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Appreciation Quotes
"Wake up. Be thankful. For whatever happens on this day, you are endlessly given the chance to start again-to be alive. And all of us should wish for that."
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"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."
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"While it is best to believe in oneself, a little more from others can be a great blessing, a thing to be thankful for."
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"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?"
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"'You're so damn big, she whispered.' 'Why, thank you, cariño,' he said."
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"With endless time, nothing is special. With no loss or sacrifice, we can't appreciate what we have."
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"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."
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"Extending gratitude to another says, "I see what you've done and I thank you for the energy you put forth."
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"If you want to know how good a tree is, examine how many birds flock to feed off of its fruit."
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"I have a greater appreciation for kitchen appliances, having played one."
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"So I show appreciation for the little gifts that have been handed to me."
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"Life is great. Life is amazing. Observe the beauty in everything you do."
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"Go outside, wherever you are, and appreciate each drop of water, each flower, each architectural work of art."
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"Partly because I get such astonishingly nice fans."
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"There will come a respect and dignity for work when the people are being taught."
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"I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars."
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"Appreciate her for who she is."
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"Maybe God created the desert so that man could appreciate the date trees."
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"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."
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"It is unfortunate that many people today cannot sense the worth in people."
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"Fantasizing about the future is not wrong until and unless you are not missing the beauty of the present!"
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"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."
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"You cannot truly enjoy a flower until you can see her inner beauty and feel her purpose of life."
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"The greatest wealth in the world is the wealth of time."
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"Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent."
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"We appreciate things not for their beauty but for how they kindle our minds' generosity."
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"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."
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"I love all things, not only the grand but the infinitely small: thimble, spurs, plates, flower vases....."
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"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."
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"I challenge anyone to understand Islam, its spirit, and not to love it. It is a beautiful religion of brotherhood and devotion."
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"Many things that don't really mean so much of anything, are wonderful."
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"True gratitude ascends to the highest altitudes."
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"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."
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"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."
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"The familiar is by far the most beautiful."
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"You don't have to pay the sun to rise, the moon to shine, and the stars to glow."
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"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."
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"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'."
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"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."
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"You learn the value of water when the rivers are dry. You learn the value of light when the winters are prolonged. You learn the value of water when the fields are bare."
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"Notice how extraordinary your life truly is. It's filled with love. Open your heart to it."
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"Life is a fragile and awesome gift."
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"Life can only be live with grace and gratitude."
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"Everything that I hold will eventually be gone. Subsequently, the quality of my life will depend on whether I choose to appreciate those things 'now' or wait until 'then."
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"When we don't see the value of a thing, we don't put the protective edge."
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"When you start with thanksgiving, you will always end with praise. Be thankful, it grows."
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"Gratitude is arriving at the point where your expectations, accumulation and anticipations make way for appreciation, reflection and celebration."
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"Embrace the sweetness of life like a gift honeycomb from the hive."
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