Been Thankful Quotes

#1. I have always been thankful that so many of our country's greatest leaders and statesmen were able to be on this earth at the same time and place to draft the Constitution.

Bob Latta

#2. Forgiveness is a form of gratitude. When we forgive others, we show them the mercy that we have often received and been thankful for.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

#3. What's blessed about my life is that I have been able to connect with the global audience on a regular basis. I am thankful for everybody's love, and I reciprocate that, but I also have to deliver on every occasion.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

#4. I've been very fortunate. I feel very thankful. I've been able to come home and do some fun things and make it exciting for people here at home.

Roger Clemens

#5. Each day I'm thankful for being chosen. Sometimes I try to imagine what it would have been like if we'd never met ... I'd rather lose you now than have gone a lifetime without this.

Kiera Cass

#6. If you are a writer and you write/understand sarcasm please be thankful to the government and the masses.
Without their hard work and supreme idiotism it wouldn't have been possible.
You owe them the brutal sarcasm, they've earned it!

Himmilicious

#7. I'm definitely aware that the physical appearance is a very temporary gift. I'm very thankful for the opportunities that I've been able to experience, but I keep it all in check and don't let it consume me.

Marisa Miller

#8. This earthly life is a battle,' said Ma. 'If it isn't one thing to contend with, it's another. It always has been so, and it always will be. The sooner you make up your mind to that, the better off you are, and more thankful for your pleasures.

Laura Ingalls Wilder

#9. I'm very thankful for the people that I've had the opportunity to work with. I have a good life. It's been amazing. I'm not complaining. It's not like acting has ruined me so I have to leave. It's not that. I'm just done with it.

Joaquin Phoenix

#10. I'm thankful for all the things that this job has given me and my family. But probably the thing that I am most proud of throughout my career is that, not only myself, but my family and the people around me have just been regular people, which we are.

Brett Favre

#11. I'm thankful to God for having a family that's been there for me. He's been there from the time I was a child to even now with my family helping with my little boy. It's worth more than words could ever describe. That's one of the ways I've been able to stay grounded is thanks to family and God.

Ashton Shepherd

#12. He moved closer to her. You did not have to get me anything. The fact that you did means I have been in your thoughts. I am thankful for that.

Elizabeth Morgan

#13. I imagine that it saddens the heart of God when we murmur and complain, instead of being thankful after He's been so good to us.

Joyce Meyer

#14. I think everything is going to be devastatingly sad - when the phone rings, I know somebody in my family's been hurt, somebody's going to die. I'm sure a therapist would go, 'That's not a good way to live,' but every time it's not that bad thing, I'm so thankful and appreciative.

Sandra Bullock

#15. I'm thankful I don't have parents that I feel I need to get their attention. They've always been there for me.

Cierra Ramirez

#16. I've been very lucky. I've had my problems in the past, I've had my troubles, but you move on. I had a great life and I am really thankful for it.

Anthony Hopkins

#17. As I grow older, I appreciate things that I didn't appreciate much when I was younger. I am thankful more than I used to be. I've been reasonably healthy, and I feel blessed. And each morning I can think, this is going to be a good day!

John Wooden

#18. I'm thankful my parents obliged me to live with the unvarnished truth: I might not have been a looker, but I was a better speller than the prettiest girl in my class, and I was funnier, too.

Laurie Graham

#19. Bizarre as was the name she bore, Kim Ravenal always said she was thankful it had been no worse.

Edna Ferber

#20. I am thankful for all the hard times I've been through and all the tears I've cried because that has put me as closer to God and made me the strong woman I am today!

Angela Merkel

#21. When I think of all I have to be thankful for I wonder that You just don't kill me now because You've done so much for me already & I haven't been particularly grateful.

Flannery O'Connor

#22. I must be thankful that I get to do intense dramatic roles, because it takes so much more, whereas I've been doing L'Oreal forever, and I can do that in my sleep.

Andie MacDowell

#23. Late that night we were both still thinking about the events as they unfolded. He suggested a drive back to the water to bring some closure. As we stood in the water I felt so thankful to have been with a friend capable of hearing and expressing emotion.

Paula Heller Garland

#24. Nothing has happened too fast, nothing has happened too slow. It has been a mellow rise, and I'm thankful for that. I haven't lost my head, and I haven't lost my desire to keep growing.

Brett Dennen

#25. I'll always be thankful for what I have right now. I feel that it's been a blessing. But I know my time will come. It's just the way life is.

Lorena Ochoa

#26. God has been so good to me. All glory to the Adonai!

Lailah Gifty Akita

#27. Greedy people ask, ask, ask, and rarely ever appreciate what they have already received. I do not believe that God will release us into the fullness of all that He has planned for us until we become thankful for what we have already been given.

Joyce Meyer

#28. I actually feel I'm in a much better place than I've ever been because I'm thankful people still love the songs that I've written, and they seem to like me. And they come to the shows in droves, and they get all excited, and I can still hit all the notes, and I don't look terrible.

Don McLean

#29. I'm so thankful. I've been blessed. I never took it for granted.

Jack Kelley

#30. Through the eyes of men an utterly irrational birth followed by a terribly improbable execution are miscues of the most pathetic sort. And all I can say is that I'm immeasurably thankful that I've been given access to the eyes of God.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

#31. I like to think of myself as a free spirit. I've never married. I'm not conventional in that way. But I do like romance. I've been fortunate enough that I've had great love, and I've dated remarkable men in my life. I'm very thankful for all of that.

Patricia Clarkson

#32. I'm the happiest I've been in a while.. So blessed and thankful for the future, for release and to finally be happy for those I loved..

Selena

#33. I've been allowed to grow over the past twenty years. I've managed to avoid being trapped in one moment of my career and for that, I'm very thankful.

