Quotes About Gratitude

There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.

Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.

Most human beings have an absolute and infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

No person was ever honoured for what he received. Honour has been the reward for what he gave.

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labours of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received.

Truthfully, I'm proud of each of my films in a certain way.

If you don't think every day is a good day, just try missing one.

I love my life, and I try to keep my fans happy.

I try to be grateful for the abundance of the blessings that I have, for the journey that I'm on and to relish each day as a gift.

I try to think about optimism. I try to look at the beautiful things in life.

I try as much as possible to take a moment every so often, pause, and enjoy the journey.

I believe that every day is a celebration and every day I'm born anew and genuinely try to live every day differently.

My optimism has helped me through some hard times. If you try to send out good things, good things come back to you.

I think happiness really happens when you least expect it: it's when you're not really thinking about it, when you're not trying to achieve it, when you're not trying to get the perfect holiday, the perfect life, the perfect body, the perfect existence.

I remember as a little boy I ate one meal a day and sometimes slept in the street. I will never forget that and it inspires me to fight hard, stay strong and remember all the people of my country, trying to achieve better for themselves.

I'm just trying to keep things simple, and just be a little more offhand and not get so deep into things. Enjoy what you got right now, because who knows what's going to happen tomorrow.

I'm trying to live every moment as much as I can.

It's the most absurd story. I grew up in the dirt streets of Tijuana, dying of all kinds of diseases - tuberculosis, fevers, all that - and it somehow turned into this charmed life. I don't know exactly how.

When the folks at Holiday Inn Express handed me a pancake with my very own face on it, I knew I had finally made it. Then, I grabbed a knife and fork, and tucked into my face. And I'm happy to report: I'm delicious.

I went to school here at the University of San Carlos for my primary and high school. I was valedictorian in grade school, and I was number one in high school, and because of that, I received free tuition in school. I thank the school for that.

Having the brain tumor, coming out of surgery and going through all of that, you're like, I am never going to feel the same and I have this new perspective on life. So much gratitude, life just feels like this enormous treasure. Then that kind of just falls away and you're back being grumpy about having an early morning meeting.

I will forever be grateful to my oncologist for opening the door and saying, 'Damn it, the tumor's 10 percent bigger,' before he even said hello.

I'm ticking things off my list: I had a tumor removed; I had spinal surgery; I had four surgeries in three months.

I had a tumor when I was young, and did not have any hope that I would live for long. Only because of my mother's love, I am alive now. So, why shouldn't I build a temple for her?