Quotes about Appreciation
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
— Audrey Hepburn
When a person finds themselves predisposed to complaining about how little they are regarded by others, let them reflect how little they have contributed to the happiness of others.
— Lyndon B. Johnson
If what must be given is given willingly the kindness is doubled.
— Publilius Syrus
He who acknowledges a kindness has it still, and he who has a grateful sense of it has requited it.
— Cicero
There is no duty more indispensible than that of returning a kindness.
— Cicero
The richest gifts we can bestow are the least marketable. We hate the kindness which we understand.
— Henry David Thoreau
When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude." ? Elie Wiesel
— Elie Wiesel
It's a laugh that comes from beyond happiness and sadness. From beyond faith and anger. It's a laugh that only the dead can appreciate.
— Elie Wiesel
It is altogether fitting and proper that we should enjoy things made for us to enjoy. What is not at all fitting or proper is that we should set our hearts on them. Temporal things must be treated as temporal things - received, given thanks for, offered back, but enjoyed. They must not be treated like eternal things.
— Elisabeth Elliot
It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on Earth—and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up—that we will begin to live each day to the fullest.
— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom.
— Alice Walker
'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.
— Alice Walker