Quotes About Appreciation

The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It's doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile. I think of my strawberry souffle. I did that at least twenty-eight times before I finally conquered it.

A successful man is he who receives a great deal from his fellow men, usually incomparably more than corresponds to his service to them. The value of a man, however, should be seen in what he gives, and not in what he is able to receive.

A first rate soup is better than a second rate painting.

The really happy man is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

Everyone carries his own inch-rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.

Taste is nothing but a delicate good sense.

I want to thank everybody who made this day necessary.

I feel a very unusual sensation - if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.

It is almost impossible to find those who admire us entirely lacking in taste.

Admiration: Our polite recognition of another man's resemblance to ourselves.

I'd like to thank the committee that brought this event about. It was an equal endeavor. They did the food, decorations, and reservations, and I did the traffic flow.

Here's to one of the most beautiful, kind, thoughtful people I have ever known . . . You are getting more like me every day.

I thank you for not snoring.

Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks.

Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear.

People are always asking about the good old days. I say, why don't you say the good "now" days? Isn't "now" the only time you're living?

Enjoy yourself. These are the "good old days" you're going to miss in the years ahead.

Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, esson, or delight that moment has to

All of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

In the present, every day is a miracle.

Yesterday has gone. Tomorrow may never come. There is only the miracle of this moment. Savor it. It is a gift.

T'were too absurd to slight for the hereafter, the day's delight!

Every second is of infinite value.

Let me tell thee, time is a very precious gift of God; so precious that it's only given to us moment by moment.