Quotes About Gratitude

When I was in 'Kinky Boots,' nobody really cared what shape I was in, and so I remember, like, fans would send me cookies to the theater, and I would be like, 'Okay, I guess I'll have another cookie!'

People who can't kiss had everything given to them.

I was one of six children, brought up by my mother in Swindon after my father died. We had all we needed - food on the table, clothes to wear. When I wanted a drum kit, my mother got me one. When I got into playing guitar, I came down one Christmas or birthday and there was a guitar for me. It amazes me how Mum managed to do it.

Both of my grandmothers have always been really good bakers, and I was always in the kitchen helping them. Obviously I can't eat a lot of the things that I make, but just baking it and giving it to someone makes me feel really good.

I think I am very fortunate to have my sister, who is always there to guide me and my food and lodging has been taken care of. Since my basic need of life is secure, when it comes to working, I never appeared like a desperate struggler who needs the job to run the kitchen.

I like a hem below my knee even though I was blessed with fairly good gams.

I've always been extremely lucky in playing with great people who knew much more than I did. That's how I got from there to here.

I knew I'd been given another chance, another life in Australia by my parents, so I didn't want to hurt them.

I've been blessed, acne never knocked on my door. I think I look pretty darn good.

I have always thought of myself as rather a happy person. Apart from a few knocks along the way, I consider myself to have been extremely lucky.

No one could be more happy than a man who has never known affliction.

Everybody knows the Lord loveth a cheerful giver.

The Kurds were the only people in Iraq who were completely unguarded in expressing their gratitude to the United States for setting them free.

He was so gorgeous... Kurt. I don't know how I got lucky that way.

I never, never thought one day I will sing at La Scala or I will get the Grammy. I'm lucky. I work a lot with a teacher, with my coach.

All I have ever wanted is one more day in the lab with the people I care about. And every day that I get that, I am grateful.

I give credit to my team. I have dedicated people from my label, my fans, and people at these companies that believe in me.

'The Last Starfighter' was the first movie I did in the U.S. It was an absolute joy to be a part of it. 'Night of the Comet' was a labor of love. Truly a collaborative effort. I am eternally grateful for the experiences.

I'm not saying I didn't have a great 2008. I just made it a chore. I made it look laborious.

I lack nothing in my life.

To wait for someone else, or to expect someone else to make my life richer, or fuller, or more satisfying, puts me in a constant state of suspension; and I miss all those moments that pass. They never come back to be experienced again. —Kathleen Tierney Crilly

Self-pity is a parasite that feeds on itself. Many of us are inclined toward self-pity, not allowing for the balance of life's natural tragedies. We will face good and bad times—and they will pass. With certainty they will pass.

Gratitude for the many blessings that recovery has brought even further heightens our enthusiasm for living.

I don't have but two teeth, but thank the Lord they both hit together.