Quotes About Gratitude

Whenever I talk about the Bahamas and its beauty, I could never stop talking about my God, who has given us all of this beauty.

Be a force of love as often as you can and turn away negative thoughts whenever you feel them surface.

Whenever I feel I am going through my own 'little' challenging moment, I just think about my mom.

There are mothers who sew for six months to make a fashion collection - someone's grandmother, someone's sister. We come in and get paid to walk for 10 minutes at the end. Whenever I think about that, I realise it's not about me. I was just the one chosen to represent those women and sell the clothes.

You know, just being recognized for anything musically for me has been, like incredible because this is all I do, this is all I got. So whenever people can recognize and acknowledge that I'm out here working and doing the best that I can and it's actually paying off and doing something for me, it's a blessing.

Whenever I get frustrated, I tell myself, you could be working at a 7-Eleven right now, so never take for granted what you do for a living.

I don't know what I would do without all the members, they really help me a lot whenever I need it.

I'll never forget where I'm from. It's essential to remain humble and evolving.

No matter where I am, it's all about one thing: My fans.

Reflecting on where I came from helps me to appreciate and balance what I have now.

Giving credit where credit is due is a very rewarding habit to form. Its rewards are inestimable.

I thank God for blessing me with the tools that he blessed me with to be where I am.

Life is hard, but there are moments, sometimes hours - and, if you're really lucky, full days - where everything feels just right.

And more importantly, I wouldn't be the person I am today, I wouldn't be where I am now and I may not even have been here if it wasn't for the accident.

We were poor, but we didn't know it. There were no government bureaus in those days presuming to determine where poorness begins and ends, but I don't remember ever being hungry.

I'm so grateful for where I am now, but I think I'm more grateful because it's been so hard-won; I haven't given up, and I've had plenty of reasons to give up.

You never know where a blessing can come from.

I'm thankful for serendipitous moments in my life, where things could've gone the other way.

You can be happy where you are.

Rookies are also coming in from college programs as big stars, whereas when we came in, we were just happy to be there. We were happy to be playing in a big gym, to be on television, to be playing in America.

Whereas I used to get depressed or neurotic or dwell on things, I see my son's bright eyes and smile in the morning, and suddenly, I don't feel like I'm depressed anymore. There's nothing to be depressed about when you've got that.

If the bus driver is black, I thank him... when I get off at my spot, whereas I would never think of doing this if the driver were white.

I'm very lucky because people send me a lot of stuff and post cool articles and pictures on my wall, which does make life a lot easier for me. When we were at 60,000 or 100,000 'likes,' I was still having to source the content myself, and I was constantly trolling the Internet, whereas now things are sent to me, which does make it a lot easier.

I don't see things the way my parents do. They can look at a tree and see something amazing, whereas I just see a tree. That's not to say I don't appreciate its beauty. When I watch the sea in somewhere like Sardinia, I see the beauty in that.