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" Certainly the research shows that grateful people are more innovative thinkers. "

Deborah Norville

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" For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received. "

" I now find magic in the mundane. I'm also more creative - better able to look beyond the obvious and come up with new story angles. "

Deborah Norville

" Children may not notice the positive moments in life unless we point them out to them. "

Deborah Norville

" Often people ask how I manage to be happy despite having no arms and no legs. The quick answer is that I have a choice. I can be angry about not having limbs, or I can be thankful that I have a purpose. I chose gratitude. "

" If I have time to exercise, I do it, but I don't fixate on numbers like weight or waist size. Numbers don't work for me. "

Deborah Norville

" Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect. "

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

" Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors? "

" 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. "

" We sing a little song before we eat, a little blessing before we eat, and it's really - we're thanking the Lord and the Earth for the food that we eat, and it really brings you together in a profound kind of way. "

" I am very, very proud I am also Turkish and both of my parents are from Turkey. I was born in Germany and grew up there. By playing football, I learned my different cultures, and that is an advantage if you grow up as a person. You get a different view on certain things. I am very, very thankful I was able to pick the best from many cultures. "

" So many self-help ideas are like meringue - you take a big bite, and there's nothing there. "

Deborah Norville

" If I can do one hundredth part for the Indian that Mrs. Stowe did for the Negro, I will be thankful. "

Helen Hunt Jackson

" When you read a piece of writing that you admire, send a note of thanks to the author. "

" Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. "

Marcus Tullius Cicero

" Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses. "

" I'm really thankful and complimented when people come to me and say, thank you for the great times for all these years. But I don't think about it as being a leader. "

Bill Kreutzmann

" Of all the characteristics needed for both a happy and morally decent life, none surpasses gratitude. Grateful people are happier, and grateful people are more morally decent. "

" God has blessed me with an unbelievable talent, with fast feet, fast hands, unbelievable defense and a very, very sharp mind. So I'm thankful for that. "

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

" You're always aware that only eight per cent of actors are in work at one time, so you've got to be thankful for the job you've got and do the best you can. "

" Just don't let the hype of what people are saying and how much they love you, y'know, just take the compliment and be thankful that people are complimenting you, but don't let it consume you; don't let your circumstances around you and the way people view you make you act a certain way. "

" Look, if I ever stop being grateful for gigs, I just need to stop. Because this business is... you know, it's just so kind of job-to-job, and the fact that I've continued working... I'm just incredibly thankful for it. And I never, ever take it for granted. "

" I'm thankful to have time to write. "

" My music is my No. 1, and I've got people who believe in me and keep me going. I'm thankful. "

" I still have a lot of the stories I wrote in high school. Hand wrote... a number of them are in purple ink, rendering them illegible, a fact we should probably be forever thankful for. "

" I'm really aware of the conversations that surround young actresses in Hollywood. I always get myself into a hole with these conversations, and I get weirdly quoted, and I sound militant and like I'm not thankful at all, and I'm so thankful of everything that's happening. But I'm an active observer of the machinations of this world. "

Mackenzie Davis

" I'm so thankful that there are people willing to do that - to actually carry a child nine months for someone. "

" Well, my first languages are German and Spanish because I was brought up by a Spanish mother and a German father, so I always spoke both languages at home. I'm very thankful that I was brought up in a bilingual house. "

" It's very important for me to be in Russia and continue working with Russian filmmakers because I am a Russian actor, and I am very thankful for having the chance to work with very talented people here in Russia. "

Danila Kozlovsky

" It is okay to be an outsider, a recent arrival, new on the scene - and not just okay, but something to be thankful for... Because being an insider can so easily mean collapsing the horizons, can so easily mean accepting the presumptions of your province. "

" Working on 'Gossip Girl' was a fantastic experience. It was my first real gig and I'm thankful for it - I got to learn a lot. I'm glad I got to explore getting comfortable in my own shoes in the background on a show like 'Gossip Girl.' "