Quotes About Appreciation

If you attain fame and fortune, and do not attain gratitude along with it, the chances are that you will not enjoy that fame or that fortune.

One of the strange things about human beings is that they value only that which has a price.

And yet, mighty as Time is, priceless in comparison to all else in the world, Time is the freest thing in existence. Perhaps that is why so many fail to grasp it with earnestness and with enthusiasm? Perhaps that is why so few realize its presence and let it pass on?

Amateurs and little children may draw a rough picture of a horse that can be recognized to be the picture of a horse. But when the master artist draws a picture of a horse, those who see it not only recognize it as a horse, but they also exclaim, "How wonderful! It is like it is alive!" The artist paints action, reality, and life into the picture.

The free schools of America, and the free public libraries, do not impress people because they are free.

Uma das coisas estranhas no ser humano é valorizar só aquilo que tem um preço.

The secret to happiness is to admire without desiring.

Thumbs understand the fingers better than the fingers understand the thumb. Sometimes the fingers feel sorry the thumb is not a finger. The thumb is needed more often than any of the fingers. Look close at any thumb and you see it is not proud. Each finger has two knuckles, a thumb only one knuckle, and they need each other.

Shall the squid have praise or blame for being a squid? Shall the bird have compliments for being born with wings?

Los regalos se hacen por el gusto del que regala, no por mérito del que recibe.

To Senor Sempere, the best friend a book could ever have: you opened the doors to the world for me and showed me how to go through them.

Better still, I pay you. And I pay you very well, which is the only real form of flattery in this whorish world.

Presents are made for the pleasure of the one who gives them, not for the merits of those who recieve them

Good words are a vain benevolence that demand no sacrifice and are more appreciated than real acts of kindness.

Poklon se daje zbog radosti onog ko poklanja, a ne zbog zasluga onog ko prima.

That world seemed to have vanished, but for a long time the image I had of my father, which I still preserve today, was that of a thin man wearing an old suit that was too large for him and a secondhand hat he had bought on Calle Condal for seven pesetas, a man who could not afford to buy his son a wretched pen that was useless but seemed to mean everything to him.

Life flies by, especially the bit that's worth living.

Qué hermosa sería la vida si fuésemos capaces de querer a quien lo merece.

I stopped asking my father to take me to see Victor Hugo's pen, and he didn't mention it again. That world seemed to have vanished, but for a long time the image I had of my father, which I still preserve today, was that of a thin man wearing an old suit that was too large for him and a secondhand hat he had bought on Calle Condal for seven pesetas, a man who could not afford to buy his son a wretched pen that was useless but seemed to mean everything to him.

Jednog Boži?a Sempere mi je darovao najljepši dar koji sam ikada dobio. Bila je to stara knjiga, temeljito pro?itana i proživljena. 'Velika o?ekivanja Charlesa Dickensa...' pro?itao sam na naslovnici. Znao sam da Sempere poznaje neke pisce koji su ?esto posje?ivali njegov du?an i, sude?i po ljubavi kojom je rukovao tom knjigom, pomislio sam da je možda i taj don Charles jedan od njih. 'Vaš prijatelj?' 'Još od djetinjstva. Od danas i tvoj.

Gracias por ser el mejor amigo que nunca he tenido.

Wie schön der Herr spricht. Man sieht dass Sie ein Hinterlektueller sind.

Presents are made for the pleasure of the one who gives them, not for the merits of those who receive them, said my father. Besides, it can't be returned. Open it

Well, then, for what my opinion is worth, I'm sure you'll be an excellent father and husband. And since you don't believe in those things, you'll never take them for granted.