Quotes About Appreciation

There is a critical difference (Ryan observes) between saying, "I'm giving you this reward because I recognize the value of your work", and "You're getting this reward because you've lived up to my standards." The first does not demotivate; the second does.

I don't think you will ever fully understand how you've touched my life and made me who I am. I don't think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star

Todos los días son buenos, pienso, hasta los malos. Cada día es un don. El olor puede ser malo, pero habríamos de regocijarnos de tener nariz. Nadie nos prometió una nariz. Nadie nos prometió un jardín para la nariz.

De fapt, p?mântul nu duce lips? de minun??ii, ci de oameni care s? se minuneze.

Ho cercato di spiegare ai miei genitori che la vita è uno strano regalo. All'inizio lo si sopravvaluta, questo regalo: si crede di aver ricevuto la vita eterna. Dopo lo si sottovaluta, lo si trova scadente, troppo corto, si sarebbe quasi pronti a gettarlo. Infine ci si rende conto che non era un regalo, ma solo un prestito. Allora si cerca di meritarlo.

Am încercat s? le explic p?rinÈ›ilor mei ce-i viaÈ›a, un cadou foarte tare. La început, supraestim?m cadoul asta: credem c-am primit via?? veÈ™nic?. De aceea îl subestim?m, ni se pare urât, prea scurt, mai c-am fi gata s?-l arunc?m. În sfârÈ™it, ne d?m seama c? n-am primit un cadou, ci un împrumut.

La beauté, Momo, elle est partout. Où que tourne les yeux.

Il faut que tu les regardent en ayant l'air de dire : « je n'ai jamais vu plus belle que vous».

Tentei explicar aos meus pais que a vida é um presente engraçado. Ao principio sobrestimamos este presente: acreditamos ter recebido a vida eterna. Mais tarde, subestimamo-lo, achamos que é uma porcaria, muito curta, ficamos quase tentados a deitá-la fora. Por fim, percebemos que não era um presente, era apenas um empréstimo. E então esforçamo-nos por merecê-lo.

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Ich habe versucht, meinen Eltern zu erklären, was das Leben für ein komisches Geschenk ist. Am Anfang überschätzt man dieses Geschenk, man glaubt, man lebt ewig. Später unterschätzt man es, man findet es kümmerlich, zu kurz, am liebsten würde man es wegschmeißen. Am Ende wird einem klar, daß es gar kein Geschenk ist, sondern nur geliehen.

Kto coÅ› poznaÅ', ustÄ™puje temu, kto to pokochaÅ', lecz ten, kto kocha, nie dorównuje temu, kto siÄ™ zachwyca.

Hayat?m?za giren herkes deÄŸerlidir ama herkes özel deÄŸildir. Sayg? hepsine, sevgi lay?k olana verilir.

Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living

I must remember to say a prayer for all those noble chickens that have died for my honor this day." "You'll be eating some of them at the banquet.

My very best friend died in a car accident when I was 16 years old. That was the hardest blow emotionally that I have ever had to endure. Suddenly, you realize tomorrow might not come. Now I live by the motto, 'Today is what I have.'

The effect of having other interests beyond those domestic works well. The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one's appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship.

The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one's appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship.

We're always pushing through, hurrying on our long way, trying to get to some other place instead of enjoying the place we'd already got to.

As a child, I didn't know what I didn't have. I'm thankful for the challenges early on in my life because now I have a perspective on the world and kind of know what's important.

Each day provides its own gifts.

life is not so long that one can grow tired of it

Why should we take the diversity of human cultures less seriously than the diversity of animal or plant species? Ought not our just desire to preserve our environment extend to the human environment itself? Our world would be a dreary place, both from the natural and from the cultural point of view, if the only surviving species were those we consider "useful," together with a few we judge to be decorative or that have acquired symbolic value.

The idea that came through in the Renaissance and took hold of the West was that life was no mere anteroom for something greater or divine. Life itself was of value--and could be made perfect.