Famous Quotes & Sayings

Juanita Johnson

I was just blessing God. As a mother, I was terrified. But now, instead of weeping and thinking that could have been my daughter, now I'm weeping to thank God she's with me and praying for the others.

Matt Hasselbeck

Had I been a first-round pick -- which never would have happened -- and they made me play, I wouldn't have done any good. I would have been bad. So I wasn't ready. So it's kind of a blessing in disguise for me.

A. Johnson

I thought something like this wouldn't happen until maybe next season, ... I know how hard it is for offensive linemen to break in on this level. Getting back to my natural position has really been a blessing for me. I'm much more comfortable now.

Joe Mesi

I think that, as crazy as it sounds, the two-year layoff might be a blessing in this situation.

Marvin Oliver's

I think it was a real blessing for all of us. It's not always going to be sunshine. Even in a rainy situation, you can still prevail. Sometimes, you just have to see what modifications you can make.

R. Robinson

Don't be concerned with what you can't do. Work on what you can do - then count your blessings.

Joan Anderson

When will I ever learn to accept what is given instead of always yearning for more? My lavish expectations too often tarnish my blessings.

Jim Wilkes

He had to be hungry. And I look over, and he's saying the blessing before he eats.

Eleanor Cooper

He is a blessing to me, ... All these people, these ones who were once strangers (from Alabama), they are blessings to us.

Thomas Otway

Children blessings seem, but torments are;/ When young, our folly, and when old our fear.

Larry Meyers

Ive already felt that, there's been some really great blessings that have come my way, so, must be true,

James E. Faust

As with all commandments, gratitude is a description of a successful mode of living. The thankful heart opens our eyes to a multitude of blessings that continually surround us.

Cervantes Saavedra

Blessings on him who invented sleep, the mantle that covers all human thoughts.

William Channing

Let us teach that the honor of a nation consists not in the forced submission of other states, but in equal laws and free institutions, in cultivated fields and prosperous cities; in the development of intellectual and moral power, in the diffusion of knowledge, in magnanimity and justice, in the virtues and blessings of peace.

Justin Timberlake

I was raised in a very humble environment, and I was always taught to be humble to the things that are happening in my life because they're blessings. They're blessings in every way. Whether you're able to help someone get through a tough time in their life through your music or through comedy, or whatever it is, you're just a channel.

Andrew Sorensen

We have opened our hearts, our homes and our university to families and individuals displaced by this disaster. But as the relief effort moves from despair to hope and destruction to rebuilding, all of us are being called on to share our blessings in this unprecedented undertaking to rebuild communities and help those in need put their lives back together again.

Lynn Davis

I was thinking more of my blessings instead of my problems.

Ron Iwami

I don't want to count my blessings before it happens, but this is a major victory for us. It shows the strong intent of the Legislature and also the people.

Will Rogers

Strangers are just friends I haven't met yet.

Barack Obama

My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.

Jeanette Winterson

How many of us want any of us to see us as we really are?