Quotes About Appreciation

All life is sacred. Even life that comes in forms that we don't understand." - Obi-Wan Kenobi

People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are catching cold.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

TO A WITHERED ROSE Thy span of life was all too short— A week or two at best— From budding-time, through blossoming, To withering and rest. Yet compensation hast thou—aye!— For all thy little woes; For was it not thy happy lot To live and die a rose?

What I mean is, I love winter, and when you really love something, then it loves you back, in whatever way it has to love.

idlewild adj. feeling grateful to be stranded in a place where you can't do much of anything—sitting for hours at an airport gate, the sleeper car of a train, or the backseat of a van on a long road trip—which temporarily alleviates the burden of being able to do anything at any time and

And maybe one day we'll look back and wonder how we managed to live in the same house for so long, and never stopped to introduce ourselves.

I myself have always disliked being called a "genius." It is fascinating to notice how quick people have been to intuit this aversion and avoid using the term.

As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.

When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps.

people work best and hardest in a place where they know they are valued.

No Executive can value the worth of others unless he first learns to value himself

Some people say, "If you have got nothing good to say, don't say it." I say, "If you have lots of good things to say, why not say them?" - John Magee

Duta Besar, betapa senangnya bertemu dengan Anda! Para pelarian? Upeti? Semuanya dalam kondisi baik. Kita akan berbincang setelah makan malam. Mari kami tunjukkan ruangan Anda. Ya, karpetnya dan sutranya bagus, bukan?ini yang terbaik. Segelas anggur, mungkin? Anda suka gelasnya? Ini semua milik Anda. Oh, dan setelah makan malam, para gadis menari. Anda sudah melakukan perjalanan panjang. Gadis-gadis ini khusus dipilihkan untuk mengembalikan semangat para pejuang besar seperti Anda.

Finding heaven while still on earth is one thing. What do we do with it once we've got it?

It's almost charity work, what people have done, turning other people on to my music.

My only regret is that I have not drunk more champagne in my life.

What an ingrate I would be to curse the fate that concludes the blessed life I've led.

In prison, I fell in love with my country. I had loved her before then, but like most young people, my affection was little more than a simple appreciation for the comforts and privileges most Americans enjoyed and took for granted. It wasn't until I had lost America for a time that I realized how much I loved her.

I'm addicted to the entire planet. I don't want to leave it. I want to get down into it. I want to say hello. On the beach, I could have stopped all day long and looked at those damned shells, looked for all the messages that come not in bottles but in shells...

There was the golden age, the years our children were nine, ten, eleven. Fourth and fifth grade....of course you never realize it's the golden age until it's over.

be present and celebrate the holiday instead of wishing it over. After all, one is given only a certain number of Christmases in one's life.

What was it about life now? The people who weren't present always seemed to be more important than the people who were.

Don't think. Smell the flowers.