Life's Blessings Quotes

Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach.

I was always taught to be grateful, and so the question came early: What is there to be grateful for? Why is life supposed to be so good? That's still a question I try to answer all the time.

I could never be cynical, not that I think there's anything wrong with cynicism. I think it can be quite funny at times. But I just feel so grateful to be alive.

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

I think I will be able to, in the end, rise above the clouds and climb the stairs to Heaven, and I will look down on my beautiful life.

Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.

Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.

Grace is something you can never get but can only be given. There's no way to earn it or deserve it or bring it about anymore than you can deserve the taste of raspberries and cream or earn good looks. A good night's sleep is grace and so are good dreams. Most tears are grace. The smell of rain is grace. Somebody loving you is grace.

A man may lose the good things of this life against his will; but if he loses the eternal blessings, he does so with his own consent.

The blessings of one mountain day, whatever his fate, long life, short life, stormy or calm, he is rich forever.

Life is - the way God has given it to me was just a platter - a golden platter of life laid out there for me. It's been beautiful.

I thank God to have it. I thank God that I finished it. And I hope that I will live enough to take profit of it.

I'm still not sure what is meant by good fortune and success. I know fame and power are for the birds. But then life suddenly comes into focus for me. And, ah, there stand my kids.

The rains of Life's Blessings cannot gather on mountaintops of pride, but flow easily into valleys of humbleness.

[I'm] very fortunate and blessed person who still has a lot of living to do.

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.

At my wedding, my bridesmaids said, "You're the funniest person we've ever met." I hope I make people laugh, I hope I make people feel comfortable. I like to go out and have a good time. I don't take myself too seriously. I never have. This is all one spinning granite planet, and I'm lucky I get to act and do what I love. Life is good. I'm not going to compete for attention. You find that a lot in Hollywood with actresses, where you're just like, "Just chill out.".

To walk down the aisle and see all my friends and family and to see my handsome man standin' there, and to know that at 61 you can still find love and have a magical day like that ... it was really beautiful.

Miss life's simplest blessings and you'll miss out on life's greatest joys.

If you would live happily, do not exaggerate life's evils, nor slight her blessings.

There is an ancient saying, famous among men, that thou shouldst not judge fully of a man's life before he dieth, whether it should be called blest or wretched.

I know that I've been blessed in many ways, and I was fortunate enough to travel the world and meet a lot of interesting people. But I never felt that the modeling career was all that important.

I've been very lucky to have had a supportive family, a great education, enormous opportunity and challenge.

All the love and joy that a man has ever received in perception is laid up in him as the sunshine of a hundred years is laid up in the bole of the oak.