Quotes About Gratitude

An employer of mine back in the '80s was kind enough to take me on after a rough patch, and it made a big difference in my life that I knew I was the sort of person who showed up on time. It's a basic tell of character.

When I'm having a tough patch I always try to focus on good things.

Knowing my circumstances from which I came and the path I was headed down, to be where I am, I'm blessed.

When somebody blazes a path to a highway that never end, you should appreciate 'em some.

I don't think I'd change the path that's got me where I am today.

I don't understand this pathetic need for luxuries.

I haven't been given many things, but I've been given ample, limitless patience.

The biggest lesson my kids have taught me is to find the joy in little things, along with a healthy dose of patience.

I owe undying gratitude to my patient parents.

I remain patient because my mom taught me growing up to be grateful for everything.

Thanksgiving is America's favourite holiday, and a brilliant piece of personal as well as patriotic calendrical invention.

God doesn't really have to have a concern for my patriotism, but I am an American, and we were blessed to be born in America.

I think I can see more clearly now - about how the pattern of past experiences has shaped who I am and the characters I have played - and I'm grateful for that.

If you have children and you hear about a child being kidnapped, it makes you really appreciate your own children. It makes you want to spend time with them. But I think anything that shakes you out of your daily patterns in a good thing.

If it hadn't been for Paul Bearer, there would not have been a Kane. For that, I'm forever grateful.

Drake doesn't realize, in many ways, he was like the big brother I never had. He set the example and paved the way for me to be myself. Now, whether I'm at the Grammys or whether I'm here or there or whatever, he'll show me love... People don't realize what that's like, what that means.

It is always easier to requite an injury than a service: gratitude is a burden, but revenge is found to pay.

Compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.

A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol.

If you can't pay it back, pay it forward.

When I look at how fortunate I've been, being a musician... my response to being overpaid is that I should pay it back to my community in some way.

I think that's my goal as time goes on, is to just try and pay it forward.

You have to pay attention to the moment and make it the best it can be for you. I've been trying to do that. It's really made a major difference for me. I'm a happier person.

I took to heart the instructions my father drilled into my head. Respect the customer. Pay attention to her. Take her package to her car. You broke your neck to get what she wanted because you never knew when the next customer would come along.