Don Miguel Ruiz Quotes

I'm alive. That's a good thing.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

Every morning that I wake up and I'm breathing, I can feel it and take a moment to say, you know, 'Thank God I'm alive for another day.'

Many people are alive but don't touch the miracle of being alive.

Even with all of the things that are so awful, if you walk into your yard and stay there looking at almost anything for five minutes, you will be stunned by how marvelous life is and how incredibly lucky we are to have it.

Just the fact that you get to live and breathe and interact with the world - that's pretty marvelous.

To be alive, to be able to see, to walk, to have houses, music, paintings - it's all a miracle. I have adopted the technique of living life miracle to miracle.

I'm thankful to be breathing, on this side of the grass. Whatever comes, comes.

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.

I found that this life is a gift, and everything that comes with it is a gift.

I really appreciate life and I never take anything for granted.

I am grateful for who I am and who I am not. I am grateful for the life I have been given and for all that I have and all that I don't. Every breath I take is a blessing and an opportunity to fully experience the sheer joy of being alive.

Whether there is another life or not, if there is any being who gave me this, I shall thank him from the bottom of my heart, because, upon the whole, my life has been a joy.

You know, every year has been fantastic for me, I'm still here, I'm still alive and it's been fantastic.

I'm thankful for every moment.

The best part is that I'm still here and, because the end is in sight, I treasure it all more.

In the morning and the end of every day, I thank that I'm alive.

Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.

I pinch myself daily at the good fortune of my life, you know, in many ways.

I know and value what it means to wake up and be alive and to share my story. I'm so blessed to be here and to be able to talk about it.

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.

If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.

I feel very grateful to be alive and well enough to make music.

The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.

You gotta appreciate every day!