Reminding myself of all that I have to be thankful for really helps ground me and keeps me from tipping over into that negative place.
Be grateful for the joy of life. Be glad for the privilege of work. Be thankful for the opportunity to give and serve. Good work is the great character-builder, the sweetener of life, the maker of destiny. Let the spirit of your work be right, and whether your task be great or small you will then have the satisfaction of knowing it is worth while.
I'm certainly thankful for what the Cubs did for me. I respect their organization. It's the same way with the Atlanta Braves, an awfully fine organization. I respect everybody who's down there, and that's still where I live today. But the Cardinals represent the best years of my career.
I cannot but think we have much to be thankful for, and more still to hope for in the future.
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
[when asked about what he was most thankful about]: Being alive. After heart surgery, you dig that part. Breath, family and friends are just amazing. Just to have a second shot is pretty great!
If you can't be content with what you have received, be thankful for what you have escaped.
If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.
Thank you, dear God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain. And for the chance to wake up in three hours and go fishing: I thank you for that now, because I won't feel so thankful then.
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.
One bright and thankful look at the cross is worth a thousand morbid, self-condemning reflections.
We nourish the bodies of our children and friends and employees, but how seldom do we nourish their selfesteem? We provide them with roast beef and potatoes to build energy, but we neglect to give them kind words of appreciation that would sing in their memories for years like the music of the morning stars.
I'm very thankful that I've had such longevity and variety.
I don't go into it trying to be this or that because that completely taints and corrupts the work that you're trying to do. But, I'm thankful and that definitely was a surprise. Hopefully, I'll keep doing stuff that remains interesting and fun for the audience.
I've had a pretty amazing life, a good life, and God knows I'm thankful, but I do believe that after 30, stop whining! Everybody's dealt a hand, and it's not fair what you get. But you've got to deal with it.
Every day, set your mind in the right direction. Find something to be grateful for.
I'm thankful for Sarah Palin's vice presidential bid, which taught us that Alaska is not in a box off the coast of California.
Be thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be meant to receive greater.
Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.