Appreciation Quotes - Page 18

• The value of three things is justly appreciated by all classes of men: youth, by the old; health, by the diseased; and wealth, by the needy.

  Omar Khayyam

  Men, Class, Three

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• Breaking a glass in the northwest is rather like belching in Arabia, for it appears to be done as a mark of appreciation or elation.

  Jonathan Aitken

  Food, Glasses, Cooking

  Jonathan Aitken (1971). “Land of fortune: a study of the new Australia”

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• Appreciation and gratitude are a must if you choose to become the architect of increased happiness and your own fulfillment.

  Doc Childre

  Gratitude, Architect, Fulfillment

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• Wisdom is not developable, as if it's a matter of luck or personality or genetics. Well it's just not the case. Wisdom involves our accumulated knowledge about a subject but also a reverence for life, for an understanding that our immediate actions have long-term consequences, and for an appreciation that there are different ways of knowing and understanding situations.

  Alan Briskin

  Personality, Understanding, Luck

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• I love my life! Even if I don't get what I want, when I want it, doesn't mean the world is against me, it just means God has other plans.

  Andrea Jones

  Mean, Love Of My Life, World

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• One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from the alliance of the one, working with and through the other, are great things born.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Thank You, Thankful, Gratitude

  "The Wisdom of the Sands" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, translated by Stuart Gilbert, Harcourt, Brace and Co., (p. 44), 1950.

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• If we are to prevent the fabric of our society from coming apart, we must
  teach our children to excel not only academically, but also in their
  appreciation of their obligation to others.

  Clarence Page

  Children, Parenting, Fabric

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• Gratitude brings a peace that helps us overcome the pain of adversity and failure. Gratitude on a daily basis means we express appreciation for what we have now without qualification for what we had in the past or desire in the future. A recognition of and appreciation for our gifts and talents which have been given also allows us to acknowledge the need for help and assistance from the gifts and talents possessed by others.

  Robert D. Hales

  Gratitude, Pain, Mean

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• If we are so contemptibly selfish that we can’t radiate a little happiness and pass on a bit of honest appreciation without trying to screw something out of the other person in return—if our souls are no bigger than sour crab apples, we shall meet with the failure we so richly deserve.

  Dale Carnegie

  Selfish, Apples, Soul

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• Whenever you can't think of something to be grateful for, remember your breath. With each breath you take, you can say, 'I'm still here.' Make each day a holiday of thankfulness -and give yourself the gift of gratitude!

  Oprah Winfrey

  Gratitude, Grateful, Holiday

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• Optimism is the foundation of courage.

  Nicholas Murray Butler

  Life, Courage, Teacher

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• Look for good things about where you are, and in your state of appreciation, you lift all self-imposed limitations - and all limitations are self-imposed - and you free yourself for the receiving of wonderful things.

  Esther Hicks

  Spiritual, Law Of Attraction, Self

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• Each day, awakening, are we asked to paint the sky blue? Need we coax the sun to rise or flowers to bloom? Need we teach birds to sing, or children to laugh, or lovers to kiss? No, though we think the world imperfect, it surrounds us each day with its perfections. We are asked only to appreciate them, and to show appreciation by living in peaceful harmony amidst them. The Creator does not ask that we create a perfect world; He asks that we celebrate it.

  Robert Breault

  Children, Flower, Kissing

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• The art of humility begins with a recognition of our dependence on others and an appreciation of God's gift of life.

  Wilferd Peterson

  God, Christian, Religious

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• Success is not something that can be measured or worn on a watch or hung on a wall. It is not the esteem of colleagues, or the admiration of the community, or the appreciation of patients. Success is the certain knowledge that you have become yourself, the person you will meant to be from all time. That should be reward enough.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Wall, Community, Rewards

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• A genuine smile touches something fundamental in us: our natural appreciation of kindness.

  Dalai Lama

  Kindness, Fundamentals, Natural

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• No poet, no artist of any art, has his complete meaning alone. His significance, his appreciation is the appreciation of his relation to the dead poets and artists. You cannot value him alone; you must set him, for contrast and comparison, among the dead.

  T. S. Eliot

  Art, Poet, Relation

  T. S. Eliot (2014). “Selected Essays”, p.13, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy. It is necessary, then, to cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.

  Wallace D. Wattles

  Thankful, Gratitude, Grateful

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• We nourish the bodies of our children and friends and employees, but how seldom do we nourish their selfesteem? We provide them with roast beef and potatoes to build energy, but we neglect to give them kind words of appreciation that would sing in their memories for years like the music of the morning stars.

  Dale Carnegie

  Friends, Thank You, Thankful

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.32, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind. Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Civilization, Mind, Want

  Abraham Joshua Heschel (1976). “God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism”, p.46, Macmillan

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• Each of us has a "soft spot": the place in our experience where we feel vulnerable and tender. This soft spot is inherent in appreciation and love, and it is equally inherent in pain.

  Pema Chodron

  Pain, And Love, Vulnerable

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• Generally, appreciation means some blend of thankfulness, admiration, approval, and gratitude. In the financial world, something that "appreciates" grows in value. With the power tool of appreciation, you get the benefit of both perspectives: as you learn to be consistently thankful and approving, your life will grow in value.

  Doc Childre

  Gratitude, Mean, Appreciate

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• Let me not hurt, by any selfish deed Or thoughtless word, the heart of foe or friend; Nor would I pass, unseeing, worthy need, Or sin by silence when I should defend... "The world is better that I lived to-day."

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  Hurt, Selfish, Heart

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox (2012). “Leafs On An Idle Breeze - My Inspirational Poems (Annotated Edition)”, p.715, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Joyful let the soul be in the present, let it disdain to trouble about what is beyond and temper bitterness with a laugh. Nothing is blessed forever.

  Horace

  Gratitude, Cheer, Blessed

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• I found incredible kindness, dignity and hospitality in both Iraq and Afghanistan - am only alive because of it - the most worthwhile lesson of a twenty month walk to these countries was a deepening appreciation of the kindness of strangers.

  Rory Stewart

  Country, Kindness, Dignity

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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