Appreciation Quotes by Mathew Staver, Gia Coppola, Samuel Johnson, Maurice Setters, Jane Grigson, Charles Busch and many others.

But I fail to see how that (not buying gifts) would bring back the essence of Christmas. And I don’t think it would affect retailers. Besides, that’s part of the joy of Christmas – to give someone a gift to show your appreciation for them.
Now that I’m older, I have a much better appreciation of nature, and I love being alone.
No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.
Too many people miss the silver lining because they’re expecting gold.
In my experience, clever food is not appreciated at Christmas. It makes the little ones cry and the old ones nervous.
I saw “Follies” again at thirty, and you know, I had this great appreciation for [Stephen] Sondheim’s brilliance, his lyrics.
Begin with praise and honest appreciation.
I’m not comfortable with being honored, showered with appreciation. But it’s always appreciated.
It is only after slavery and prison that the sweetest appreciation of freedom can come.
Don’t get me wrong, I admire elegance and have an appreciation of the finer things in life. But to me, beauty lies in simplicity.
The true gospel of Jesus Christ never led to bigotry. It never led to self-righteousn ess. It never led to arrogance. The true gospel of Jesus Christ leads to brotherhood, to friendship, to appreciation of others, to respect and kindness and love
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
Gratitude isn’t just a feeling, it’s an action. Expressing gratitude by writing in a journal, taking a photo, or shooting a video creates a lasting impression that can bring more gratitude into the world-for children and adults.
Never pass up an opportunity to speak a kind word of appreciation. There are six billion people on the planet, and 5.9 billion of them go to bed every night starving for one honest word of appreciation.
Coldplay’s ‘Hymn for the Weekend’ video featuring Beyonce is already caught in a heated conversation about cultural appreciation of Indian religion and culture versus cultural appropriation of that culture for the western gaze.
He was at a starting point which makes many a man’s career a fine subject for betting, if there were any gentlemen given to that amusement who could appreciate the complicated probabilities of an arduous purpose. . . .
I had spent some time in the outback, but to meet Aboriginals and work with them was wonderful. It gave me a great appreciation of how tough life is and about the indomitable spirit that the Aboriginal people have always possessed.
There are several sources for my appreciation of pastors and the way they are described in this book. One of them is reading history and realizing that they had a profound creative impact on the Middle West and the settlement of the Middle West.
Love of others is the appreciation of one’s self.
I don’t believe that films can be compared to each other as each one is a work of art and deserves appreciation on its own merits.
One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.
I’m in my late 20s, and people are coming around to it again. I think they’re realizing how much this stuff affects them. I think all the time about how much Judy Blume affected me, or Beverly Cleary. And I think that now some people are starting to come around and get more of an appreciation for [my stuff].
I grew up in beautiful Carmel, California, and I have extremely sweet parents that always loved nature and animals. They instilled such an appreciation for beauty and kindness that it was inherent.
When I start appreciating, I look at it like business. I start by appreciating life itself. After all, life is really a gift. It might not always seem like that’s true, but it is. If nothing else, it’s a gift of discovery. So I appreciate that!
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
Life holds so many simple blessings, each day bringing its own individual wonder.
True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.
Quite often, when an idea that could be helpful presents itself, we do not appreciate it, for it is so inconspicuous. The expert has, perhaps, no more ideas than the inexperienced, but appreciates more what he has and uses it better.
No good writer was ever long neglected; no great man overlooked by men equally great. Impatience is a proof of inferior strength, and a destroyer of what little there may be.
We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.
Man Repeller is intended to chronicle all the fashion trends that women love and men hate. I started it because I am woman with a deep appreciation for harem pants. And sometimes blaming clothing on a sad love life is easier than blaming oneself!
It just depends on what you decide to have in your heart. That’s what I’ve learned. That’s where I am at this stage in my life is if we can fill ourselves with love and appreciation for, and be in a state of gratitude… Every event of your life you have an opportunity to be in a state of gratitude for it.
In matters of goodness, never expect any compliment or appreciation; just do your goodness and disappear!
Do not expect to be acknowledged for what you are, much less for what you would be; since no one can well measure a great man but upon the bier.
A word says more than a thousand images. Exercises for the visually inclined: illustrate “appreciation”, “humor”, “software”, “education”, “inalienable rights”, “elegance”, “fact”.
One thing I have found over years is that if you change direction, the initial reaction tends to be very polarized, but as the music gradually filters through and fans start engaging with it on its own terms rather than comparing it to what went before, the appreciation and acceptance of it increases.
Sports is a moral undertaking because it requires of participants, and it schools spectators in the appreciation of, noble things – courage, grace under pressure, sportsmanship.
I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
You can’t get more appreciation than that, to be elected by the fans. That’s the ultimate, really.
The way we respond to criticism pretty much depends on the way we respond to praise. If praise humbles us, then criticism will build us up. But if praise inflates us, then criticism will crush us; and both responses lead to our defeat.
Oh just wait. It takes a lot of time, that’s all…You’ll have come to a certain kind of appreciation that moves beyond all the definitions of love you’ve ever had. A certain richness happens only later in life. I guess its’ a kind of mellowing. p 80 talking about marriage and husbands
Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.
I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of achievement plus a massive amount of appreciation. And you need both of those things.
After I did my graduation in mechanical engineering, I got a scholarship to go to the U.S. to do my master’s. So I did that. I also worked there for a while. After my master’s, I did a course in Film Appreciation.
The first steps toward stewardship are awareness, appreciation, and the
selfish desire to have the things around for our kids to see. Presumably the
unselfish motives will follow as we wise up.
selfish desire to have the things around for our kids to see. Presumably the
unselfish motives will follow as we wise up.
