Quotes About Appreciation

I wake up every morning literally with a smile on my face, grateful for another day I never thought I'd see.

When we become a really mature, grown-up, wise society, we will put teachers at the center of the community, where they belong. We don't honor them enough, we don't pay them enough.

How awful that the artist has become nothing but the after-dinner mint of society.

When we as a society begin to value mothers as the givers and supporters of life, then we will see social change in ways that matter.

If we can look upon our work not for self-benefit,but as a means to benefit society,we will be practicing appreciation and patience in our daily lives.

The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.

Big things are often just small things that are noticed.

One of the best things about her was that she actually acknowledged my existence.

People observe the colors of a day only at its beginnings and ends, but to me it's quite clear that a day merges through a multitude of shades and intonations with each passing moment. A single hour can consist of thousands of different colors. Waxy yellows, cloud-spot blues. Murky darkness. In my line of work, I make it a point to notice them.

It's hard to not like a man who not only notices the colors, but speaks them.

Well, said Pooh, what I like best, and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called.

Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.

What day is it?" asked Pooh. "It's today," squeaked Piglet. "My favorite day," said Pooh.

Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.

even when there's no interest on either side one's coordination completely disappears in the presence of beauty (Abigail's daughter, Jen)

The surest way to suppress our ability to understand the meaning of God and the importance of worship is to take things for granted...Indifference to the sublime wonder of living is the root of sin.

Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation. The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living . What we lack is not a will to believe but a will to wonder.

With information we are alone; in appreciation we are with all things.

Het begin van geluk is gelegen in het begrip dat het leven zonder verwondering niet de moeite waard is geleefd te worden. (p.56)

is not a thing that lends significance to a moment; it is the moment that lends significance to things.

Our future depends upon our appreciation of the reality of the inner life, of the splendor of thought, of the dignity of wonder and reverence. This is the most important thought: God has a stake in the life of man, of every man. But this idea cannot be imposed from without; it must be discovered by every man; it cannot be preached, it must be experienced.   When

God must have loved the plain people; He made so many of them.

My best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.

I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it incredibly.