Quotes About Appreciation

This is genius, Brightness. Truly." She smiled. They liked to say that, and she appreciated the sentiment. The truth was, she merely knew how to harness the genius of others—as she was hoping to harness the storm.

that is a gemstone that truly glitters, friend.

The value in something relates to how it is treated

What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.

The near enemy of love is attachment. Attachment masquerades as love. It says, "I will love this person (because I need something from them)." Or, "I'll love you if you'll love me back. I'll love you, but only if you will be the way I want." This isn't the fullness of love. Instead there is attachment—there is clinging and fear. True love allows, honors, and appreciates; attachment grasps, demands, needs, and aims to possess.

Never underestimate the power of being seen

It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful. —Brother David Steindl-Rast

I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness - it's right in front of me if I'm paying attention and practicing gratitude.

When you are grateful for what you have, I know you understand the magnitude of what I have lost.

Happiness is tied to circumstance and joyfulness is tied to spirit and gratitude.

We all need to be seen and honored in the same way that we all need to breathe.

The opposite of scarcity is not abundance; the opposite of scarcity is simply enough.

If the opposite of scarcity is enough, then practicing gratitude is how we acknowledge that there's enough and that we're enough.

The bittersweet side of appreciating life's most precious moments is the unbearable awareness that those moments are passing. — MARC PARENT, Believing It All

we're a nation hungry for more joy: Because we're starving from a lack of gratitude.

Awe and wonder are essential to the human experience. Wonder fuels our passion for exploration and learning, for curiosity and adventure. Researchers have found that awe "leads people to cooperate, share resources, and sacrifice for others" and causes them "to fully appreciate the value of others and see themselves more accurately, evoking humility.

I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued;

La dicha es lo que sentimos cuando nos permitimos reconocer lo buenas que son las cosas en realidad».

So, what does a gratitude practice look like? The folks I interviewed talked about keeping gratitude journals, doing daily gratitude meditations or prayers, creating gratitude art, and even stopping during their stressful, busy days to actually say these words out loud: "I am grateful for …

But gratitude makes us appreciate the value of something, and when we appreciate the value of something, we extract more benefits from it; we're less likely to take it for granted.

Don't apologize for what you have. Be grateful for it and share your gratitude with others.

Be grateful for what you have.

Our culture is quick to dismiss quiet, ordinary, hardworking men and women. In many instances, we equate ordinary with boring or, even more dangerous, ordinary has become synonymous with meaningless.

The bittersweet side of appreciating life's most precious moments is the unbearable awareness that those moments are passing.