I get the feeling,” Alec said, and smiled, “she hasn’t forgiven me for betraying you, as she sees it.” “Good girl,” said Jace with appreciation. “I didn’t betray you, idiot.” “It’s the thought that counts.
We are all special cases.
We all appreciated a certain aesthetic, and with that appreciation came a certain stylized presence.
As for international understanding, I feel that macaroni has done more for our appreciation of Italy than Mussolini.
Never, in all of the seventy billion humans who have walked this planet since the beginning of time has there been anyone exactly like you.
Never, until the end of time, will there be another such as you.
You have shown no knowledge or appreciation of your uniqueness.
Yet, you are the rarest thing in the world.
Never, until the end of time, will there be another such as you.
You have shown no knowledge or appreciation of your uniqueness.
Yet, you are the rarest thing in the world.
I’ve really gained an appreciation for what coaches do since I returned to the NFL.
You cannot do a kindness too soon.
I started learning filmmaking by joining a weekend film school in Bengaluru. I made some amateur short films that got appreciation from people around me.
If a book is worth reading at all, it is worth reading more than once. Suspense is the lowest of excitants, designed to take your breath away when the brain and heart crave to linger in nobler enjoyment. Suspense drags you on; appreciation causes you to linger.
I live out of my van, which gives me a first-hand appreciation for power and lighting. A few years ago, I rebuilt the interior of my van to include solar panels and a battery that powers LEDs for lighting and allows me to charge my phone and laptop.
A game may be as integral to a culture, as true an object of human aesthetic appreciation, as admirable a product of creativity as a folk art or a style of music; and, as such, it is quite as worthy of study.
I must say that the role in Hey Ram’ is one of my favorites. It brought me a lot of acclaim and appreciation.
Love is a passion for life shared with another person. You fall in love with a person who you think is wonderful. It’s your deepest appreciation of the value of that individual, and that individual is a reflection of what you value most in life. Love, for sound reasons, can be one of life’s greatest rewards.
Play fair. Don’t hit people. Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody.
It is so fatally easy to confuse an aesthetic appreciation of the spiritual life with the life itself-to dream that you have waked, washed, and dressed and then to find yourself still in bed.
Wake up and realize this is all made up of thoughts, just thoughts. Your appreciation of beauty is a thought; your aversion to an object that is ugly is a thought. Your craving or aversion is nothing but a passing thought in the mind. Realize this is just a thought and you will be free.
Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more.
‘Suit’ garnered a lot of appreciation and love from the audience, and it gives me immense happiness to start my Bollywood journey with such a wonderful track. ‘Hindi Medium’ posed a perfect and appropriate opportunity to showcase my song and ensure that the beautiful track reaches the global audience.
Appreciate life instead of resisting it.
A painstaking course in qualitative and quantitative analysis by John Wing gave me an appreciation of the need for, and beauty of, accurate measurement.
These are some of the characteristics of the state of mind which the creation and appreciation of haiku demand: Selflessness, Loneliness, Grateful Acceptance, Wordlessness, Non-intellectuality, Contradictoriness, Humor, Freedom, Non-morality, Simplicity, Materiality, Love, and Courage.
One is apt to overestimate beauty when it is rare
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate, will be a Music conducive to Dream, which banishes all reason and analysis. One must not wish first to understand and then to feel. Art does not tolerate Reason.
One’s appreciation of nature is never more acute than when a bit of nature is injected into one’s flesh.
But even considering these, I have great confidence in our young people as a whole. I regard you as the finest generation in the history of the Church. I compliment you, and I have in my heart a great feeling of love and respect and appreciation for you.
Giving thanks for abundance is sweeter than the abundance itself.
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.
…no matter how avid they themselves may be for praise and appreciation, people are often niggardly in giving it to others, however merited it is.
Praise is good. Some people over-praise, though. Genuine appreciation is rare to come by.
We are on this planet but once, and to spend it holding back our gushing appreciation of the things that light us up is a shameful waste.
I lived in London in 1965 and 1972. I love it there and I’m always very creative in that vibe. Would love to live for awhile in Scotland/Ireland and Britain. Great appreciation there for the folk scene and song crafting.
I have a whole new appreciation for Carroll Shelby, the Ford program of the 1960s, and it’s awesome that Superformance is keeping the dream alive with their incredible cars.
The eye, the window of the soul, is the chief means whereby the understanding can most fully and abundantly appreciate the infinite works of Nature; and the ear is second.
Sleater-Kinney is a band that we hold close to our hearts as well; it’s not something that we’re cynical or jaded about. We only feel gratefulness and appreciation for other people’s enthusiasm about it. We would never be annoyed by that.
You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world’s happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.
Many anti-energy groups display little appreciation of the extent to which modern economies depend pervasively on the use of fossil fuels and petrochemical products.
Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness. It’s like the ultimate rest. It’s better than the best sleep you’ve ever had. It’s a quieting of the mind. It sharpens everything, especially your appreciation of your surroundings. It keeps life fresh.
Very gratefully, with grateful appreciation, with sincere appreciative gratitude, in appreciatively grateful sincerity of regret, he declined.
Instead of constantly enhancing the norm – forever upping the ante of the ‘normal’ with new technologies – we should work on enhancing the concept of normal by broadening appreciation of anatomical variation.
What is important is using one’s talent, intellect and energy in order to gain an appreciation and affection for people and place.
Rob Neill has a deep appreciation for the law and the role it can play in the lives of families. Rob’s sincere desire to serve and his impressive experience will make him the kind of judge who will change lives and impact families in a positive way.
We had nothing in our times. The athletes and sportsmen in those days didn’t earn much money. We worked for the applause, people’s appreciation inspired and motivated us, we ran for the country.
Truly appreciate those around you, and you’ll soon find many others around you.
Thank you for the tragedy. I need it for my art.
