Quotes About Appreciation

But I've learned that there are always terrible things, and sometimes it is very important to grasp what joy and beauty you can, whenever you can.

He sees people—all the way through them—and he likes them anyway.

And there were fringe benefits to following Charles around - the view for one.

In the meantime, thank you for existing. At least I have one relation (other than Aunt Elizabeth) with some sense. I find it a great comfort.

I think some people are lucky to be so fond of a place they are going back to. But it's not lucky if they let that blind them to the place they find themselves

Agreement and appreciation are not about being of one mind but about sharing and community

We have known what it is to have had a gift, and have not ever questioned from where the gift came, only sometimes wondered. The gift has not been taken away because gifts are legacies, that once given cannot be taken away. They may pass from hand to hand, but once held they are always yours. The gift we were given is with us still.

He loved possessions, not masses of them, but a select few that he did not part with. They gave a man self-respect. Not ostentation but quality, and the love that cherished the quality. Possessions reminded him that he existed, and made him enjoy his existence. It was as simple as that. And wasn't that worth something? He existed. Not many people in the world knew how to, even if they had the money. It really didn't take money, masses of money, it took a certain security.

I want to be remembered in my overalls," said Aunt Lou. "You will," said Grandfather. "Believe me, you will." Mama and William laughed. "That's how we think of you," said William. "You see me every day," Aunt Lou said to William. "You don't have to remember me.

God's gifts are the best gifts you will ever receive. Don't put them away in a closet or drawer. Use them every day. Put them on. Wear them. p. 196

There are some people who don't even know enough to fall in love with the water.

I did not have any magnificent jewels to give you, but I hoped you would understand that I would give you the world if I could.

Everyone's got beautiful eyes.

Is this for someone special?" asked the saleslady as she folded my purchase in layers of tissue paper. "For my mama," I said proudly. "She dead.

Thorn gazed back and forth between the two of us. "You could have left me behind, but you stayed. I won't forget that.

There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot. A

A beer doesn't have to be difficult to acquire, but damned if that doesn't make everything taste better.

There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm.

Suppose for a moment that God began taking from us the many things for which we have failed to give thanks. Which of our limbs and faculties would be left? Would I still have my hands and my mind? And what about loved ones? If God were to take from me all those persons and things for which I have not given thanks, who or what would be left of me?

Acknowledge the importance of what they're saying. This means that what is important to them has an emotional impact on you. Remember, people are always looking to be acknowledged, appreciated and respected.

people are very thirsty for acknowledgment and the respect that underlies that acknowledgment.

So many people there are so concerned about being socially conscious and environmentally aware, but they don't give a second thought to how they treat the guy washing their car or cutting their grass.

I recognized one of the qualities I most admired in my wife: the beautiful big handwriting of the illiterate that she was. Darling,

There's always beauty," Seth murmurs. "If you know where to look.