Quotes About Appreciation

Thank you, Pig Keeper, Phillip said, and placed a few gold coins in the boy's hand. The boy's eyes went wide as he felt the weight of the gold,even as he absently corrected his prince. Uh, Assistant Pig Keeper, actually.

He was reaching that age, he was at the edge of it, when the world becomes suddenly more beautiful, when it reveals itself in a special way, in every detail, roof and wall, in the leaves of trees fluttering faintly before the rain. The world was opening itself, as if to allow, now that life was shortening, one long, passionate look, and all that had been withheld would finally be given.

The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it.

Pretend you are dead and you will see who really loves you. ~ African Proverb

To arouse laughter, his appreciation of the point of the joke must be almost instantaneous, however long he may be in preparing for that appreciation.

I bless the hoss from hoof to head - From head to hoof, and tale to mane! - I bless the hoss, as I have said, From head to hoof, and back again!

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Not many of us realize that we truly only live one day at a time. So live today.

Bennett was grateful for every day he was given on this earth because he knew how fleeting that time could be.

These last few days showed me that there's more to life than the proverbial bigger boat. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I have all I could want right here. The love of my life and the love of her family. I'm so grateful for that—what more could I ask for?

Bennett wondered why it took a lifetime for many—if not most—people to figure out that life was meant to be celebrated.

Admiration.

Thank goodness for sisters.

Marcel Proust wrote in Time Regained: "An hour is not merely an hour, it is a vase filled with perfumes, sounds, projects, and climates." Every hour my nose is filled with nature's fresh perfume. —DB

Another thing they had gained was an appreciation of the value of dulness. As a rule, one tended to long for more drama, to feel that the level stretches of life between its high peaks were a waste of time. Well, there had been enough drama lately. They had lived through seven years in as many days;

Living in China has made me appreciate my own country, with its tiny, ethnically diverse population of unassuming donut-eaters.

Expressions of gratitude were the "most consistent significant predictor of marital quality.

Finally, many experts tell me that the best—some say only—way to teach one's husband to learn the ropes and appreciate the volume of work you do is often the technique that is least used: leave the damn house.

It is not everyone,' said Elinor, 'who has your passion for dead leaves.

Miss Morland, no one can think more highly of the understanding of women than I do. In my opinion, nature has given them so much, that they never find it necessary to use more than half.

And books! ...she would buy them all over and over again; she would buy up every copy, I believe, to prevent their falling into unworthy hands; and she would have every book that tells her how to admire an old twisted tree.

Teach us...... that we may feel the importance of every day, of every hour, as it passes.

Those who have not more must be satisfied with what they have.

There is no reason in the world why you should not be important where you are known. You have good sense, and a sweet temper, and I am sure you have a grateful heart, that could never receive kindness without hoping to return it. I do not know any better qualifications for a friend and companion.