I have a very clear picture of what I want to do and what I feel is important as far as my contribution or my appreciation and respect for this life that we’re living, and to try to make it better. I can’t feel that I’m making it better playing commercial music, and I never could, and I never will.
The more clearly we see the infinite chasm between God’s glory and our sinful falling short thereof, the greater will be our appreciation of His grace and love in bridging that gulf to redeem us.
Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.
I was raised to believe in the innate goodness of humanity, developed a deep sense of the dignity of the individual human being, and had great appreciation for the miracle of life and our existence on this earth.
The noble grotesque involves the true appreciation of beauty.
My favorite memories growing up in North Carolina were hunting and fishing with my father and brothers. There, I developed a deep appreciation for protecting land and waterways. There, I learned outdoorsmanship.
The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.
Tolerance should, strictly speaking, be only a passing mood; it ought to lead to acknowledgment and appreciation. To tolerate a person is to affront him.
The possession of muscular strength and the courage to use it in contests with other men for physical supremacy does not necessarily imply a lack of appreciation for the finer and better things of life.
The number one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintain their self-esteem. Resolving conflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment and appreciation of differences.
Forget the empty platitudes; your star employee is not a ‘godsend.’ They are a person deserving of your not infrequent acknowledgment and worthy of appreciation and respect.
I don’t know what people find or like in me, I’m hopelessly commonplace!… Current appreciation of my work is a bit highbrow, I’ve always considered myself a popular artist.
Begin with praise and honest appreciation. Call attention to people’s mistakes indirectly. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders. Make the fault easy to correct. Make the other person happy about doing what you suggest.
Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems.
You will be able to appreciate the influence of such an Engine on the future progress of science. I live in a country which is incapable of estimating it.
Just about the only interruption we don’t object to is applause.
We should allow others’ excellences, to preserve a modest opinion of our own.
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
With the EP ‘Listen,’ I just wanted to bring back a feeling of appreciation for our women in our community. That feeling of love and being vulnerable.
I had an appreciation for clothes and style starting at a young age, my mom was always very fashionable and I loved playing dress up in her closet. So I think my passion for design was always there.
I’m born and raised in Georgia, so I have a lot of appreciation for hip-hop, but I want to be able to show the emotional side of me.
Aside from a cold appreciation of my own genius I felt that I was a modest man.
Awards are like a pat of appreciation from the jury and viewers. It is almost like them saying, ‘So, you have done well; we expect you to carry on doing good work.’
I think everything within film and TV helps inform every other role, so it’s definitely helped my acting, being on the other side of the camera, and it’s just given me a whole new appreciation for how hard everybody in the crew works.
Be very slow to believe that you are wiser than all others; it is a fatal but common error. Where one has been saved by a true estimation of another’s weakness, thousands have been destroyed by a false appreciation of their own strength.
Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
I got into hip-hop, but I still had appreciation for all types of music, so I was trained to have an open mind and to always go with the flow.
One of the things in marriage is you have to understand what appreciation is about, and that’ll keep me for longevity. That’s why my fans love me, because I appreciate them. Because with no fans, there would be no sport, no fighting for me, no UFC, no Bellator, no Rizin; there’d be nothing without the fans.
Volunteers don’t get paid, not because they’re worthless, but because they’re priceless.
Glory to that Homer of painting, to that father of warmth and enthusiasm… he really paints men.
It is one mark of a superior mind to understand and be influenced by the superiority of others.
I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze.
When you invite friends over, especially for food, with the food you want to send out a message of affection, of appreciation, of celebration. But also of culture – who your family is.
That’s how a good story works. It changes how you feel. It brings you to a greater appreciation, a greater joy, of your own existence.
How often God takes away our consolations, that we may only love Him for Himself; and reveals our sinfulness, that we may better appreciate the completeness of his salvation!
I bring you the gift of these four words: I believe in you.
Studying entrepreneurshi p without doing it… is like studying the appreciation of music without listening to it.
My mother was the making of me. She was so true and so sure of me, I felt that I had someone to live for – someone I must not disappoint. The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me.
I have great appreciation for people who do anything well. I think that it’s very difficult to do what you do well.
Indeed, I would feel that an appreciation of the arts in a conscious, disciplined way might help one to do science better.
Christians who enjoy and support art and culture, who make it a priority in their lives, and who reach out to those in the arts instead of reflexively pushing them away, can help bring the culture toward a renewed appreciation of goodness, truth, and beauty. And that is good for everyone.
I wouldn’t say I’m a mummy’s girl, but I have grown to have a tremendous appreciation of her as a woman. I was very much a daddy’s girl.
No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.
To praise great actions with sincerity may be said to be taking part in them.
Art that imposes conditions – human or otherwise – on the receiver for its appreciation in my eyes constitutes aesthetic fascism.
The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.
…a little “appreciation” sometimes does quite as much good as all the conscientious “bringing up” in the world.
The heart is always the place to go. Go home into your heart, where there is warmth, appreciation, gratitude and contentment
The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.
I obviously have a great love and appreciation of jewelry, thanks to my mother, much to the dismay of both my father and my boyfriends.
The enjoyment we get from something is powerfully influenced by what we think that thing really is. This is true for intellectual pleasures, such as the appreciation of paintings and stories, and it is true as well for pleasures that seem simpler and more animalistic, such as the satisfaction of hunger and lust.
Paul Erdos has a theory that God has a book containing all the theorems of mathematics with their absolutely most beautiful proofs, and when he wants to express particular appreciation of a proof he exclaims, “This is from the book!”
I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who have informed me about technical aspects of art history and art appreciation over the years.
An appreciation of animals is good for a human, it can lead to a better understanding and respect for all living things.
Appreciation has become my destiny in life. Perhaps it’s the instinct of a polar bear enjoying hibernation in the vast snows.
