 B.C.], De Rerum Natura, bk. III, l. 87

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There is a sacred HORROR about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills;
but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece,
seen too near, is appalling.
- - -Victor Hugo

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The dream reveals the reality which conception lags behind. That is the horror of life—
the terror of art.
- - -One of the best quotes by Franz Kafka

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From ghoulish and ghosties and long leggety beasties and things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us!
- - - Scottish saying

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Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder’s fork, and blind-worm’s
sting, Lizard’s leg, and owlet’s wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth
boil and bubble.
- - -William Shakespeare (a quote from “Macbeth”)

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Bring forth the raisins and the nuts- Tonight All-Hallows’ Specter struts Along the moonlit way.
- - -John Kendrick Bangs

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Thanksgiving SMS / Thanksgiving Quotes

greetingstuffs — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:08:40 +0000

Thanksgiving Day is regarded as an important holiday as Thanksgiving is about showing one’s gratitude for the blessings. Below are classical Thanksgiving Quotes, Thanksgiving SMS Collection, popular Thankgiving Sayings and Thanksgiving bless.

“Happy Thanksgiving”

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“On Thanksgiving Day, all over America, families sit down to dinner at the same moment - halftime.”
Unknown

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“On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.”
William Jennings Bryan

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“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”
Oprah Winfrey

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“Forever on Thanksgiving Day, The heart will find the pathway home.”
Wilbur D. Nesbit

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“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
Melody Beattie

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“To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.”
Johannes A. Gaertner

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“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.”
Anne Frank

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“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.”
Theodore Roosevelt

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“Got no check books, got no banks. Still I’d like to express my thanks - I got the sun in the mornin’ and the moon at night.”
Irving Berlin

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“Thank God every day when you get up that you have something to do that day which must be done whether you like it or not. Being forced to work and forced to do your best will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know.”
Basil Carpenter

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“Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.”
Aesop Fables

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“Gratitude is the heart’s memory.”
French Proverb

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“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 Kennedy

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“Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude.”
E.P. Powell

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“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.”
Cicero

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

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“Who does not thank for little will not thank for much.”
Estonian proverb

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“Once, when my feet were bare, and I had not the means of obtaining shoes I came to the chief of Kufah in a state of much dejection, and saw there a man who had no feet. I returned thanks to God and acknowledged his mercies, and endured my want of shoes with patience.”
Sadi The Gulistan

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“Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow.”
Edward Sandford Martin

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“God gave us our relatives; thank God we can choose our friends.”
Ethel Watts Mumford

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“The 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

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“So once in every year we throng
Upon a day apart,
To praise the Lord with feast and song
In thankfulness of heart.”
Arthur Guiterman

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“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 Kennedy

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“Remember God’s 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

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“Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action.”
W.J. Cameron

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“Thanksgiving comes to us out of the prehistoric dimness, universal to all ages and all faiths. At whatever straws we must grasp, there is always a time for gratitude and new beginnings.”
J. Robert Moskin

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“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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“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”
Thornton Wilder

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“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

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“Heap high the board with plenteous cheer and gather to the feast,
And toast the sturdy Pilgrim band whose courage never ceased.”
Alice W. Brotherton

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“Dear Lord; we beg but one boon more:
Peace in the hearts of all men living,
peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving.”
Joseph Auslander

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“It is literally true, as the thankless say, that they have nothing to be thankful for. He who sits by the fire, thankless for the fire, is just as if he had no fire. Nothing is possessed save in appreciation, of which thankfulness is the indispensable ingredient. But a thankful heart hath a continual feast.”
W.J. Cameron

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“We give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.”
Author Unknown

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“To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.”
Johannes A. Gaertner

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“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.”
Cicero

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“Thanksgiving is possible only for those who take time to remember; no one can give thanks who has a short memory.”
Unknown

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“Thanksgiving is America’s national chow-down feast, the one occasion each year when gluttony becomes a patriotic duty.”
Michael Dresser

