Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

He's a wonderful guy who cares about everyone and everything. He watches out for people and goes out of his way to help. He's the kind of person you wish the whole world was made of. We are blessed to have him.

Mark Twain

It is a blessed thing to have an imagination that can always make you satisfied, no matter how you are fixed

We're praying that God would bless us. The kind of people we work with don't have money.

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.

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

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.

Sam Johnson

I thank him for the gift he has blessed me with.

I thank Divine Providence for the breath of a new spirit that this movement brought to the events of contemporary Europe. May God bless all those who are committed to promoting social justice and the good of workers.

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

Anton LaVey

Blessed are the destroyers of false hope, for they are the true Messiahs - Cursed are the god-adorers, for they shall be shorn sheep!

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.

Jodi Benson

I am blessed to perform in the studio and on the concert stage.

I am blessed to have first been a salesperson.

I bless the announcement from brother Said Siam, the interior minister, yesterday to form a force to protect general order.

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

Clint Hurdle

He has said the same thing for three outings. I'd like to see him make an adjustment. . . . We have people in Colorado who have seen it, but it's been awhile. If he knows what's wrong, God bless him. Fix it. It's been a long time since Zach Day has pitched well.

Today is just a wonderful day of rejoicing. Jill's friends at the Monitor can't wait to see her and there is no way to thank everyone -- everyone at the press, everyone around the world, all government officials, all Iraqi people, our hearts go out to you in thanks. Bless you all for all that you have done to give Jill and her family this tremendous, wonderfully happy day.

Tyler Perry

Ever since I've been blessed with success, I've struggled a little with anonymity and even family. I've had people calling asking for money, and I have to ask them first, 'Are you working? Have you been trying to help yourself?' Then I feel like I can help.

Trey Songz

Count your blessings. Every time I am doing bad I count my blessings. And I always lose count. Try that sometime.

Trai Byers

Live, laugh, and love!! Blessings!!

William Weld

Much is forgiven anyone who relieves the desperate boredom of the working press.

William Wordsworth

Blessings be with them, and eternal praise, Who gave us nobler loves, and nobler cares!- The Poets, who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays.

William Wordsworth

That blessed mood in which the burthen of the mystery, in which the heavy and the weary weight of all this unintelligible world is lightened.

William Wordsworth

It is the 1st mild day of March. Each minute sweeter than before... there is a blessing in the air.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

Take another look at your life. Give thanks. Accept your circumstances. Give thanks. Count your blessings. Give thanks. Show up for each day's meditation. Be willing to give the basic tools a fair chance. They can help you find your way.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

All we need is the awareness of how blessed we really are.

Sara Blakely

There is a hidden blessing in the most traumatic things we go through in our lives. My brain always goes to, 'Where is the hidden blessing? What is my gift?'

Sara Blakely

With every obstacle that has happened to me in my life, my brain immediately says, ‘Where is the hidden blessing?’ In starting a business and growing a business, every day is learning how to manage obstacles.

William Ellery Channing

O God, animate us to cheerfulness! May we have a joyful sense of our blessings, learn to look on the bright circumstances of our lot, and maintain a perpetual contentedness

William Ellery Channing

Others are affected by what I am, and say, and do. So that a single act of mine may spread and spread in widening circles, through a nation or humanity. Through my vice I intensify the taint of vice throughout the universe. Through my misery I make multitudes sad. On the other hand, every development of my virtue makes me an ampler blessing to my race. Every new truth that I gain makes me a brighter light to humanity.

William Ellery Channing

A general loftiness of sentiment, independence of men, consciousness of good intentions, self-oblivion in great objects, clear views of futurity; thoughts of the blessed companionship of saints and angels, trust in God as the friend of truth and virtue,--these are the states of mind in which I should live.