Let never day nor night unhallowed pass, but still remember what the Lord hath done.
A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances. A complaining soul complains even in paradise.
To love is simply to allow another to be, live, grow, expand, become. An appreciation that demands and expects nothing in return.
Without memory there can be no insight. Without love, there can be no appreciation.
It is not so for art in appreciation because art is concerned with human behavior. And science is concerned with the behavior of metal or energy. It depends on what the fashion is. Now today it’s energy. It’s the same soul behind it. The same soul, you see.
On what high-performing companies should be striving to create: A great place for great people to do great work.
Out of this nettle – danger – we pluck this flower – safety.
Life isn’t long enough to do all you could accomplish. And what a privilege even to be alive. In spite of all the pollutions and horrors, how beautiful this world is. Supposing you only saw the stars once every year. Think what you would think. The wonder of it!
Five Great Habits for Better Relationships: acceptance (smile each time), appreciation (say thank you to everyone), admiration (compliment people on their appearance or clothing, etc.), approval (praise immediately, specifically and repeatedly), and attention (be a good listener).
Before success comes patience… when we add to our accomplishments the element of hard work over a long period of time, we’ll place a far greater value on the outcome. When we are patient, we’ll have a greater appreciation of our success.
Wearing a corset, a ball gown, heels and a swan hat with wings to fight in the forest gave me a whole new appreciation for everyday clothes, because you really become that alter ego while wearing those costumes in those environments on the set. They just influenced everything you tried to do.
This was one of those special occasions when I could actually feel the inner appreciation of the beauty of the moment passing like an electric current through the brush in my hand.
My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.
Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.
People like to know you’re listening, and something as simple as a clarification question shows not only that you are listening but that you also care about what they’re saying. You’ll be surprised how much respect and appreciation you gain just by asking good questions.
The Jewish culture – people that are Jewish have a certain cultural habit that they’ve formed and one of those habits is an appreciation of theater and music – these are cultural things one does associate with values that are promulgated by Jewish families. I think that’s a good thing.
The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.
I believe that we are going to have a much deeper appreciation of what kinds of abnormalities in cancer cells and in the surrounding cells that feed and respond to cancers are vulnerabilities that will allow us to make better predictions of which kinds of drugs will work to treat these cancers.
The fact that music is my first love and that after almost two decades, the love has grown every year… I’m truly thankful for that and want to always show my appreciation to those who keep me motivated and inspired.
Sometimes we are inclined to class those who are once-and-a-half witted with the half-witted, because we appreciate only a third part of their wit.
I think everybody deserves an equal amount of appreciation whether how old they are, but I mean, I’m cool with the praise. I’m good.
The appreciation of the merits of art (of the emotions it conveys) depends upon an understanding of the meaning of life…
Nature’s beauty is a gift that cultivates appreciation and gratitude.
The only thing that feeling bad accomplishes is to plummet you into anxiety, despair, depression, and stress. In such situations, ask yourself in that moment what THOUGHT you can have that will make you feel GOOD!
If you have appreciation for life, whether it is a planet or any wild species, if it’s a human or an elephant, death is really bad for all of us to adjust to. We are all going to die. When it happens in such a drastic, inhuman way, which we’ve been seeing in Africa, this is crime on its highest level.
This idea of mutual appreciation and partnerships and investment in our people is very important to me and will continue to be important.
I am happy because I want nothing from anyone. I do not care for money. Decorations, titles or distinctions mean nothing to me. I do not crave praise. The only thing that gives me pleasure, apart from my work, my violin and my sailboat, is the appreciation of my fellow workers.
Everybody has their own appreciation of the Beach Boys, depending on where they’re coming from with their musical tastes, so we tried to be representative of all eras and of everybody in the band and their contributions.
Good painting is nothing else but a copy of the perfections of God and a reminder of His painting. Finally, good painting is a music and a melody which intellect only can appreciate, and with great difficulty.
Nobody wanted me. Scouts told me to go to school, to forget baseball. Coaches said, ‘You’re never going to make it.’ I appreciated their honesty, because I think when someone tells you something you may not like, you have to use that as fuel for motivation.
We have a duty to encourage one another. Many a time a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept a man on his feet. Blessed is the man who speaks such a word.
Through education comes understanding. Through understanding comes true appreciation. All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
Oh! not for the great departed, Who formed our country’s laws, And not for the bravest-hearted, Who died in freedom’s cause, And not for some living hero To whom all bend the knee, My muse would raise her song of praise – But for the man to be.
We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.
I still don’t have a real appreciation for music because I didn’t really start listening to it until my 20s. My wife knows everything about music, and I try and get her to educate me, but it’s just not part of my DNA.
I am glad to have this opportunity of expressing my high appreciation of the honour extended to me many years ago by the Royal Swedish Academy of Science by enrolling me amongst its members.
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Time can but make her beauty over again.
Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.
Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.
Workaholics typically have a lot of achievement with very little appreciation of what they have, whether it’s cars or friendships or otherwise. That is a shallow victory. Then you have people with a lot of appreciation and no achievement, which is fine, but it doesn’t create a lot of good in the world.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
Our appreciation of folk art will strengthen our identities, our pride in belonging to a community. People trained in the creative use of their hands soon acquire skills, excellent craftsmanship which will be the most important measure of how well we can industrialize.
The person who should really write an appreciation of the late great Dom DeLuise is Burt Reynolds, who, even more than Mel Brooks, made of the jolly, beanie wearing fat man a side-kick and a legend.
There’s an appreciation, not unlike that for dancers or tightrope walkers, of the body undergoing tests and coming through them by courage and technique; a desire for “clean” results.