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“Grace isn’t a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It’s a way to live.”
Jackie Windspear

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“God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.”
Izaak Walton

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“Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feet. Believe in man. Soberly and with clear eyes, believe in your own time and place. There is not, and there never has been a better time, or a better place to live in.”
Phillips Brooks

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“Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart”
Seneca

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“None is more impoverished than the one who has no gratitude. Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy.”
Fred De Witt Van Amburgh

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“Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don’t unravel.”
Unknown

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“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”
William Arthur Ward

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“Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving.”
Charles Lamb

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“But whether we have less or more,
Always thank we God therefor.”
Unknown

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“Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.”
William Shakespeare

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“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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“Turkey: A large bird whose flesh, when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude.”
Ambrose Bierce

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“Thanksgiving-day, I fear,
If one the solemn truth must touch,
Is celebrated, not so much
To thank the Lord for blessing o’er,
As for the sake of getting more!”
Will Carleton

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“May your stuffing be tasty
May your turkey plump,
May your potatoes and gravy
Have nary a lump.
May your yams be delicious
And your pies take the prize,
And may your Thanksgiving dinner
Stay off your thighs!”
Unknown

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“For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“For flowers that bloom about our feet;
For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;
For song of bird, and hum of bee;
For all things fair we hear or see,
Father in heaven, we thank Thee!”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“I love Thanksgiving turkey. It’s the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger

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“For hearts that are kindly, with virtue and peace, and not seeking blindly a hoard to increase; for those who are grieving o’er life’s sordid plan; for souls still believing in heaven and man; for homes that are lowly with love at the board; for things that are holy, I thank thee, O Lord!”
Walt Mason

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“It is delightfully easy to thank God for the grace we ourselves have received, but it requires great grace to thank God always for the grace given to others.”
James Smith

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“When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?”
George Canning

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“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

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“Thanksgiving is so called because we are all so thankful that it only comes once a year.”
P. J. O’Rourke

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“Thanksgiving Day, a function which originated in New England two or three centuries ago when those people recognized that they really had something to be thankful for - annually, not oftener - if they had succeeded in exterminating their neighbors, the Indians, during the previous twelve months instead of getting exterminated by their neighbors, the Indians. Thanksgiving Day became a
habit, for the reason that in the course of time, as the years drifted on, it was perceived that the exterminating had ceased to be mutual and was all on the white man’s side, consequently on the Lord’s side; hence it was proper to thank the Lord for it and extend the usual annual compliments.”
Mark Twain

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“He who thanks but with the lips
Thanks but in part;
The full, the true Thanksgiving
Comes from the heart.”
J. A. Shedd

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“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 Kennedy

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“We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.”
Albert Barnes

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“Thanksgiving is nothing if not a glad and reverent lifting of the heart to God in honor and praise for His goodness.”
Robert Casper Lintner

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“Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.”
Apostle Paul

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“Our 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

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“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

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“Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song.”
Konrad von Gesner

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“What we’re really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?”
Erma Bombeck

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“When I was a kid in Indiana, we thought it would be fun to get a turkey a year ahead of time and feed it and so on for the following Thanksgiving. But by the time Thanksgiving came around, we sort of thought of the turkey as a pet, so we ate the dog. Only kidding. It was the cat.”
David Letterman

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“Thank you, dear God
For all You have given me,
For all You have taken away from me,
For all You have left me.”
Anonymous

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“Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise; be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the Lord is good.”
Psalm 100:4

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Frank A. Clark
“If a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful for what he’s going to get.”

