Armistead Maupin Quotes

Surrounded by all the members of my dear family, enjoying the affection of numerous friends, who have never abandoned me, and possessing a sufficient share of all that contributes to make life agreeable, I lift my grateful eyes towards the Supreme Being and feel that I am happy.

Thank God my parents had an abundance of patience.

I'm so lucky, I'm just really grateful for what I've got around me - children and my wife and everything else.

I'm alive. I have my music; I have my children. I am the luckiest man.

I am grateful every morning I wake up. I've a big family full of kids, who laugh all the time and love each other.

'Gold' is about being appreciative and grateful of your life, your family, and the love in it.

I honestly do feel like the luckiest man alive. I have a beautiful daughter, an amazing wife and not everyone has that. My close mates always laugh at me because I say I'm blessed, but I don't know what I did to deserve it.

I'm happy just to be breathing. I'm joyful for life, my kids running around and waking me up every day. I got a lot to be thankful for.

I'm a very lucky mother.

But I can say that life is good to me. Has been and is good. So I think my task is to be good to it. So how do you be good to life? You live it.

I am what I am. I love golf, I love my life, I love my family and friends.

As long as you understand that you find happiness through family, friends and love, then money is just a nice bonus.

Michael and Alex, I love you. And we're going to have the biggest celebration when you get home.

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.

Fatherhood is a joy. I feel very lucky to have a family. It gives you a perspective on things.

I love spending time with my friends and family. The simplest things in life give me the most pleasure: cooking a good meal, enjoying my friends.

You know, as I get older, personal happiness is all about love. It's all about love. You know, how I'm loved and how I love my family and my husband. That to me is happiness, when I feel like I am loved and I have a place to love deeply. That to me is happiness.

Make a written list of everything you love.

I have my own worries and concerns and frustrations, but I'm doing something I love to do. My wife and kids are in good shape. What is there not to be happy about?

'Everything To Me' is about everything that's important. It's about my wife, my kids, it's about life, about being happy. It's about life in general, you know, about not knowing what's going to be around the corner, but you've got to enjoy it and enjoy the things you have. My wife, my kids, my health, and stuff like that.

I'm passionate about my fans and my shows. But my biggest reward in the success that is my life are my husband and kids.

I've been blessed with a wonderful husband, two caring daughters and sons-in-law, and four really special grandchildren. They have each enhanced my life.

I love what I do, but more so, I'm glad to have people who care about me close by.

I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun.

I guess I would be most grateful for my family and my friends and my dogs, my boyfriend. I'm grateful for a lot. I'm grateful to be healthy.