Quotes About Appreciation

Tess had been unaware of leaving anything behind, but to hear Jacomo tell it, he'd played a long, slow game of connect-the-dots, and each dot had been a kindness, farm chores, laughter, a story told. She'd passed through the world, and the world had remembered.

Thank you. For making me remember the good.

Standing there in her robe, that ridiculous robe, with the socks and slippers bulging from the pockets, Jonas saw a glint, the sparkle of a buried gem, in Tenley. He saw a woman worthy of love. Deserving of a man who would give her himself.

If you didn't miss where you've been, it didn't mean that much to you.

who God's called you to be. You are an amazing woman. Don't lose sight of who you are because a man can't appreciate you.

I couldn't help but think she'd gotten her chest plus mine. But that was okay, because I liked to think I'd gotten her brains plus mine.

You know, you don't have to hang out with me. I mean, summer's short, and you need to make the most of your time." "Hanging out with you is making the most of my time.

My dad was very fun and very adventurous, and from a formative age I learned to value men who would do things on a whim.

What I eventually came to understand, about San Francisco, was that I was immersed in beauty and barred from seeing it.

It makes you feel good about yourself, especially in the beginning. It makes you feel good about other people. You want to give the whole world a break, a time-out, a tender regard. There

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The best stories have many meanings; their meaning changes as our capacity to understand and appreciate meaning grows.

I guess anything good you've ever been given is yours forever.

Being in a hurry. Getting to the next thing without fully entering the thing in front of me. I cannot think of a single advantage I've ever gained from being in a hurry. But a thousand broken and missed things, tens of thousands, lie in the wake of all that rushing.

I'm thankful I grew up the way I did. It made me a hard worker and insightful to other people's lives.

Every morning at breakfast, or whenever you have consistent time together, cultivate a family practice of gratitude. It can be simple: "Today, I'm grateful the sun is out." "I'm grateful that I'm healthy." "I'm grateful that I get to see my best friend tonight." If you're not together, text with her about it, or do it on the phone. A reminder of what she has can help mitigate the longing for what she doesn't.

Privilege is like oxygen. You don't realize it's there until it's gone.

If you've found someone who loves you – that's the most important thing of all. If you've got that, then you should appreciate every damn second with them.

You did so well today. All of you." "Thanks," Louisa said. "It's really fun. I hope we do it again next year." Not unless Hope found some other sucker to be in charge, she thought again. "I've had lots of fun, too," Olivia said.

No mater how far you go, never forget where you came from and who showed you the path to reach where you stand today.

The abundance of the children's room must be every parent's or child's worst nightmare. "I'm bored." "I've got nothing to play with"—even though the shelves are full to the brim. Dust-collectors, a useless mess. Where is the love for the teddy bear, the doll, the car? The present which was given in love and did not drown in abundance is hard to find. The child does not need the toys—the toy factories need the child.15

And to this day I wish I had lingered a week or so.... But we stupid mortals, or most of us, are always in haste to reach somewhere else, forgetting that the zest is in the journey and not in the destination.

The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life.

We look too much to museums. The sun coming up in the morning is enough.