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“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.”
Samuel Adams, First Official Thanksgiving Proclamation

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“Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise… then you will discover the fullness of your life.”
Brother David Steindl-Rast

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“If I have enjoyed the hospitality of the Host of this universe, Who daily spreads a table in my sight, surely I cannot do less than acknowledge my dependence.”
G. A. Johnston Ross

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“Praise now is one of the great duties of the redeemed. It will be their employment for ever.”
Albert Barnes

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“Gratitude is born in hearts that take time to count up past mercies.”
Charles E. Jefferson

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“God is pleased with no music below so much as with the thanksgiving songs of relieved widows and supported orphans; of rejoicing, comforted, and thankful persons.”
Jeremy Taylor

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“One distinguishing mark of an unregenerate man is ingratitude.”
E. J. Conrad

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“I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.”
Kahlil Gibran

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“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.”
Sir John Templeton

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“Thanksgiving is the day when you turn to another family member and say, “How long has Mom been drinking like this?” My Mom, after six Bloody Marys looks at the turkey and goes, ‘Here, kitty, kitty.’ ”
David Letterman

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“You can tell you ate too much for Thanksgiving when you have to let your bathrobe out.”
Jay Leno

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“Numberless marks does man bear in his soul, that he is fallen and estranged from God; but nothing gives a greater proof thereof, than that backwardness, which every one finds within himself, to the duty of praise and thanksgiving.”
George Whitefield

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Thanksgiving, when the Indians said, “Well, this has been fun, but we know you have a long voyage back to England.”
Jay Leno

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“There are a lot of New York City Thanksgiving traditions. For example, a lot of New Yorkers don’t buy the frozen Thanksgiving turkey. They prefer to buy the bird live and then push it in front of a subway train.”
David Letterman

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“Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.”
WT Purkiser

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“Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude.”
E.P. Powell

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“It must be an odd feeling to be thankful to nobody in particular. Christians in public institutions often see this odd thing happening on Thanksgiving Day. Everyone in the institution seems to be thankful ‘in general.’ It’s very strange. It’s a little like being married in general.”
Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.

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“It’s better to pace yourself throughout a big day like Thanksgiving by having something healthful for breakfast and something light for lunch.”
Marilu Henner

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“Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday…The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production.”
Ayn Rand

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“It’s like being at the kids’ table at Thanksgiving - you can put your elbows on it, you don’t have to talk politics… no matter how old I get, there’s always a part of me that’s sitting there.”
John Hughes

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“Thanksgiving like contentment is a learned attribute. The person who hasn’t learned to be content we will not be thankful for he lives with the delusion he deserves more or something better.”
Robert Flatt

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“An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.”
RV Kupcinet

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“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, “thank you,” that would suffice.”
Meister Eckhart

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

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“I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”
Charles Dickens

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“Happiness is the realization of God in the heart. Happiness is the result of praise and thanksgiving, of faith, of acceptance; a quiet tranquil realization of the love of God.”
White Eagle

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“Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.”
Henry Ward Beecher

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“It’s a thanksgiving to God. It’s something I have wanted to do for a long time, but the record company wasn’t ready for it. So I did it myself.”
Aaron Neville

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Graduation SMS Collection / Quotes

greetingstuffs — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:02:28 +0000

Graduation Quotes, Graduation Sayings, Graduation SMS in commencement ceremonies
Popular Graduation Quotes and Speech from Famous People on Graduation Day

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
Robert Louis Stevenson

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“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.”
Aristotle

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“School’s out, Memories past, Don’t ever doubt, Our friendship will last.”
Unknown

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“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.”
Albert Einstein

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The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Albert Einstein

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Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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“To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.”
Anatole France

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“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.”
Shakespeare

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“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”
Francis Bacon

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“The best helping hand that you will ever receive is the one at the end of your own arm.”
Fred Dehner

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“The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after.”
Newton D. Baker

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“Your schooling may be over, but remember that your education still continues.”
Author Unknown

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“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Don’t be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated; you can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.”
David Lloyd George

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“The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.”
Ralph W. Sockman

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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
Mark Twain

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“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”
Milton Berle

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“Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be released into the world until they have been properly sedated.”
Garry Trudeau

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“Hitch your wagon to a star.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“You cannot help but learn more as you take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is an old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it.”
John Updike

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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”
Dr. Seuss

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“A professor is someone who talks in someone else’s sleep.”
W.H. Auden

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“The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.”
Edward Koch

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“When you leave here, don’t forget why you came.”
Adlai Stevenson, former Vice-President of the U.S.

