Tony Finau Quotes

Gratitude helps us stop trying to control outcomes. It is the key that unlocks positive energy in our life. It is the alchemy that turns problems into blessings, and the unexpected into gifts.

But when I really look back on my life, being really honest about it and now that I've got the chance to travel the world, seeing how a lot of little kids grow up - my life wasn't so bad.

This is like one thing that I've tried to do, and I think successfully, that when you realize that nothing really belongs to you, you begin to appreciate having an understanding of just where your head is at, and you feel so much better.

I've been blessed with talents to play this game and been put on a stage to impact a lot of people. I don't want to take that for granted.

Never stray from life's purpose. Refrain from counting someone else's blessings instead of your own.

It's important to remember to pinch yourself to remind you where you came from and how lucky you are.

Taking a moment and a deep breath. Im truly thankful for everything life has shown me so far in my 20 years. I am so blessed. Just wow.

It is vital that people "count their blessings:" to appreciate what they possess without having to undergo its actual loss.

Count your blessings, but not out-loud, at the top of your lungs.

Gratitude lifts our eyes off the things we lack so we might see the blessings we possess.

Life could be vastly improved if we could count our blessings as self-actualizing people can and do, and if we could retain their constant sense of good fortune and gratitude for it.

Today don't beg, don't ask, just thank God in silence for all the blessings in your life.

I know for sure that appreciating whatever shows up for you in life changes your personal vibration. You radiate and generate more goodness for yourself when you're aware of all you have and not focusing on your have-nots.

If you make your prayers an expression of gratitude and thanksgiving for the blessings you already have, instead of requests for things you do not have, you will obtain results much faster.

All that appears in your life is a blessing, presenting you with a greater opportunity to define who you are, and to know yourself as that.

If I had my life to live over again, I would ask that not a thing be changed, but that my eyes be opened wider.

I can't just sit around thinking how lucky I am.

When my body gets to the point where I can no longer function or feel gratitude, then I'll leave it and become grateful again. But until then, I will appreciate what I have and not whine about what I don't have. I will feel blessed by life and the opportunity to help others see that they are blessed, too.

It's so easy to get whisked away in the hubbub of friends, work and busy-ness, but we need to take the time to be still and become aware of ourselves. The small things. The fact that we're still breathing. Our ability to move. The presence of love around and in us. Our strengths. Our opportunities. Our journeys.

I'm really in touch, whether it's prayer or meditation... there are so many powers greater than me in the world. I've been blessed and lucky enough to have been given a gift to share with other people.

Sometimes you have to stop to think, regroup and regather yourself and realize how lucky you are to still be living and to still be breathing and still be able to even have a chance.

There are people worse off than me. I've had a very long run. I'm fine really. I'm just old.

My worst days are still pretty good days. That's something I might lose in the moment sometimes, but I have a pretty good grasp of it.

Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever.