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.
1940s–present, A Mencken Chrestomathy (1949)
“I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.”
“I thank you doctor, but I am a dead man.”
To a doctor treating his wound. Quoted in John Whitcomb, Claire Whitcomb "Real Life at the White House", Routledge, 2002, p. 177
1880s
“I am glad that he thanks God for anything.”
1755
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), Life of Johnson (Boswell)
On winning the Nobel Prize, TIME magazine (16 October 1978)
“Now heaven be thanked, I am out of love again!
I have been long a slave, and now am free;”
FREEDOM, BETSINDA DANCES AND OTHER POEMS
“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
“Thank you, sir, but I am perfectly content being the bride of death.”
Source: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