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“You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.”
Tom Brokaw

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“A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.”
Theodore Roosevelt

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“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”
Benjamin Franklin

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“People will frighten you about a graduation. They use words you don’t hear often: “And we wish you
Godspeed.” It is a warning, Godspeed. It means you are no longer welcome here at these prices.”
Bill Cosby

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“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”
Confucius

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“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.”
Judy Garland

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“Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these.”
Susan B. Anthony

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“A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students
dressed in identical caps and gowns that “individuality” is the key to success.”
Robert Orben

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“There is a good reason they call these ceremonies “commencement exercises.” Graduation is not the
end; it’s the beginning.”
Orrin Hatch

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“The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.”
Edward Koch

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“All that stands between the graduate and the top of the ladder is the ladder.”
Author Unknown

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“Graduation is only a concept. In real life every day you graduate. Graduation is a process that goes on until the last day of your life. If you can grasp that, you’ll make a difference.”
Arie Pencovici

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“It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge.”
Brooks Atkinson

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“It is clear the future holds great opportunities. It also holds pitfalls. The trick will be to avoid the pitfalls, seize the opportunities, and get back home by six o’clock.”
Woody Allen

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“Don’t live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.”
Wendy Wasserstein

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“I hope your dreams take you to the corners of your smiles, to the highest of your hopes, to the windows of your opportunities, and to the most special places your heart has ever known.”
Author Unknown

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“It is indeed ironic that we spend our school days yearning to graduate and our remaining days waxing
nostalgic about our school days.”
Isabel Waxman

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“In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.”
Harold Geneen

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“The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after. ”
Newton D. Baker

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“Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors! ”
Louisa May Alcott

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“Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.”
B.F. Skinner

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“Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing worth knowing can be taught.”
Oscar Wilde

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“Of course there’s a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don’t take much away, so knowledge sort of accumulates.”
A. Lawrence Lowell

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“If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.”
Vince Lombardi

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“We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails.”
Author Unknown

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“Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out.”
Art Linkletter

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“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.”
Les Brown

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“The things taught in schools and colleges are not an education, but the means of education.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.”
Ralph Marston

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“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.”
e.e. cummings

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“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
e.e. cummings

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“There is just one life for each of us: our own.”
Euripides

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“Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn’t always have to be their top priority.”
William Arthur Ward

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“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.”
Edmund Hillary

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“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.”
Sydney J. Harris

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“Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.”
Roger Babson

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“Education is the best provision for old age.”
Aristotle

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“Don’t waste time learning the “tricks of the trade.” Instead, learn the trade.”
James Charlton and H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”
Beverly Sills

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“What we are is God’s gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.”
Eleanor Powell

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“Find a job you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.”
Anonymous

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“The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.”
Nelson Henderson

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“The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future.”
Plato

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“What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.”
Joseph Addison

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“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”
Henry David Thoreau

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“Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.”
Epictetus

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“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
Eleanor Roosevelt

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“The fruit of liberal education is not learning, but the capacity and desire to learn; not knowledge, but
power.”
Charles W. Eliot

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“Do not ask if a man has been through college; ask if a college has been through him; if he is a walking university.”
Edwin Hubbell Chapin

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“The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.”
Earl of Beaconsfield

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“I have learned this at least by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his
dream, and endeavors to live the life which he had imagines, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
Henry David Thoreau

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“Education is the process by which the individual relates himself to the universe, give himself citizenship in the changing world, share’s the race’s mind and enfranchises his own soul.”
John H. Finley

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“Education is the best provision for old age.”
Aristotle

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“A college education is not a quantitative body of memorized knowledge salted away in a card file. It is a taste for knowledge, a taste for philosophy, if you will; a capacity to explore, to question to perceive relationships, between fields of knowledge and experience.”
A. Whitney Griswold

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“It’s not your blue blood, your pedigree or your college degree. It’s what you do with your life that counts”
Millard Fuller

