“I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.”
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Walt Whitman 181
American poet, essayist and journalist 1819–1892Related quotes
“On your best day, you're only as good as I am on my worst with one arm tied behind my back.”
Source: Magic Bleeds
“I am glad that he thanks God for anything.”
1755
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), Life of Johnson (Boswell)
“I am as desirous of being a good neighbor as I am of being a bad subject.”
Civil Disobedience (1849)
“I am constantly thankful. The world is so beautiful, I am thankful.”
Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words (1982), Ch. 7 : Living the Spiritual Life
Context: I am constantly thankful. The world is so beautiful, I am thankful. I have endless energy, I am thankful. I am plugged into the source of Universal Supply, I am thankful. I am plugged into the source of Universal Truth, I am thankful. I have this constant feeling of thankfulness, which is a prayer.
“I may not be where I need to be but I thank God I am not where I used to be.”
Variant: I'm not where I need to be, but thank God i'm not where I used to be.
Source: Woman To Woman: Candid Conversations From Me To You
“I've never lived a day, in good times or bad, that I didn't thank God for the privilege.”
2000s, 2008, (2008)
“Thanks be to God, that he gave me Stubborness, when I know I am right.”
Letter to Edmund Jenings, 27 September 1782 http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-13-02-0217, also quoted in John Adams (2008) by David McCullough, p. 272
1780s
The Life of Edward Jenner: With Illustrations of His Doctrines, and Selections from His Correspondence https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=7K9iwCjoUgkC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false, Vol. 2 (1838), by John Baron, p. 295