“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.”
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.
“Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.”
“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 want to let my fans get to know a little about me. I'm very thankful for everything they've done for me so, of course, I'm going to let them into my world a bit. But I really am a very private person, and I love kepping my life to myself - that's how I've always been.”
“I am thankful that geniuses and artists and good people, no matter how hard it is, will eventually be recognized. I am doubly thankful that also goes for idiots.”
“I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.”
“Be thankful for what you have you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.”
“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.”
“I'm thankful for weird people out there 'cause they're some of the most creative people.”
“Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.”
“The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!”
“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.”
“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.”
“I don't need a holiday or a feast to feel grateful for my children, the sun, the moon, the roof over my head, music, and laughter, but I like to take this time to take the path of thanks less traveled.”
“I'm very thankful to be doing what I'm doing. I feel very blessed.”
“There was no instruction to be thankful that the Christians were special people, chosen people. There was no nationalistic, political or ethnic superiority to be thankful for.”