Quotes About Gratitude

I appreciate Detroit so much.

If someone saves your life, you develop a brotherhood, no matter what your race.

I'm grateful to be in school developing my practice as an actor. In that process, it's difficult to say that you've definitively 'learned' something.

I had some major league help. Andrew Dice Clay and Robert Townsend were there for me.

A lucky thing Eva Peron was. She died at 32. I'm already 45.

My father died in '97. But at least he lived until 93, so he saw my success.

I am very lucky in that I can eat what I want and don't have to follow any special diet.

I do believe that I deserve what I have. I don't think I'm entitled to it. That's a big difference.

I would say I was lucky that I got different kinds of roles.

I'm very lucky my parents were into different kinds of music.

You talk to people, and they don't understand our water. They come and turn on a tap and drink clean water, and to them, that's amazing. Millions of people around the world have to carry water miles and miles, and that's all they have. It's hard for fat Americans like myself to even understand that.

Instead of simply stopping at acknowledging gratitude for, say, your supportive partner, it takes you a step further to think about the reasons why you're grateful - and what that says about where you are on your journey. I've found it really helps tap into what's most important to me.

I've always said that, first and foremost, I make films for New Zealanders. They're my target audience. Then after that, if people appreciate my stories from outside this country, then that's an added bonus.

I've been lucky enough that some designers let me borrow their dresses to wear to events. And companies such as So Low and Tart have given me items to wear to rehearse in. I wish I could take more credit for the clothes that I get to wear!

Often, the more reliably you perform a task, the less likely it is for someone to notice that you're doing it and to feel grateful and to feel any impulse to help or to take a turn.

Harnessing the power of the present means having your full awareness on the task at hand and having access to the possibilities, the opportunities, and the support that exists right now.

I just thank the people who took part in our graduated drivers task force, who came with their thoughts and ideas as to how we can best keep our roads safe, and it has paid off.

I'm always grateful for any kind of moment that keeps my memories alive and gives me a little taste of the excitement I used to get all the time.

Even a cup of coffee tastes so much sweeter because you've come once again out of the, literally, out of the edge of death, and that's the condition I suppose that a lot of artists and writers would like to be in.

When I am invited to a friend's house I always gift a bottle of Black & White as it's one of the best tasting Scotch whiskies today and always tastes better when shared!

I wouldn't care if they tattoo Festus all over. He's been good to me.

But I've met a few fans from across the world who've had my name tattooed on them.

If experience has taught me anything, it's to make every day as good as possible. You learn that with age, as it goes by so quick.

The garden has taught me to live, to appreciate the times when things are fallow and when they're not.