Quotes About Appreciation

EMILY: "Does anyone ever realize life while they live it...every, every minute?" STAGE MANAGER: "No. Saints and poets maybe...they do some.

Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you. Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it -- every, every minute?

Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?

Good-by, Good-by, world. Good-by, Grover's Corners... Mama and Papa. Good-by to clocks ticking... and Mama's sunflowers. And food and coffee. And new-ironed dresses and hot baths...and sleeping and waking up. Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you.

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it is on your plate.

you have to love life to have life, and you need to have life to love life

We can only be said to be alive in those moments, where our hearts are conscious of our treasures.

I didn't realize all that was going on that we didnt notice. Goodbye, world Mom, and Pop. Goodbye, the clock is ticking. And mommas sunflowers, and food, and coffee, and new iron dresses, and hot baths, and sleeping, and waking up. Oh, Earth, youre too wonderful for anybody to realize you. Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? Every, every minute?

But you don't love something because you're blind to its faults, right? You love it despite its flaws.

She thought of the self-help books preaching the importance of gratitude that millions of Americans bought each year. How many of them could muster gratitude for a cup of tea?

Not roses and valentines and walks on the beach, but simply being present, day after ordinary day. The extraordinary romanticism of ordinary life.

Clients didn't value what they got for free. It was human nature to devalue what came too cheap or easy.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. —WILLIAM JAMES (1842–1910)

Before becoming a mom, I never knew how good I had it to just spend time at a spa for a few hours. Now, those days are far and between. So when I have an hour, it's all about the mani and pedi.

What do you say we mark this day—the day we met—by buying each other a record? Something we think reflects our perceptions of each other.

She smiled at him in the way you would smile at someone if they'd saved your life.

one thing you learn by losing someone is to seize the moment.

Your biggest strength is your ability to appreciate the imperfection of your life.

Do Not Disturb signs should be written in the language of the hotel maids.

isolated instances of beauty and in no urgent need of beholders.

That's the problem with this generation. No sense of history. They haven't the foggiest notion of all the sacrifices that have been made so they can safely lounge about this country texting and tweeting . . .

Love is not about possession, it's about appreciation. We should love people for who they are, not for what they can do for us.

Whether they come from Brooks Brothers or a thrift store, the sweaters we wear have a magnificent ancestry. Their history spans the worlds of Irish fishermen, French knights, World War I soldiers, busty Hollywood 'sweater girls,' and the television saint Mr. Rogers. That history lives in each garment. By being aware of it, we can better appreciate what we have.

I'm proud of 'Miracle at St. Anna' and I loved it; there's no question in my mind it's as good as any movie that came out in 2007.