Focus on what you’re grateful for in your life. If you don’t appreciate what you have, you won’t get any more… because the universe thinks it’s not important to you, and therefore you don’t need any more.
Besides the aesthetics, besides teaching an appreciation of T.S. Eliot, a basic need is fulfilled when you teach English at CUNY.
I am not indifferent to the appreciation of kind people. [The voters were] extremely kind in naming me the world’s top public intellectual, a title to which I can never see myself as entitled.
Pride works _from within_; it is the direct appreciation of oneself. Vanity is the desire to arrive at this appreciation indirectly, from without.
Without gratitude and appreciation for what you already have, you’ll never know true fulfillment.
An appreciation of prose is learned, not instinctive. It is an acquired taste, like Scotch whisky.
Let me recommend that periodically you and I offer a prayer in which we only give thanks and express gratitude. Ask for nothing; simply let our souls rejoice and strive to communicate appreciation with all the energy of our hearts.
Give her not greatness. For great souls must stand Alone and lonely in this little world: Cleft rocks that show the great Creator’s hand, Thither by earthquakes hurled.
A lot of Americans do not have an appreciation for our history. They do not understand the Constitution, why we have these norms. And at some point, yes, the media has some responsibility, but so does the public.
LOVE of others is the appreciation of one’s self. MAY your egotism be so gigantic that you comprise mankind in your self-sympathy.
Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.
Bing was always hesitant to accept appreciation in any form.
As much as there are intellectual choices to be made and all the rest of it, a great actor has the ability really, to disappear and lose themself in a kind of mystical fashion. My appreciation and fascination with true acting is really all over the book, definitely.
It’s really great to get your kids involved in the kitchen. Not only will they have an appreciation for food, but their palates will expand.
I believe that appreciation is a holy thing–that when we look for what’s best in a person we happen to be with at the moment, we’re doing what God does all the time. So in loving and appreciating our neighbor, we’re participating in something sacred.
Appreciation – Learn to give flowers while people are still living
No one among us suffers the radical appreciation for coffee that I do. It calls to me, but I have learned not to listen.
I do not believe that the present flowering of science is due in the least to a real appreciation of the beauty and intellectual discipline of the subject. It is due simply to the fact that power, wealth and prestige can only be obtained by the correct application of science.
The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.
When you help people, don’t wait around to hear them say, “Thank you.” A lot of times we do good things, but in the back of our mind we’re hoping to get some appreciation. But if you make your intentions pure, and you expect only from Allah, He will take more care of you than you could ever imagine.
Apple is a unique company in that the art and the science sit together very nicely. There’s an appreciation for both sides of the brain.
Donald Trump and I have very different views on Iranians. I am confident that if he ever visited the country, he’d learn a lot about the people and come back to the States with a newfound appreciation for the Persians.
It is better not to call anything to anybody – just remain centered in yourself. Look at the world and drop judgments, and you will have such a pure atmosphere around you – no appreciation, no condemnation, just a pure watchfulness. This watchfulness, I call meditation.
An “I know what I like” mentality is hard to shake, but of course appreciation has space for being challenged.
Our filmmakers need to be true to their culture to gain appreciation at international level. Though I don’t wish to generalize but do I feel that Indianness is lacking in most Indian films these days.
Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.
I have noticed that the Universe loves gratitude. The more grateful you are, the more goodies you get. When I say ‘goodies’, I don’t mean only material things. I mean all the people, places and experiences that make life so wonderfully worth living.
I think the best way I can repay the supporters for their kindness towards me, and for all that love, support and appreciation, is to score goals and win trophies for them.
The modern university does not exist to teach alone…It exists also to serve the democracy of which it is a product and an ornament…The university rests on the public will and on public appreciation.
Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.
Stretch out your hand and receive the world’s wide gift of joy, appreciation and beauty.
When that which I have chosen to focus upon in this moment evokes love or joy or appreciation, I am, in that moment, offering my greatest value to myself, to my current object of attention and to All-That-Is.
I had a happy childhood in the suburbs of L.A. My parents instilled in us an appreciation of history, art and, most important, Motown. Jarron and I weren’t allowed to listen to rap until we were 12. After our birthday I dashed to Target and bought DJ Quik’s album ‘Quik Is the Name.’ I memorized every line.
We should develop a deep appreciation for all the we have, and not waste it, otherwise we’ll die with deep regrets.
It’s very important that we do show appreciation for those who go to work in raising awareness. You know, Tourette Syndrome is not well known. There’s not a lot of government money and research in it. But people are dying inside every day because they’re suffering with it, and I think word needs to get out.
Nothing tires a man more than to be grateful all the time.
As you awaken to your divine nature, you’ll begin to appreciate beauty in everything you see, touch and experience.
All you have to do [to win a Pulitzer Prize] is spend your life running from one awful place to another, write about every horrible thing you see. The civilized world reads about it, then forgets it, but pats you on the head for doing it and gives you a reward as appreciation for changing nothing.
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
[Art] would have helped us survive in the Pleistocene – in the period, say, 1.6 million years ago until fairly recently. The kind of imaginative abilities that artists have and that we all have in the appreciation of art – to appreciate Jane Austen, the late quartets of Beethoven.
Let’s Face it, – Sinatra is a king. He’s a very sharp operator, a keen record chief, and has a keen appreciation of what the public wants.
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
There is a lot of appreciation for Shahbaz Sharif.
Recognition is a reward in itself. Any form of appreciation, even a small word, is important.
The world of scholarship is much more measured in its appreciation and also its criticism than the world of popular literature.
The only basis on which to work for God is an esteemed appreciation of his deliverance.
There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants – more than anything else – to become rich. As long as they don’t have the money, it’ll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they’ll understand how important other things are – and have always been.
Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, the ludicrous side of it, and have lacked sympathy with and appreciation for the warm, big heart that dwells within such a rough exterior.
