“Count your rainbows, not your thunderstorms”—in other words, “count your blessings”—is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying has been cited in print since at least 2006 and is of unknown authorship.
“Count your rainbows, not your thunderstorms. ~Alyssa Knight (age 12)” was posted on Twitter on August 3, 2010. However, Alyssa Knight does not appear to be credited with the saying before 2010.
10 February 2006, The Borneo Bulletin )Kuala Belait), “Brunei: HSBC Speakers Group holds speech competition”:
... to deliver a two-minute speech on the topic of “Count Your Rainbows, Not Your Thunderstorms.”
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Count your rainbows, not your thunderstorms.
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Count your rainbows, not your thunderstorms.
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aww I just saw the cutest quote “count your rainbows, not your thunder storms”
3:51 PM - 6 Jul 2009
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Count your rainbows, not your thunderstorms ~Alyssa Knight
1:26 PM - 26 Feb 2010
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Count your rainbows, not your thunderstorms. ~Alyssa Knight (age 12) #quotes
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1GN - Count Your Rainbows (Audio)
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Published on Dec 3, 2013
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The Adventures and Confessions of an American Drama Queen in Turkey
By Barbara A. Lawrence
Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse LLC
2014
Pg. 275:
Count your rainbows, not your thunderstorms. —Alyssa Knight, age 12
A Mixed Bag
Count Your Rainbows, Not Your Thunderstorms ~ Alyssa Knight
Posted on April 3, 2014 by Al
At the end of the rainbow is a pot of gold apparently.
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September 2, 2014 ·
“Count your rainbows, not your thunder storms” ~Alyssa Knight
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Highly Tweetable:
5000+ Awesome Quotes to Use on Twitter and Social Media
By Devin Metzger
Pronoun
2016
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Count your rainbows, not your thunderstorms.
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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