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“To those of you who received honors, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you too may one day be president of the United States.”
George W. Bush

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“Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.”
Proverb

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“Education make a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive, easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.”
Lord Brougham

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“Education should bring to light the ideal of the individual.”
J. Paul F. Richter

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Father’s Day in Various Countries

greetingstuffs — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:43:32 +0000

Father’s Day Celebration Date is varied among countries around the world. Let’s see when you should celebrate on Father’s Day

Occurrence	Country
March 19	Bolivia, Honduras, Italy (Festa del Papà), Liechtenstein, Andorra, Portugal, Spain (Día del Padre)
May 5	Romania (Ziua Barbatului)
May 8	Albania (Parents’ Day), South Korea (Parents’ Day)
Ascension Day (in the sixth week following Easter Sunday or 40 days after Jesus Resurrection)	Germany
First Sunday of June	Lithuania
June 5 (Constitution Day)	Denmark
Second Sunday of June	Autria, Belgium
Third Sunday of June	Argentina, Antigua, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, People’s Republic of China, China (Taiwan), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Ghana, Greece, Guyana, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singaporem, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, Ukraine, United States, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
June 17	El Salvador, Guatemala
June 21	Syria, Lebanon
June 23	Nicaragua, Poland, Uganda
Last Sunday of June	Haiti
13 Rajab (the seventh month of the Islamic calendar)	Iran
Second Sunday of July	Uruguay
Last Sunday of July	Dominican Republic
Second Sunday of August	Brazil
August 8	Taiwan
First Sunday of September	Australia, New Zealand
New Moon of September (there are 2 states of the moon: New Moon (black) and Full Moon)	Nepal
First Sunday of October	Luxemberg
Second Sunday of November	Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden
December 5	Thailand (the birthday of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej)

Ref: wikipedia

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Mother Day in Various Countries

greetingstuffs — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:19:06 +0000

Mother’s Day Celebration Date is vary in countries around the world. Here’s how..

Occurrence	Country
Second Sunday of February	Norway
February 2	Greece
Shevat 30 (Falls anywhere between January 30 and March 1)	Israel
March 3	Georgia
March 8	Afkanistan, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Laos, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia
Fourth Sunday in Lent	Ireland, Nigeria, United Kingdom
March 21 (vernal equinox)	Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Lebanon, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen (All Arab countries in general)
March 25 (vernal equinox)	Slovenia
April 2 (Chinese Calendar)	China
April 7 (vernal equinox)	Armenia
Baisakh Amavasya (Mata Tirtha Aunsi)	Nepal
First Sunday of May	Hungary, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain
May 8	Albania (Parents’ Day), South Korea (Parents’ Day)
May 10	El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico
Second Sunday of May	Anguilla, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, People’s Republic of China, Republic of (Taiwan), Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Curacao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Malta, Malaysia, Myanmar, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Slovakia, South Africa, St. Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, Singapore, Suriname Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe,
May 15	Paraguay
May 26	Poland
May 27	Bolivia
Last Sunday of May	Algeria, Dominican Republic, France (First Sunday of June if Pentecost occurs on this day), French Antilles (First Sunday of June if Pentecost occurs on this day), Haiti, Mauritius, Morocco, Sweden Tunisia
May 30	Nicaragua
June 1	Mongolia (The Mothers and Children’s Day.)
Second Sunday of June	Luxemberg
Last Sunday of June	Kenya
August 12	Thailand (the birthday of Queen Sirikit Kitiyakara)
August 15	Antwerp (Belgium), Costa Rica
Second Monday of October	Malawi
October 14	Belarus
Third Sunday of October	Argentina (Día de la Madre)
Last Sunday of November	Russia
December 8	Panama
20 Jumada al-thani (the sixth month of the islamic calendar)	Iran
December 22	Indonesia

Ref: wikipedia

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Mother’s Day Story

greetingstuffs — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:50:22 +0000

Mother’s Day is a day honoring mothers, celebrated on various days in many places around the world. There was a story of mother worship in ancient Greece which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of Greek gods. This festival was held around the Vernal Equinox around Asia Minor and eventually in Rome itself from the Ides of March (15 March) to 18 March.

