“There's no ex out there who I'm not friends with today, and I'm extremely thankful for that.”
Gratitude is a muscle — the more you use it, the stronger it gets. These quotes explore the habit of noticing what is good, saying thank you, and the research-backed connection between gratitude and genuine well-being.
“All I ever wanted really, and continue to want out of life, is to give 100 percent to whatever I'm doing and to be committed to whatever I'm doing and then let the results speak for themselves. Also to never take myself or people for granted and always be thankful and grateful to the people who helped me.”
“There's no ex out there who I'm not friends with today, and I'm extremely thankful for that.”
“I'm just really thankful to have the chance to portray a character you don't see every day.”
“Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.”
“Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.”
“I'm thankful for weird people out there 'cause they're some of the most creative people.”
“Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.”
“If I could write a story that would do for the Indian one-hundredth part what 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' did for the Negro, I would be thankful the rest of my life.”
“Every one of our greatest national treasures, our liberty, enterprise, vitality, wealth, military power, global authority, flow from a surprising source: our ability to give thanks.”
“If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.”
“I'm thankful for the incredible advances in medicine that have taken place during my lifetime. I almost certainly wouldn't still be here if it weren't for them.”
“Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.”
“Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. I'm thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do.”
“I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people.”
“I get along very well with the cast of '30 Rock.' I guess I bring a certain quirkiness to the show as well. I'm just thankful they keep asking me. I didn't think I was going to be asked back so every time they say, 'We want you back,' I'm screaming. I'm jumping up and down and screaming.”
“The first thing I do when I start my day is, I get down on my hands and knees and give thanks to God. Whenever I go outside of my house, the first thing I do is stop at the church.”