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Appreciation Quotes


"Road accidents, psycho killings, plane crashes abound - we don't know which day will be our last, so why not make today the happiest day and be thankful for all that we have?"


"If you want to know how good a tree is, examine how many birds flock to feed off of its fruit."


"I like to get where the cabbage is cooking and catch the scents."



"What a wonderful phenomenon it is, carefully considered, when the human eye, that jewel of organic structures, concentrates its moist brilliance on another human creature!"



"So I show appreciation for the little gifts that have been handed to me."


"Happiness doesn't always come in pink. Learn to appreciate the rainbow."


"Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live."


"'You're so damn big, she whispered.' 'Why, thank you, cariño,' he said."


"No one is so completely disenchanted with the world, or knows it so thoroughly, or is so utterly disgusted with it, that when it begins to smile upon him he does not become partially reconciled to it."



"What you have said, Mr. President, fully satisfies me that you have given to every proposition which has been made, a kind and candid consideration. And you have now expressed the conclusion to which you have arrived, clearly and distinctly."


"Partly because I get such astonishingly nice fans."


"I have a greater appreciation for kitchen appliances, having played one."


"Go outside, wherever you are, and appreciate each drop of water, each flower, each architectural work of art."


"Life is great. Life is amazing. Observe the beauty in everything you do."



"I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars."



"There will come a respect and dignity for work when the people are being taught."


"Maybe God created the desert so that man could appreciate the date trees."


"Appreciate her for who she is."


"Anything great will only be appreciated if I am given the opportunity to feel the absence of it, or experience the reversal of it. It is only then that I can even begin to understand its majesty and cherish it in the manner I should have all along."


"Life can only be live with grace and gratitude."


"Fantasizing about the future is not wrong until and unless you are not missing the beauty of the present!"



"The greatest wealth in the world is the wealth of time."


"Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent."


"God would have us cherish even the smallest of blessings, for in taking a blessing for granted we are well on our way to taking it to its grave."


"She would consider each day a miracle - which indeed it is, when you consider the number of unexpected things that could happen in each second of our fragile existences."


"If you find a man who trusts you, who isn't afraid, who sees you for who you are, and if it feels like he knows you for who it is that you simply are, and thinks all of that is beautiful; know that you have found a rare thing."


"I love all things, not only the grand but the infinitely small: thimble, spurs, plates, flower vases....."


"If I had a single wish, I would wish sixty seconds of total depravity upon myself. For one of the greatest gifts of all is to have 'nothing' so that I can finally learn how to appreciate 'everything'."



"It is unfortunate that many people today cannot sense the worth in people."


"When you start with thanksgiving, you will always end with praise. Be thankful, it grows."


"Life is a fragile and awesome gift."


"Sometimes God takes people out of our lives for a period of time. Sometimes we need to adjust, appreciate, and reach an understanding of just how important they were to us. And sometimes it's right at that moment when God brings them back in our heart."



"Glorifying people is the most noble act."


"Jemima was not pretty, the flatness and shortness of her face made her almost plain; yet most people looked twice at her expressive countenance, at the eyes which flamed or melted at every trifle, at the rich colour which came at every expressed emotion into her usually sallow face, at the faultless teeth which made her smile like a sunbeam."


"I think it's incomparably sweet when someone writes something for you.. even if it doesn't rhyme or even if it isn't very amorous.. even two lines of hatred written for you acknowledges the fact that someone spent a little of his time thinking about you."


"You cannot truly enjoy a flower until you can see her inner beauty and feel her purpose of life."


"True gratitude ascends to the highest altitudes."


"We appreciate things not for their beauty but for how they kindle our minds' generosity."


"I challenge anyone to understand Islam, its spirit, and not to love it. It is a beautiful religion of brotherhood and devotion."


"Notice how extraordinary your life truly is. It's filled with love. Open your heart to it."


"Until I saw Chardin's painting I never realized how much beauty lay around me in my parents' house in the half-cleared table in the corner of a tablecloth left awry in the knife beside the empty oyster shell."


"Embrace the sweetness of life like a gift honeycomb from the hive."


"Water on earth came from space. Everything which is there was once upon a time not there and everything which is there shall return again to wherever they come from! When you see a beautiful ocean, or beautiful anything, remember this and appreciate them well!"



"Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words."


"Many things that don't really mean so much of anything, are wonderful."


"You don't have to pay the sun to rise, the moon to shine, and the stars to glow."


"I appreciate the beauty and balm of flowers but I have never enjoyed receiving them because then I have to watch them die, and worse...throw them away."


"Gratitude is arriving at the point where your expectations, accumulation and anticipations make way for appreciation, reflection and celebration."
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