Quotes About Gratitude

When I won the Emmy, the profound sense of gratitude when my name was said I cannot express enough. It was one of the most beautiful moments, hands down, of my life.

Hilary Putnam died of cancer at the age of 89. Those of us who had the good fortune to know Putnam as mentees, colleagues, and friends remember his life with profound gratitude and love, since Hilary was not only a great philosopher, but also a human being of extraordinary generosity, who really wanted people to be themselves, not his acolytes.

Haroon's birth really had a profound effect on me and I think it had on Konkona also. It is fabulous, it is the best thing that has happened to me. Such a beautiful feeling I can't tell you. It's a beautiful experience.

I profoundly feel that the art of living is the art of giving. You're fulfilled in the moment of giving, of doing something beyond yourself.

I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.

I didn't know when I was growing up that this was a very special program, that this wasn't going on in other parts of the country. Now I realize that I was lucky.

I've been making arts programmes for almost 50 years, and every day, I can't believe my luck.

I've learned to never take anything for granted and that people are all works in progress. Some people are just actively working on progressing, and some aren't.

I grew up in the projects in Brooklyn, and I consider myself lucky and blessed to be where I am - just working.

I like what I do, and a lot of these projects have really interesting material and interesting people to work with. I feel lucky.

I'm quite a prolific self-gift-giver.

I would be like, 'Oh, my gosh, I wish I could go to prom.' But then I think, 'You know what? A lot of people can't say they've ever done what I do - they'll never have this opportunity.'

I promise not to let you down. I will be your servant with all humility and gratitude.

When you have things taken away, you promise you'll never take anything for granted ever again.

I made a promise to myself when I graduated from law school that I would never do anything that I didn't enjoy doing, and almost every day of the year since that June of 1963, I have awakened glad that I was going to work, glad that I was going to court, glad that I was going to grapple with a problem.

I know I'm just one man trying to do one thing, and the next day is not promised to any man. I'm very humble.

As you keep your mind and heart focused in the right direction, approaching each day with faith and gratitude, I believe you will be empowered to live life to the fullest and enjoy the abundant life He has promised you!

When I was in third grade, I promised my mom that I would get her a pink Cadillac Escalade.

You're never promised your next breath.

I think people like it when I tell them, 'I'm lucky to be here, because they are, too. Ain't nothing to do with age. There ain't nothing promised to you. Everybody's going to die.

Lennox Lewis after the fight promised to give me rematch, and I very appreciate I have a chance to fight the great champion, great fighter that's Lennox Lewis.

Tell your kids you love them as much as you possibly can, because you're not promised one second to the next.

At the end of the day, none of us are really promised tomorrow anyway.

Growing up, I promised myself that if I was every lucky enough to have a hit and also a hit that I had written myself, I would never get tired of performing it. I would always be grateful for that.