Famous Quotes & Sayings

Max Lucado

I believe ingratitude is the original sin. I believe if Adam and Eve had been grateful for the garden of Eden they had, they would not have been so focused on the one tree they didn't have.

Maya Angelou

In a world so rife with vulgarity, with brutality and violence, love exists. I’m grateful to know that it exists.

Maya Angelou

A joyful spirit is evidence of a grateful heart.

Matt Holliday

I had some tough times. Now that I look back on it, I'm very grateful for those times. I know now that I needed them. But at the time you think, 'Man, I wish I could just get to the major leagues!'

Maya Angelou

It's amazing. I can do anything. And do it well. Any good thing, I can do it. That's why I am who I am, yes, because God loves me and I'm amazed at it. I'm grateful for it.

Maya Angelou

I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.

Maya Angelou

I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I'm praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I'm grateful that I'm heard.

Maya Angelou

Every day I awaken I am grateful. My intent is to be totally present in that day. And laugh as much as possible.

Maya Angelou

I'm grateful to be an American. I am grateful that we can be angry at the terrorist assault and at the same time be intelligent enough not to hold a grudge against every Arab and every Muslim.

Maurice Hinchey

I am deeply grateful for all the friendships that I have all across this district, especially here in Ithaca. Ithacas a wonderful place. Im very proud to be the person who represents the city and some of Tompkins County.

Patricia Briggs

I suppose we must work on being gracious and grateful until we can do for ourselves. Someday the wheel of fate will put us in a position to be of use to them, and we will remember how much easier it is to give help than it is to accept it.

Plato

When you feel grateful, you become great, and eventually attract great things.

Phil Lesh

Bruce's band is so different from the Grateful Dead; there's no lead guitar player, for one thing.

Ledisi

I'm everything I'm made of. So a part of me is made of classical music. I'm grateful for it.

Laverne Cox

I'm so grateful that I had the luxury of transitioning in private. Because when you transition in the public eye, the transition becomes the story.

Lana Turner

The thing about happiness is that it doesn't help you to grow; only unhappiness does that. So I'm grateful that my bed of roses was made up equally of blossoms and thorns. I've had a privileged, creative, exciting life, and I think that the parts that were less joyous were preparing me, testing me, strengthening me.

Lisa Leslie

There's a lot of women in the WNBA. There's a lot of women who could be here. To be voted by the fans says a lot - that people are aware of what's going on. I'm really thankful. I think they just really appreciate my talent so I'm definitely grateful

Lisa Ling

Too often, we spend our days thinking about what we don't have rather than what we do have. Be grateful every day.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

I have a fine level of recognition in the business and among the acting community now, so I consider myself one of the lucky ones. If I didn't think that, there would be something wrong with me. I'm grateful and thankful for what I've got.

Peyton Manning

The game was much like our season. This game tested our toughness, our resilience, our unselfishness. It's only fitting that it turned out this way. This is a great bunch of guys to play with. I feel very, very grateful.

Paulo Coelho

But when he thought to complain about the burden of its weight, he remembered that, because he had the jacket, he had withstood the cold of the dawn. We have to be prepared for change, he thought, and he was grateful for the jacket's weight and warmth. The jacket had a purpose, and so did the boy.

Marlene Dietrich

There's something about an American soldier you can't explain. They're so grateful for anything, even a film actress coming to see them.

Mariska Hargitay

There's so much that you can get mad about. Out of self-preservation, I focus on being grateful.

Mariska Hargitay

I am grateful that I didn't let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness.

Mariano Rivera

I demand my kids be respectful, responsible and grateful. And they have to love the Lord with all their hearts.

Maria Sharapova

Tennis has given me this wonderful life and I'm very grateful for it.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

What made you so unforgiving? (Simone) Be grateful that you have the luxury of asking me that question. Pray to whatever god you worship that you’ll always be ignorant. (Xypher)

Niki Taylor

I owe my life to blood donors. I'm forever grateful to people who donate.

Nikola Tesla

I am even grateful to Einstein and others because through their erroneous theories they lead mankind away from that dangerous path I followed.

Nicole Ari Parker

Exercise is about being grateful for the body you have and sustaining the life you have.

Mireille Enos

I'm really grateful for how my career has unfolded.

Miranda Kerr

I am grateful for who I am and who I am not. I am grateful for the life I have been given and for all that I have and all that I don't. Every breath I take is a blessing and an opportunity to fully experience the sheer joy of being alive.

Johnny Isakson

The people of Iraq are grateful for what the people of the United States of America and our armed forces and our coalition forces are giving them the opportunity to do.