All our moments are last moments. We abide in the forever leaving of our own coming? We can put our hands together, palm to palm, settling here on the last leaf of our brief flight, and bow to the wonder of it.
Failure and well-disguised cowardice are more human and more beloved.
It feels much better to me to think that an artist is working to show his appreciation of what already has been created than creating things himself.
Those who matter don’t mind, and those who mind don’t matter.
Real estate is still a great investment opportunity for households. Price appreciation will continue. It may not be at 20%. It may … even go down to 5%.
I have a musical ancestry as much as I have a family ancestry. Honoring those ancestors gives you access to a greater source of appreciation and information than you would have if you were just going on your own ego system.
Growing up, when we would get dragged to these events, I didn’t want to be there. Over time, as we got older, I developed a real appreciation of the importance of being involved in the democratic process.
It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders, coming of themselves like grass.
My mom modeled and made clothes, so I always had such an appreciation for design.
Many have left their families to defend our freedom. We salute their bravery; we express our appreciation and support to their families. And we pray for their safe return.
And in today already walks tomorrow.
Whatever you think people are withholding from you-praise, appreciation, assistance, loving care, and so on-give it to them.
I’m a big kid. I never lost my childlike appreciation of things. Too many people lock it out and throw their toys away and say, okay, I’m gonna grow up and be grumpy and miserable and not think about the magical side of things anymore — and I can’t seem to stop doing that.
Greatness is never appreciated in youth, called pride in midlife, dismissed in old age, and reconsidered in death. Because we cannot tolerate greatness in our midst, we do all we can do destroy it.
To me the sole hope of human salvation lies in teaching.
I would like to extend to you our deep appreciation and thanks for the position the United States has taken in support of the democratization process that has taken place in Tunisia, in Egypt, and what is attempting to take place in Libya.
Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.
I don’t like to be in the forest. It’s a weird thing. I’ve learned to have a general appreciation for nature, which has taken a while. But the forest, I still don’t really love.
I’m quite connected to Italy because of Italian Vogue shoots and the Pirelli calendar, so I have a love and appreciation for the culture.
I don’t think I’m very much like anyone else, really. I’m sure there are aspects of other actors that I share, but I don’t see anybody else and go, “Damn, they stole my thing.” I’m me, and I like that there are people who have an appreciation for that.
Appreciation is the breath of life to the creative artist, and in spite of modern conditions, there is enough abroad to sustain him. But his name is now legion; he competes with the dead as well as the living; and the rewards and honours seem attenuated by division.
The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.
That’s really what keeps me playing live – appreciation. And I guess I’ve made a lot of wiggle room for myself to try different things and discover what I’m doing, and the audience accepts it.
Learning the art of expressing gratitude will force you to focus on the positive.
Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery.
The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursuing his education.
If you don’t appreciate what you have in life right now, whatever it is, you will never realize your purpose. Without appreciation, you will never become strong enough to respect yourself.
I know how hard it is to shoot the basketball, so I’ve got great appreciation for it.
I played because I loved doing it, out of respect and appreciation.
Enjoy yourself -it’s later than you think.
The more we count the blessings we have, the less we crave the luxuries we haven’t.
When you focus on what you have, your ABUNDANCE increases. I started with my breath. Noticing being alive is a good start!
God smiles when we praise and thank Him continually. Few things feel better than receiving heartfelt praise and appreciation from someone else. God loves it, too. An amazing thing happens when we offer praise and thanksgiving to God. When we give God enjoyment, our own hearts are filled with joy.
Where ever the spirit of Christ is known, there is much of good will, of mutual respect, of love and appreciation and kindness.
It’s possible to have too much in life. Too many clothes jade our appreciation of new ones; too much money can out us out of touch with life; too much free time and dull the edge of the soul. We need sometimes to come very near the bone so tha we can taste the marrow of life, rather than its superfluities.
U.S. economic activity continues to expand, led by solid growth in household spending. But business investment remains soft, and subdued foreign demand and the appreciation of the dollar since mid-2014 continue to restrain exports.
When you grow up as the daughters of George and Laura Bush, you develop a special appreciation for how blessed we are to live in this great country.
To put it simply, people who are strangers to me will come up and say, ‘Are you that guy from that show?’ I’ll be like, ‘Yeah,’ and they’ll say, ‘Oh, nice job.’ And really, for the most part, it’s people showing appreciation for the work you’ve done.
Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.
Please let me assure you, however, that the keen disappointment and regret which I feel in this regard serve only to enhance my profound appreciation of the great honor which you have done me; and my sincere gratitude for your generous action.
Anything in life that we don’t accept will simply make trouble for us until we make peace with it.
we never know the blessings bestowed on us until we are separated from the possession of them.
Live your life to the fullest.
A true disciple shows his appreciation by reaching further than his teacher.
I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.
I have so much appreciation for movies because I understand how hard it is to make one.
Reflect upon your present blessings
Gymnastics, for me, gave me a lot of self-pride: that drive to want to be great at something for myself. But it also gave me a sense of appreciation toward God. Now that I’m getting older, I really appreciate the talents God gave me. Not just physically, but mentally and emotionally.
Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
There are realities we all share, regardless of our nationality, language, or individual tastes. As we need food, so do we need emotional nourishment: love, kindness, appreciation, and support from others.
We want box office success, critical acclaim, awards and everything else. But I think when the audience likes a film, that appreciation is far more fulfilling, far more satisfying than any award.
Work hard, don’t quit, be appreciative, be thankful, be grateful, be respectful, also to never whine ever, never complain, and, always, for crying out loud, keep a sense of humor.
Any country must establish control over its borders. That is essential to sovereignty and the security of our citizens. But America, at our best, has balanced that political, legal, and social objective with an appreciation for the benefits of immigration and a sense of respect for the dignity of all human beings.
