144 private quotes tagged thankful

“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”— Gilbert K. Chesterton

“When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.”— Dalai Lama

“The children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I'm thankful to have once again seen our world through their eyes. They restore my faith in the family's future.”— Jackie Kennedy

“We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.”— H. L. Mencken

“I'm just thankful to have a tour and work something I can focus on.”— Jerry Cantrell

“I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.”— Woody Allen

“Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.”— Thomas Carlyle

“Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks.”— Thomas Fuller

“The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.”— William Blake

“Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.”— Will Rogers

“Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.”— Josh Billings

“The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!”— Henry Ward Beecher

“Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.”— John Wooden

“It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“All of us, who are members of the Germanic peoples, can be happy and thankful that once in thousands of years fate has given us, from among the Germanic peoples, such a genius, a leader, our Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, and you should be happy to be allowed to work with us.”— Heinrich Himmler

“I am thankful I was born in America, although if I gain any more weight the burqa thing may start to seem like a good idea to me. See? Another plus about America, you can always find some food.”— Elayne Boosler

“I say grace. I'm a big believer in grace. I happen to believe in a God that made all the food and so I'm pretty grateful for that and I thank him for that. But I'm also thankful for the people that put the food on the table.”— Alton Brown

“And I'm very surprised that all this stuff actually worked out to where I could have a career in film, gain the benefit of my education, and be thankful that I was able to break into my craft as an actor.”— Terrence Howard

“When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.”— Tecumseh

“I am what I am, I'm doing very well in my life, and I'm thankful to God for that.”— LL Cool J

“My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened... well, I'm just thankful to be alive. I'm just grateful to be here at all.”— Travis Barker

“I wouldn't change anything. I've made mistakes, but thanks to those mistakes, I've learned.”— Enrique Iglesias

“I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day.”— Isaac Bashevis Singer

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