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By Wm. R. Lowry
Editor & Publisher, MiBiz
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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
“On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.”
— William Jennings Bryan
“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
“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
“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
“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,
The First Thanksgiving
“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.”
— The Bible, Psalm 100:4-5
“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
“Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.”
— W.T. Purkiser
By William Lowry
Former Editor & Publisher, MiBiz
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MiBiz was founded in 1988 by its Editor & Publisher, William R. Lowry.
MiBiz (formerly The Shoreline Business Monthly) today presents readers with an in-depth snapshot of the business scene throughout West Michigan 26 times a year.
Professional Honors:
- In 2010, Lowry was named “Entre-Promoter” by the Muskegon Area Chamber of Commerce, one of the inaugural class of two.
- In 2007, Lowry was named “Entrepreneur of the Year” by the Muskegon Area Chamber of Commerce.
- In 2005 Lowry was awarded "Communicator of the Year" by the Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM).
- In June 2002, Lowry was awarded two honors by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA): Michigan Small Business Journalist of the Year, and Midwest Regional Small Business Journalist of the Year.
- In 1999, Lowry was awarded the Small Business Advocate Award by the Michigan Small Business Development Center (MI-SBDC).
- In 1993, Lowry was named "Michigan Small Business Media Advocate of the Year" by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
- In 1991, Lowry was awarded the “Muskegon 2000 Award for Business.”
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