"Be grateful, be smart, be clean, be true, be humble, be prayerful."

"No one ever said learning was to be easy, but it's part of the process of evolving as a human being, and we all have to go through it. When I look back, I see that each difficult time brought an important lesson. And I prefer to look at it with gratitude because I wouldn't be who I am today if I haven't gone through it all."

"I feel grateful because I have a lot of love in my life. I found the person I'm sharing my life with. I have a good man."

"When you are a rock star in front of 20,000 people, you receive instant gratification. A rock star on tour is a king in his domain."

"Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude"

"People like Johnny Depp are an exception. He is the current model of what an actor should be. His body of work speaks volumes. He was so under-rated for so long, but he will have longevity - and it is such a gratifying thrill to see he is finally getting the recognition he deserves."

"All I have to be thankful for in this world is that I was sitting down when my garter busted."

"I want things to be the best they can be. I want greatness."

"I'm too grateful that I continue to grow as an actor. I hope I get better. I feel like I am. But it's a roll of the dice every time you make a movie. Nobody knows."

"Gratitude is the key to happiness."

"Grace is opposed to earning, but not to effort."

"Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation."

"Some people have a knack of putting upon you gifts of no real value, to engage you to substantial gratitude. We thank them for nothing."

"To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed."

"Immediate gratification takes too long."

"For me, gratitude is the only attitude."

"I have gratitude. I know myself better. I feel more capable than ever. And as far as the physicality of it, I feel better at 40 than I did at 25."

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

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

"Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors."

"A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter."

"In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors."

"Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul."

"Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude."