Marla Gibbs Quotes

So many people are looking at what's wrong, and I try to encourage them to look at what's right in their life. A lot of people have it a lot worse than you do.

There's always going to be somebody worse off than me.

Look, even bad years are pretty good years I think.

It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.

Life stinks, but that doesn't mean you don't enjoy it.

Life continues to be difficult. It always will be because that's just life. But I am so glad I have put some happiness into the world.

I have to really enjoy the good things because it makes the bad things OK.

I can never complain about the situation that I'm in. I try to put everything into perspective.

When I win, I'm happy. When I lose, I'm also happy. I'm grateful for this life I have to live. It's a great life.

A win doesn't always come exactly how you want it to, but it's a win nonetheless. And anyone who doesn't think so, I don't even know what to tell them.

If you don't embrace the bad, you can never truly embrace the good and be grateful and have gratitude for the tiniest things.

I don't sit around feeling sorry for myself. There's always somebody who's a lot worse off than you.

You say, 'The country is messed up.' That's like cursing the soil and the seed and the sunshine and the rain, which is all you've got. Don't curse all you've got. When you get your own planet, you can rearrange this whole deal. This one you've got to take like it comes.

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.

We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.

I didn't lose. I got second. That's still winning. How could I be unhappy with second place? There are a million people who would love to be in my position.

I just take it as it comes, and if I'm not offered something, there's always a reason, and usually it's a pretty good one. I'm not worried about it. You know, I've had an incredible career, and I'm blessed.

Whenever I get frustrated, I tell myself, you could be working at a 7-Eleven right now, so never take for granted what you do for a living.

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.

A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.

Who is happy with his appearance? I find many drawbacks of myself. But, each time when I visit Lourdes, I receive a lesson of reconciliation. When you see ill people or invalids around, you realize that it is a sin to complain!

In difficult times, it's so hard to look around and to see what to be grateful for.

Let me encourage you to get up every day and focus on what you do have in life. Be thankful for the blessings of the little things, even when you don't get what you expect.

We're all human beings, and we all have the same problems. I do remember how blessed I am, and no matter how bad things are, they can always get worse.

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