Quotes About Gratitude

I feel like I pull inspiration from everyone, and I feel like I'm honored and grateful that people feel that they can pull inspiration from me, be inspired by me. But I definitely don't think I'm a role model. I'm not someone to be imitated.

It's been fun. I've had a lucky life. Art has made me pull the best out of myself.

'Super Troopers' did well but not crazy-well theatrically. But it did so well after that it - in ancillary markets - that it became impossible for us to get away from it. We'd get pulled over by cops who would thank us and then would let us go.

My sister saved me from drowning. I shouted at her because she pulled me out of the pool and hurt my arm.

Any time you get a Hall of Fame player that even knows my name, you're going to be pumped up about that.

Taking punches to the face at six in the morning, it's funny to hear that but, like, I'm grateful that I'm capable to do that.

Love your job, stay punctual, and appreciate everything!

For every benefit conferred, God is to be praised in his gifts. Otherwise when the time of judgment comes, that man will be punished as an ingrate who cannot say to God: 'Your statutes were my song in the land of exile.'

We have a new puppy and that's enough! Two babies and three dogs is enough.

I think my first big purchase was actually for my mom. She had one of those '90s TVs in her living room that's like a 10x10 brick, so I purchased her a flatscreen for her living room.

I once got a huge, expensive flower arrangement from a person I didn't like, who sent it out of pure guilt. It had a hideous bird-of-paradise in the middle, and I thought it would never fade and die. I hated it.

There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.

Giving back - that's the purest joy you can possibly have.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

I just feel that 'The Color Purple,' which was my 10th book, was a true gift from my ancestors.

I think that I have a seriousness of purpose, a lot of support, and a healthy amount of good fortune.

I started thinking about joy. Everything in our society is so purposeful. Let's bring joy back to the experience.

Through the care of the Samaritan's Purse and SIM missionary team in Liberia, the use of an experimental drug, and the expertise and resources of the health care team at Emory University Hospital, God saved my life - a direct answer to thousands and thousands of prayers.

I've always been very grateful that enough people have enjoyed reading what I've written that I've been able to pursue writing professionally.

'The Feminine Mystique' goads me to gratitude that, thanks to forerunners like Betty Friedan, I've had the opportunity to pursue a career.

I was just a kid. I had nothing to my name but I was still happy. But I was also given a chance to pursue my dreams, have an education.

The cookbooks and the writing in general have been a real bonus, but it's not something I've ever pursued... I've been lucky, I guess.

I allowed life to give me presents. And everything just sort of happened the way it was supposed to happen. I did not pursue anything. It more or less pursued me.

I'm a proud Dominican American. My folks always taught me that it's important to keep the ladder down and that to whom much is given, much is expected. That's why I have pursued a career in public service. I can't think of a better way to give back what this nation gave to us than to try to make sure that opportunity exists for everyone.