Quotes About Appreciation

Encouragement requires empathy and seeing the world from your spouse's perspective. We must first learn what is important to our spouse. Only then can we give encouragement

primary love language was words of affirmation. He was a hard worker, and he enjoyed his work, but what he wanted most from his wife was expressions of appreciation for his work. That

Words of affirmation are simply true statements affirming the worth of another person.

Psychologist William James said that possibly the deepest human need is the need to feel appreciated. Words

Encouragement requires empathy and seeing the world from your spouse's perspective. We must first learn what is important to our spouse.

We must be willing to learn our spouse's primary love language if we are to be effective communicators of love.

when we receive affirming words we are far more likely to be motivated to reciprocate and do something our spouse desires.

For the female, sexual desire is far more influenced by her emotions. If she feels loved and admired and appreciated by her husband, then she has a desire to be physically intimate with him. But without the emotional closeness, she may have little physical desire. Her biological sexual drive is closely tied to her emotional need for love.

When my spouse lovingly invests time, energy, and effort in me, I believe that I am significant. Without love, I may spend a lifetime in search of significance, self-worth, and security.

It is a fact, however, that when we receive affirming words we are far more likely to be motivated to reciprocate and do something our spouse desires.

You may also want to try giving indirect words of affirmation—that is, saying positive things about your spouse when he or she is not present. Eventually, someone will tell your spouse, and you will get full credit for love. Tell your wife's mother how great your wife is. When her mother tells her what you said, it will be amplified, and you will get even more credit. Also affirm your spouse in front of others when he or she is present.

When you are given public honor for an accomplishment, be sure to share the credit with your spouse.

Steven Covey, author of the bestselling The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, feels so strongly about people's need for appreciation that he states: "Next to physical survival, the greatest need of a human being is psychological survival, to be understood, to be affirmed, to be validated, to be appreciated."1

It's too easy to complain. A heart of love finds the good, and, if necessary, helps change the bad things. — Zach Davidson —

Friends and flowers are two of God's most extravagant blessings. Nurture both.

Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God. —Philippians 1:3

Achieving great accomplishments doesn't matter much if everyone who helps you get there dies along the way." Paul White

It was tough handling angry, troubled kids all day, but that didn't drain me nearly as much as being snubbed by the professionals who never said a cheerful word, let alone an encouraging one. A smile or a single word of appreciation would have made all the difference.

No matter how young or old our parents and grandparents may be, let's think of creative ways to honor them.

Love is letting others know the good your parents have done. — James Stuart Bell —

God loves each one of us in a unique and special way. And though we may not have a cute nickname for those close to us, we need to let them know that we treasure them as a one-of-a-kind.

Often little blessings bring big benefits. — Caitlin M. Vukorpa —

what is precious to us. — Benjamin Venable, as told to Jeanette Levellie —

Gary Chapman