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.
The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.
A genuine sense of humor is having a light touch: not beating reality into the ground but appreciating reality with a light touch. The basis of Shambhala vision is rediscovering that perfect and real sense of humor, that light touch of appreciation.
We never had it so good: Every person alive today derives great benefit from comforts and pleasures that were not available in the past. All of the latest technological advances serve us to a remarkable degree. For all this we should be full of appreciation and gratitude.
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.” “True happiness is … to enjoy the present” “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.
You don’t like presents or anything new, you don’t even need a card. You prefer your appreciations to be something of helpfulness, for someone else’s regard.
You’ll seldom experience regret for anything that you’ve done. It is what you haven’t done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear. Do it! Develop an appreciation for the present moment. Seize every second of your life and savor it.
Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.
You may fail to shine in the opinion of others, both in our conversation and actions, from being superior, as well as inferior to them.
I’ve learnt so much from every film and every director – a new perspective, a greater appreciation of the art.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Art appreciation, like love, cannot be done by proxy.
The goal of what Japan’s central bank is doing is to create growth. If it actually creates growth, in the long run, it will lead to appreciation.
Your best champion and cheerleader is yourself. Always be proud of your accomplishments, big or small.
There will always be some films that the audience would like and some that they don’t. But if I start becoming a slave to appreciation, I will be subjecting myself and my talent to one particular type of taste. I don’t want to do that.
Most pointedly, nature-based people manifest the very qualities that contemporary psychotherapy, the recovery movement, and spiritual practices continually aim for: a visible sense of inner peace, unselfconscious humility, an urge to communal cooperation, and heartfelt appreciation for the world around them.
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.
To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment.
By choosing to hang on to your corner of freedom in even the worst situations, you can process your world with the energy of appreciation and beauty, and create an opportunity to transcend your circumstances.
The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings
Respect… is appreciation of the separateness of the other person, of the ways in which he or she is unique.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Blessings we enjoy daily, and for the most of them, because they be so common, men forget to pay their praises. [and miss much of their benefits from grateful appreciation]
When you don’t come from struggle, gaining appreciation is a quality that’s difficult to come by.
It is enough that I am of value to somebody today.
I think I was given a gift to wrestle. And I think when I came back, I had a much better appreciation of that. And I believe the way I went about doing it made me better at it. I didn’t identify myself with the job as I did so much in the ’90s. In the ’90s, I didn’t know who I was other than ‘the wrestler.’
I always had a great appreciation for jazz, but I’m a very pedestrian musician. I get by. I like to think that my main instrument is vocabulary.
Every cell in your body is seeking fulfillment through joy, beauty, love and appreciation.
The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.
My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.
Business and human endeavors are systems…we tend to focus on snapshots of isolated parts of the system. And wonder why our deepest problems never get solved.
I would like people to have an appreciation for what happened to women under the Taliban, as in ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns.’ I hope they get a sense of how connected we all are.
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
There’s nothing in the actual Bible that limits a Christian in their appreciation of or interest in science. Anti-science is purely a function of ignorant fundamentalism.
If you want to change your life in the fastest way possible, trade your expectations of others for appreciation.
Our expectation of the gratitude of others for what we’ve done for them is sometimes exaggerated because of our deep desire for appreciation and approval. When our good work or good deeds go unrewarded by hoped for praise, we feel like failures so we treat those who denied us our due as betrayers.
Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing… a grateful heart!
Successful is the person who has lived well, laughed often and loved much, who has gained the respect of children, who leaves the world better than they found it, who has never lacked appreciation for the earth’s beauty, who never fails to look for the best in others or give the best of themselves.
I think that a lot of people, especially as technology began to speed up and we became more distant, we kind of started to lose our appreciation for human contact and gathering and friendships and a lot of the things that we really took for granted.
It takes getting everything you ever wanted and then losing it, to know what true freedom is.
Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give.
We ought not to have to wait for sorrow before we can appreciate the sweetness of joy.
To praise the sun is to praise your own eyes.
Gratitude is usually generated in one of two ways. One, by feeling a genuine appreciation for the life that you were given and, two, by making a conscious decision to practice looking at what’s right in your life rather than focusing on what’s missing.
The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.
When I was 18, I took it for granted and was eager to move on to the bigger cities like Boston and then New York. But I’ve been to enough places to have gained a greater appreciation for the beauty and rich culture of all of Rhode Island. I am grateful for all that it offered during my childhood.
Great communicators have an appreciation for positioning. They understand the people they’re trying to reach and what they can and can’t hear. They send their message in through an open door rather than trying to push it through a wall.
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
I have an appreciation for Isco. I know him from when we were at Valencia together and I know that he has a lot of quality.
War makes men barbarous because, to take part in it, one must harden oneself against all regret, all appreciation of delicacy and sensitive values. One must live as if those values did not exist, and when the war is over one has lost the resilience to return to those values.
My appreciation for cooking and healthy living came from watching my best friend die from liver cancer in 2008. I realized that I needed to make some big changes if I wanted to be around for a long time, so now I’m more cautious of how much I eat, what I’m eating, and how often.
The thing I crave for the most is appreciation for my acting.
It is a matter of the simplest demonstration, that no man can be really appreciated but by his equal or superior.
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.
Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of the beautiful, is one of the most effectual ways of cultivating an appreciation of the divine goodness.
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.
The bottom line is down where it belongs – at the bottom. Far above it in importance are the infinite number of events that produce the profit or loss.
The achievement is appreciation. Your ability to be surprised and awed by beauty!
Be nice to everyone, always smile & appreciate things because it could all be gone tomorrow.
The primary object of a student of literature is to be delighted. His duty is to enjoy himself, his efforts should be directed to developing his faculty of appreciation.
