Quotes About Appreciation

How much extra happiness am I acquiring? Why am I wanting so much more than I need? Wouldn't I be happier learning to appreciate what I already have?

This was, I realized, a beautiful planet. Maybe it was the most beautiful of all. But beauty creates its own troubles. You look at a waterfall or an ocean or a sunset, and you find yourself wanting to share it with someone.

Sip, don't gulp.

When things are taken from us, the stuff that remains has more value.

Just give yourself one simple reminder that the world is full of wonders. Even if we are at a point in life where we can't appreciate things, it sometimes helps to remember there are things in this world to enjoy, when we are ready.

There are as many versions of a book as there are readers.

Everything we need is here, if we give up thinking we need everything.

Never underestimate the big importance of small things, Mrs Elm had said. You must always remember that.

Of course, we can't visit every place or meet every person or do every job, yet most of what we'd feel in any life is still available. We don't have to play every game to know what winning feels like. We don't have to hear every piece of music in the world to understand music. We don't have to have tried every variety of grape from every vineyard to know the pleasure of wine. Love and laughter and fear and pain are universal currencies.

You are lucky to be alive. Inhale and take in life's wonders. Never take so much as a single petal of a single flower for granted.

I am happy here. Why want another universe if this one has dogs?

Never understimate the big importance of small things.

In those moments that burst alive the present lasts forever, and I know there are many more presents to live.

We just have to close our eyes and savour the taste of the drink in front of us and listen to the song as it plays.

No infravalores nunca la gran importancia de las pequeñas cosas". -La Biblioteca de la Medianoche-

When things are taken from us, the stuff that remains has more value. It rises not only in visibility but also intensity. What we lose in breadth we gain in depth.

A friend doesn't care about the size of your house and that friend can be human, pixie or mouse. A friend may be a rabbit, a friend may be an elf. But a friend is a friend, if they like you for yourself.

Ein Mensch war wie eine Stadt. Ein paar weniger wünschenswerte Aspekte durften nicht den Blick aufs Ganze verstellen. Vielleicht gab es einiges, was man nicht mochte, ein paar zwielichtige Straßen und Vororte, aber wegen der guten Seiten lohne es sich doch. - S. 61

Se solo riuscissimo a trovare un modo per fermare il tempo. È su questo che dovremmo concentrarci. Sa, quando un attimo di felicità passa davanti. Potremmo lanciare la rete, catturarlo come una farfalla e tenerlo con noi per sempre.

Onderschat nooit het belang van kleine dingen.

Onderschat nooit het grote belang van kleine dingen.

Never underestimate the big importance of small things, Mrs Elm had said.

I do like you,' said Miika, in his quiet mouse language, 'even though you are not a dairy product.

don't have to play every game to know what winning feels like. We don't have to hear every piece of music in the world to understand music. We don't have to have tried every variety of grape from every vineyard to know the pleasure of wine. Love and laughter and fear and pain are universal currencies. We just have to close our eyes and savour the taste of the drink in front of us and listen to the song as it plays.