Appreciation Quotes

You have to learn to love yourself. How can others appreciate what you have to offer if you don’t value yourself?

~ If I Wake

We are blessed when our loved ones know what they have long before they lose us. It’s the same with people. If they are taken for granted long enough, they can be oppressed to the point that they never experience the joys of life. Life on earth becomes a disappointment for them and Heaven becomes their goal. On the other hand, if they are loved and encouraged and appreciated, they will find all kinds of reasons to keep on living! It is never too late to help someone to see that they are valuable and wanted upon the earth.

~ Kate Mcgahan

Starting over begins when I develop a reawakened appreciation for what I already have, a renewed recognition of what I’ve recklessly forsaken, a rehabilitated understanding that I foolishly do both of those things, and a revitalized commitment to live the rest of my life never doing either of them again.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Air, an undervalued necessity, that earns your gratitude when you inhale it for the last time

~ Shaun Neil King

The key to valuing something is to lose it and then realize how rare it was—after which you pray like mad to regain what you foolishly lost. The value of an item often depends upon how hard it is to attain.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Bridges are built not to cross over it but it is built to lift you to the other side safely.

~ Edwin Lawrence

We're all alive. We're all healthy. These are the good times.

~ Susan Beth Pfeffer

She felt her strong young body that she had never appreciated when she had it, constantly worrying that she didn't meet standards of beauty and not understanding how standards of health were so much more important.

~ Jo Walton

Good things are always appreciated, bad things deserve ignorance.

~ Ritesh Shrivastav

The surest way to suppress our ability to understand the meaning of God and the importance of worship is to take things for granted...Indifference to the sublime wonder of living is the root of sin.

~ Abraham Joshua Heschel

It's better to find success through God, than finding it on one's own merits; some who usually find their own success become boastful, where through God it's with gratitude.

~ Anthony Liccione

We are perishing for want of wonder, not for want of wonders.

~ G.k. Chesterton

A sincere attitude of gratitude is a beatitude for secured altitudes. Appreciate what you have been given and you will be promoted higher.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

If I continually focus on what I don’t have, my life will always be completely empty despite the fact that it’s completely full.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Thankfulness is an attitude of possibilities, not an attitude of liabilities.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Because thankfulness is the tonic that always cures the cancers of greed, envy and jealously, it should be taken in liberal doses daily.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Thanksgiving is not some formulaic action based on a tedious ledger that neatly tallies everything I have received so I can determine if being thankful is warranted or not. Rather, it’s appreciating the fact that I have already received the privilege of living life which in and of itself will fill the whole of my ledger for the whole of my life.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

~ Voltaire

Be thankful for your allotment in an imperfect world.  Though better circumstances can be imagined, far worse are nearer misses than you probably care to realize.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Gratitude paints little smiley faces on everything it touches.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Every morning when I wake up, I kiss her forehead as symbol of gratitude and appreciation and she repays me back with a lovely smile.

~ M.f. Moonzajer

Be generous with praise and kind words of encouragement. Say “thank you” when someone helps you. Make colleagues feel welcome when they call or stop to talk with you. If you let others know that they are appreciated, they’ll want to give you their best.

~ Del Suggs

Night helps us appreciate daylight, while lengthy days make us yearn for a good stretch of night.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

The older I get, the more I seem to be able to appreciate my neighbor (whomever I happen to be with at the moment). Oh, sure, I've always tried to love my neighbor as myself; however, the more experiences I've had, the more chances I've had to see the uniqueness of each person... as well as each tree, and plant, and shell, and cloud... the more I find myself delighting every day in the lavish gifts of God, whom I've come to believe is the greatest appreciator of all.

~ Fred Rogers

Gratitude is the appreciation of things that are not deserved, earned or demanded - those wonderful things that we take for granted.

~ Renée Paule

Nothing in life is yours to keep—not your children, not your friends and family, not your lover, not your material possessions, not your youth and vitality, not your struggles (which is great news) or successes, not your body and not even your life. Everything in life is given to you for a short period of time, to enjoy, to learn from, to appreciate and to love, but never to keep.

~ Luminita D. Saviuc

Gratitude is a powerful trait.

~ Auliq Ice

I can only see life as this most miserable accident that I have been forced to endure simply because I refuse to see it as the most astounding plan that I have been privileged to engage.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Aim for happiness because if you keep looking to reach perfection, you're never going to appreciate anything.

~ Karen A. Baquiran

We can never bring anything to us unless we are grateful for what we have. In fact, if somebody were completely and utterly grateful for everything, they would never have to ask for anything, because it would be given to them before they even asked.

~ Rhonda Byrne

Thanksgiving is not only being aware of the abundance of good in the world but embracing it.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Gratitude is a blessed act.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Like gratitude, authentic appreciation in the workplace is a realisation that can be nurtured and accessed with daily mindful practice. By and large, people who are grateful, happy and enthusiastic are going to demonstrate better performance than those who are unhappy and unappreciative. There is increasing evidence that a grateful mindset amplifies happiness and mental and emotional wellbeing.

~ Christopher Dines

You have become more and therefore expect more, but never become too purpose-driven to step back and realize just how far you have progressed.

~ Chris Matakas

The more we express thanks, the more gratitude we feel. The more gratitude we feel, the more we express thanks. It's circular, and it leads to a happier life.

~ Steve Goodier

Give thanks to the earth for the hospitality and generosityShow gratitude for life, light and every little beauty.

~ Debasish Mridha

The humanitarian is a treasure hunter seeking gems of remedy and appreciation.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Feeling grateful is good, showing appreciation to those you feel grateful to is sublime.

~ Andy Lacroix

I count myself lucky, having long ago won a lottery paid to me in seven sunrises a week for life.

~ Robert Brault

I am grateful for all the trials for that made be a better person.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita