Cormac McCarthy Quotes

People all say that I've had a bad break. But today... today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.

Let's look on the bright side: we're having an adventure, Fezzik, and most people live and die without being as lucky as we are.

In every aspect of life, I consider myself incredibly fortunate.

It's O.K. to accept good fortune.

That's an important lesson for me, to not qualify my experience against somebody else's. My experience is the experience that I wanted to have, and have created for myself, but it doesn't make me any more deserving than anybody else - or less.

It's OK to have nice things happen to you - you should embrace that.

My greatest regret would be that I took my success for granted, because it was given to me at such a young age.

I always think of myself of being lucky, maybe blessed is the word.

No one's going to feel sorry for me because I've been so blessed.

When you're a good person, good things happen to you.

I am an extremely lucky and blessed person, but I'm pretty self-aware.

There is something that happens when you are grateful: You continue to keep receiving blessings. So I will always be grateful.

Never let a day pass without looking for the good, feeling the good within you, praising, appreciating, blessing, and being grateful. Make it your life commitment, and you will stand in utter awe of what happens in your life.

Let me tell you that every misery I miss is a new blessing.

There are a lot of things that I'd do differently. But I can't imagine being more fortunate than I have been.

Never forget that your days are blessed. You may know how to profit by them, or you may not, but they are blesses.

You have to be really vigilant and appreciative of what you have and not get too excited about anything. But it's important to celebrate what you have and feel proud for a minute.

I think good things come to good people.

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

Be grateful more than anything in your life. If you have to put a priority on something, put a priority on what your thankful for and the people in your life that you're grateful for.

When anything good happens to you in your day, give thanks. It doesn't matter how small it is, say thank you. When you get the perfect parking space, hear your favorite song on the radio, approach a light that turns green, or find an empty seat on the bus or train, say thank you. These are all good things that you are receiving from life.

I think one of the most important things, that this album is for me, and this period in my life, is about gratitude. About recognizing all of the things, daily, that I'm grateful for, and there are many in my life. I'm just so blessed, and I try to carry that with me every day.

If we do not feel grateful for what we already have, what makes us think we'd be happy with more.

When ill luck besets us, to ease the tension we have only to remember that happiness is relative. The next time you are tempted to grumble about what has happened to you, why not pause and be glad that it is no worse than it is.

You gotta remember I was homeless. Whenever I think I have something to complain about. I go outside, walk across the street and look at my home, and remind myself of the time I was living on the damn lakefront in a car full of garbage bags with clothes, and ask myself, "What do you possibly have to be upset about?" I have nothing to complain about.