Giovanni Ribisi

#34. I can only see life as this most miserable accident that I have been forced to endure simply because I refuse to see it as the most astounding plan that I have been privileged to engage.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

#35. Thank God it has rained all day. I say thank God, though rain is no rarity, because it is the duty of every man to be thankful for whatever happens by the will of the Omnipotent Creator; yet it was not so agreeable to any of my party as a fine day would have been.

John James Audubon

#36. It's just been a lot of hard work and lot of auditions. A lot of ups and downs, but a lot of ups, and I'm really happy for my downs, too. I'm really thankful.

Bresha Webb

#37. Music has been a fantastic guidance for me. I'll be eternally thankful for this guidance.

Pinchas Zukerman

#38. Rip Rig & Panic was a milestone for me, and I've always been really thankful that I did that when I was 16. It saved me for when I suddenly became really successful later on. So even when my head's been spinning like a banshee, my feet still feel held down to the ground.

Neneh Cherry

#39. I feel devoutly thankful to have been born fond of writing.

Winston Churchill

#40. Me. I see moments of heartbreak that led to honesty about myself I wouldn't have been able to get to any other way. I am thankful for what I learned, what I became, what God gave me and what God took away during that season.

Shauna Niequist

#41. I love going to Africa and stuff. I love going anywhere, really, but I've been to Africa a bunch of times and it's just a beautiful place that needs help, obviously, but helping people that are really thankful is really easy to do. And the people out there always seem so thankful.

Kris Allen

#42. Al is, and always has been, the person who has been the candidate - the elected official. And he is the one who makes policy. As his wife, I have the wonderful opportunity to advocate for causes that I am passionate about, and I'm thankful for that.

Tipper Gore

#43. I realize how unique my path has been. And I'm thankful for that.

Vanessa Paradis

#44. I believe that if you don't derive a deep sense of purpose from what you do, if you don't come radiantly alive several times a day, if you don't feel deeply grateful at the tremendous good fortune that has been bestowed on you, then you are wasting your life. And life is too short to waste.

Srikumar Rao

#45. Every breath, every step, every little sound that I hear, every person in my life I am thankful for - all of them have been a big part of who I am today.

Kcat Yarza

#46. 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.

Vanessa Hudgens

#47. The 'Night Train' has already been a crazy ride for me. We flew around making TV appearances and stadium announcements all over the country, fueled by little more than coffee and adrenaline ... so many fans jumped on board with us, and I couldn't be more thankful.

Jason Aldean

#48. As she realized what might have been, she grew to be thankful for what was.

Elizabeth Gaskell

#49. I'm thankful to have Jesus as my Savior. My relationship with God has always been one to where I'm talking to him all day, every day, about anything and everything. It's just a continuous ongoing conversation that I have with the Lord, and I feel like that's brought me closer to Him.

Josh Turner

#50. I am thankful for all the blessings and talents I have been given, but most of all I am thankful for my loving and supportive family.

Olivia Holt

#51. And I'm so thankful that I've been allowed to show another side of Trish.

Trish Stratus

#52. The children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I'm thankful to have once again seen our world through their eyes. They restore my faith in the family's future.

Jackie Kennedy

#53. So often we are depressed by what remains to be done and forget to be thankful for all that has been done.

Marian Wright Edelman

#54. My time at Pop has been a transformative experience that I am extremely proud of. It has afforded me the chance to collaborate with some of the greatest creative minds in the world, and I'm thankful to Ashley Heath and Bauer Media for the opportunity.

Dasha Zhukova

#55. It's been quite a roller coaster ride, but I've grown and learned a lot about myself. The greatest thing is being able to interact with fans and touch people's lives ... for that I give thanks.

Christina Aguilera

#56. Brave Livia, you never cease to amaze me." He lifted her chin with his finger. "I've never been more thankful to be alive than right now."
After soft kisses, they pressed their hands together palm to palm. The tingling scattered all over Livia's body, warming her.

Debra Anastasia

#57. I've been giving back since I was a teen, handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving and handing out toys at toys drives for Christmas. It's very important to give back as a youth. It's as simple as helping an old lady across the street or giving up your seat on the bus for someone who is pregnant.

Queen Latifah

#58. I would like to suggest that what my accusers have been pleased to call the peace of the Church is more properly called the sleepiness of the Church and we should be thankful to God that it has been disturbed.

Lloyd Geering

#59. If our focus is whether our wants are met, it is almost impossible to remain thankful. Let's be thankful that our needs have been met!

Assegid Habtewold

#60. I've been very lucky, man. Like you say, though, the writing is what kicked all that in and made it possible. It's something that I have always been very thankful of, that that kicked in, and that I could be free with the music.

Tony Joe White

#61. I'm really thankful to be alive. If you get to know me, I'm a person that's always smiling and always joyful and I've been that way since I was born because of the struggles I went through. I was supposed to be number eight that died so I'm always thankful.

Dwight Howard

#62. I am most thankful for what I don't have, for had my life's wish list been filled in the manner I had chosen I would be steeped in meaningless trinkets verses bathed in God's treasures.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

#63. It's been such a powerful exercise, every morning to get up and say thank you, every morning ... what am I grateful for ... and I'm not just thinking about them ... I'm feeling the feelings of gratitude

James Arthur Ray

#64. Part of the reason I am not there sooner, is that I was not allowed to go to the United States. Now I am allowed. I am so thankful I have been given a second chance and I live there and already more has happened in six months for my career then in the last ten years.

Shane Bunting

#65. I'm thankful that when I go to bed at night, that I have been myself that day. And, I have been myself all the days before that.

Taylor Swift

#66. I bless God for this retirement: I never was more thankful for any thing than I have been of late for the necessity I am under of self-denial in many respects.

David Brainerd