England celebrated a day called “Mothering Sunday”, celebrated on the 4th Sunday of Lent, “Mothering Sunday” to honor the mothers of England. The tribute to celebration of the mother’s day came from Anna Jarvis who first decided to raise awareness of poor health conditions in her community, a cause she believed would be best advocated by mothers. She called it “Mother’s Work Day. During this time, many of the England’s poor worked as servants for the wealthy. As most jobs were located far from their homes, the servants would live at the houses of their employers. Until it had came on Mothering Sunday, the servants could have the day off to return home and spend time with their mothers.
As Christianity spread throughout Europe the celebration changed to honor the “Mother Church” - the spiritual power that gave them life and protected them from harm. Over time the church festival blended with the Mothering Sunday celebration . People began honoring their mothers as well as the church.

In 1907 Ana Jarvis, from Philadelphia, began a campaign to establish a national Mother’s Day. Ms. Jarvis persuaded her mother’s church in Grafton, West Virginia to celebrate Mother’s Day on the second anniversary of her mother’s death, the 2nd Sunday of May. By the next year Mother’s Day was also celebrated in Philadelphia.

Ms. Jarvis and her supporters began to write to ministers, businessman, and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mother’s Day. It was successful as by 1911 Mother’s Day was celebrated in almost every state. President Woodrow Wilson, in 1914, made the official announcement proclaiming Mother’s Day as a national holiday that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May.

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Father’s Day Story

greetingstuffs — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:47:32 +0000

Father’s Day is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide and typically involves gift-giving, and special dinners to fathers and family-oriented activities.
There was a tradition to celebrate Father’s Day around thousands of years ago. In Babylon a son called Elmesu carved a father’s day message on a clay card. In his message Elmesu wished his father a long and healthy life. There is no knowledge as to what happened to this father son duo but it is believed that several countries retained the custom of celebrating Father’s Day.

The actual beginnings of Father’s Day are rather sketchy, and there are several stories of how this holiday started. While these are considered to be true, probably the most common and widespread story is that the June holiday that is known today as Father’s Day is said to have started growing its roots in the year of 1909.

A woman by the name of Mrs. John B. Dodds, who lived in Spokane, Washington, campaigned for a Father’s Day celebration. Her interest in having an organized holiday for fathers was sparked after she heard a church sermon on the virtues of Mother’s Day. The sermon reminded Mrs. Dodds about her childhood years, when her mother had passed away while in childbirth with her sixth child. Mrs. Dodds’ father, William Smart, who was a veteran of the Civil War, was then left to carry on as both father and mother to the newborn baby and their five other children. With medical doctors being in short supply, and medicine being in just its early stages of development, many women died while giving birth to their babies. It was simply, at that time, a hazard of the effort to bring forth new life onto the earth. And when Mrs. Dodds thought of all fathers’ great role. She decided that they all should be honored with a special day all their own. She campaigned and worked to spread her message, and even got the help of friends and family to write letters to influential people who could make this dream happen for her. And, finally, after much hard work and determination, a local celebration was finally proclaimed in the year of 1910. Mrs. Dodds wanted the date of the holiday to be on her father’s birthday, which was the fifth of June, but the festivities had to be moved to the nineteenth of June so there would be enough time to prepare.

Eventually, annual celebrations blossomed throughout the United States and Canada, but it wasn’t until 1972, when Richard M. Nixon signed a congressional resolution that Father’s Day became established. Finally, over sixty years later, after it was first campaigned for, Father’s Day was officially established as being celebrated on the third Sunday of every June.
With the transformation of the American family throughout the years, this holiday was expanded to include honoring not only fathers, but also stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, guys that act as big brothers, and any other males that have played the father role in ones’ life.

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