Quotes About Appreciation

What splendor nature proffered to the eye of any man who had half the wit to appreciate it!

The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.

Plato asked Socrates what is love... Socrates: Go into the field and get me the most special leaf... Plato returned with no leaf at hand said: I found the most beautiful leaf in the field but I didn't pick it up for I might find a better one, but when I returned to the place, it was gone... Socrates: We always look for the best in life. When we finally see it, we take it for granted and expecting a better one... NOT KNOWING IT WAS THE BEST AND LAST!!!

That I learn of others, I replied, is quite true; but that I am ungrateful I wholly deny. Money I have none, and therefore I pay in praise, which is all I have; and how ready I am to praise any one who appears to me to speak well you will very soon find out when you answer; for I expect that you will answer well.

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.

I think when a reader reads a whole book - which takes six to ten hours - that's kind of a gift to the author. The gift of close, undivided attention. To who else do we listen so closely for eight straight hours? And when readers give that gift to me, I'm grateful for it.

Every decision you need to make, every task you need to accomplish, every relationship you need to navigate, every element of daily life you need to traverse, God has already perfectly matched up with an equivalent-to-overflowing supply of His grace. If you don't agree with that, then you either lack a proper appreciation for what you have, or you are doing things that you're not supposed to be participating in right now.

One of the gifts that comes with age is an appreciation for some of the more simple, more commonplace things that seem mundane earlier in one's life. As the years pass, the hidden treasure to be found in humble and unpretentious virtues becomes more accentuated—things like rest, silence, and the joy of an ordinary day. The attraction toward activity and achievement lessens, becoming slowly, steadily, and appropriately replaced by an interest in more internal matters.

I recognized that by rushing through life, I'd been subtly devaluing those around me and the experiences I was involved in, not appreciating the importance and significance they bring to my life at this very moment, not grasping my responsibility for holding dear and treating well these gifts God has entrusted to me.

The world is imperfect, but there are millions of perfect moments.

O fortunatos nimium sua si bona norint, agricolas

Quién, de los oficiales de entonces, puede negar que te dé a las mujeres rusas la mejor y más valiosa recompensa?

The precondition of giving thanks with sincerity is always humility.

Thank you, Honey, Becka whispered gratefully.

You're just full of awesome; did you know that?

Don't run I never liked fast food

I think I'd fall for you no matter what, Claire. You're kind of awesome.

Of course, we could all die soon. I'm writing because Michael's patrolling the house and Shane and Claire are asleep. It may be the last chance I have to write anything down. So in case that's true, I want to say that I love Shane and Claire, and I love Michael, and staying here in the Glass House has been the best time in my entire life.... But if it all ends here, at least it's ending with the people I really love.

You brought me grenades. You are officially the best girlfriend ever.

When she set Shane's glass of Coke down in front of him, she did it with probably a little too much emphasis; he glanced up at her with a question-mark expression.[...] ''What?'' Shane asked her, and took a drink. ''Did I forget to say thanks? Because, thanks. Best Coke ever. Did you make it yourself? Special recipe?

Vita hominis plus libro valet! A life is worth more than a book.

The author wishes to thank: Good fortune, Godiva chocolates, and Slim-Fast

Here, you are exceptional...There, who knows? They might not value you as much as we do.

For most of us, knowledge of our world comes largely through sight, yet we look about with such unseeing eyes that we are partially blind. One way to open your eyes to unnoticed beauty is to ask yourself, What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?