Quotes About Appreciation

Die Slowly' by Pablo Neruda: He who does not travel, who does not read, who does not listen to music, who does not find grace in himself, she who does not find grace in herself, dies slowly.

My ugly one, I love you for your waist of gold, my beauty, I love you because of a wrinkle on your forehead, love, I love you because you are clear and dark.

Todo era de los otros y de nadie, hasta que tu belleza y tu pobreza llenaron el otoño de regalos.

Un seul mot, usé, mais qui brille comme une vieille pièce de monnaie: merci!

Toglimi il pane, se vuoi, toglimi l'aria, ma non togliermi il tuo sorriso.

Your Feet When I cannot look at your face I look at your feet. Your feet of arched bone, your hard little feet. I know that they support you, and that your sweet weight rises upon them. Your waist and your breasts, the doubled purple of your nipples, the sockets of your eyes that have just flown away, your wide fruit mouth, your red tresses, my little tower. But I love your feet only because they walked upon the earth and upon the wind and upon the waters, until they found me.

Mas se amo os teus pés É só porque andaram Sobre a terra e sobre O vento e sobre a água, Até me encontrarem.

Do you appreciate that an oyster has, among its other organs, a heart?

Do you try to listen to calssical music but feel you don't ever really advance past knowing it's better than it sounds?

It was as if she saw him in a whole new way, as if he had magically been transformed into a new person. Perhaps what she could really see, or wanted so very much to see, was how much he cared for her. Not that he wanted something from her, but that he wanted to see to it that she was happy, that she was taken care of, that that was what he truly wanted. And in that instant, it made her love him.

When I realized I was going to die, the only thing I could think about was you and what an idiot I'd been for not telling you how I felt about you. I think I've loved you from the moment you lifted that awful blindfold off my face. I opened my eyes, and there you were, the bravest, most beautiful woman I've ever known. You set me free Natalie. In so many ways, you set me free.

By thirty, I believe we should all focus more on feeling gratitude for the gifts we've been given. The more grateful we feel for our families, for our friends, for the good health we have, the more we will nourish those things for the future.

All right, get out a bowl," I told her. "It has to be a beautiful bowl." "Why?" "Because then the whole experience will be more pleasurable. Pick one you like.

the true stature of a great work may not at first be recognized by those of a more conventional cast of mind.

Man should strive to see the God in woman, and to help her realize her spiritual nature. He should make her feel that she is with him not merely to satisfy his sensual appetites, but as a companion whom he respects and regards as an expression of the Divine. And woman should look upon man in the same way.

As can often be observed, the true stature of a great work may not at first be recognized by those of a more conventional cast of mind.

Know your worth, girls. You're not lucky to be at the party; the party is lucky to have you. Apply as needed to relationships, jobs, and family.

Why do they not teach you that time is a finger snap and an eye blink, and that you should not allow a moment to pass you by without taking joyous, ecstatic note of it, not wasting a single moment of its swift, breakneck circuit?

I would like to have seen the world with eyes incapable of anything but wonder, and with a tongue fluent only in praise.

I've always admired people who give accurate directions, and the tribe is small.

Always believe in things and people that bring you pleasure. What good does it do to throw those things out the window?

Because our nation is stupid and Hollywood is coarse, there is no one to tell us of the deep and extraordinary beauty of older women. I now see them all around me and am filled with a fierce joy that one of them has come to live in my house.

You must appreciate beauty for it to endure.

Good taste is not something you can be taught. It's not something you obtain in a store or go to college to learn.