I never felt that my life was not complete without a child. I don’t know if that, as a younger man, I’d have had full appreciation for it.
We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.
An artist must be open to both appreciation and criticism. It’s a part of the learning process, or else there is no growth.
I like the simple ‘I love your work’ letters. You never get sick of people’s appreciation. They think they’re troubling you, but it’s lovely people associate my songs with certain moments in their lives.
The best way to enjoy your job is to imagine yourself without one.
I feel good when my films get all the love, respect, and appreciation. That is my driving force to do better work in future.
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.
I have a deep love and respect for children and I cannot imagine photographic life without them playing a major part. I hope that through my work as a photographer, I have been able to pass on my appreciation of their beauty and charm.
Have a dialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they always start out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference.
Practice beauty appreciation in as many places as possible. Nature provides a virtual smorgasbord of miracles. See the beauty in all of it.
You never realize how much your mother loves you till you explore the attic – and find every letter you ever sent her, every finger painting, clay pot, bead necklace, Easter chicken, cardboard Santa Claus, paperlace Mother’s Day card and school report since day one.
I would love to be able to share my artwork with as many people as possible so that I can help spread an appreciation for art in general.
Simplicity of living, if deliberately chosen, implies a compassionate approach to life. It means that we are choosing to live our daily lives with some degree of conscious appreciation of the condition of the rest of the world.
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much. For on the smiles, the thanks we give, our little gestures of appreciation, our neighbors build their philosophy of life.
The lead initiative of my foundation is clean water, but not far behind it is military appreciation.
I am of the opinion that the appreciation and the desire for what is good takes more study and insight than does the understanding and test for the best music and art.
I had no idea how much music and singing really means to people, and in my own tiny way to be a part of that is very humbling and very sweet, and and I feel very honored. … I have a great appreciation for this, in every ways and a new understanding, and I’m just as amazed as anyone else.
I can work hard and be disciplined like a soldier, but I could never reach their level of fitness. I have a whole new appreciation of soldiers. I saw myself on screen and thought, ‘That body is so not hard enough to be a soldier.’
I’m not an impressionist, per se, but if you do any kind of comedy – and they ask you to do that, most of the time – there’s some degree of appreciation, I think, involving somebody you like.
It is a sadness of growing older that some of us lose our ardent appreciation of what is new and different and difficult.
A modern arboretum brings us that ancient forest and, with it, a changed apprehension of time, a renewed appreciation of the elegance of natural form and a renewed sense of wonder at the variety of the world we inhabit.
If you have done the best you can do and if you have gotten all you could extract from something, you have given all you had to give, then the time has come when you can do no more than say thank you and move on.
The representative element in a work of art may or may not be harmful, but it is always irrelevant. For to appreciate a work of art, we must bring with us nothing from life, no knowledge of its affairs and ideas, no familiarity with its emotions.
I am so glad you are here. It helps me realize how beautiful my world is.
Our painful experiences strengthen us in becoming more empathetic, more caring, and deeper human beings. We grow in depth of understanding, with greater appreciation for the miracle of life.
… because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.
Writing for children hadn’t occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings.
Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.
Here’s the gift of gratitude: In order to feel it, your ego has to take a backseat. What shows up in its place is greater compassion and understanding. Instead of being frustrated, you choose appreciation. And the more grateful you become, the more you have to be grateful for.
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
There’s no ironic appreciation of things we love, even of things that are in fact ridiculous, which a hipster might take and own and show the world the humor in it.
We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.
I have an appreciation for everywhere I’ve been so far.
To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life.
Clint Eastwood expects you to know what you’re doing. He’s going to take two giant steps back and let you do it. I have such appreciation for that part of him.
I had gained a greater appreciation of hearing the concerns of woman, doctors, and so many others.
The Five A’s (attention, appreciation, acceptance, affection, allowing) are simultaneously the fulfillment of our earliest needs, the requirements of adult intimacy and of universal compassion, and the essential qualities of mindfulness practice.
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.
Whiskey, like a beautiful woman, demands appreciation. You gaze first, then it’s time to drink.
Men are often miserable in relationships because they feel their partner takes them for granted, or shows him no appreciation for the things he gets right.
Some like to think that a keen appreciation of art can actually make us better people – more just, more moral, more sensitive, more understanding. Perhaps that is true – in certain rare, isolated cases.
You have nothing. One should never allow themselves to think that they have, one can just touch – to have is to lack appreciation, to touch is to want to touch again.
It’s an appreciation for life generally, every bit of life, the smallest creature that lives in the intestines of termites that make termite life possible – to the leaves that turn out oxygen and grab carbon dioxide and with water make simple sugars that feed much of the world. I mean, these are everyday miracles.
Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.
We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
To really enjoy the better things in life, one must first have experienced the things they are better than.
To be well informed, one must read quickly a great number of merely instructive books. To be cultivated, one must read slowly and with a lingering appreciation the comparatively few books that have been written by men who lived, thought, and felt with style.
No generation is interested in art in quite the same way as any other; each generation, like each individual, brings to the contemplation of art its own categories of appreciation, makes its own demands upon art, and has its own uses for art.
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!
Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can – there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.
It’s possible to make sense of what’s morally at stake in an appreciation of the gift of life, or the gift of a child, without necessarily presupposing that there is a giver. What matters is that the gift – in this case, the child – not be wholly our own doing, our own product.
Men prize the thing ungained more than it is.
I don’t mind that I am not necessarily a household name, because I think my characters have outshined me. That was by design. And I’m not wanting for appreciation.
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
When I first started making music, I was all about wordplay and how fast I could rap, but over the years, I’ve really gained an appreciation for melody. What’s cool is that when you’re singing, you have to be concise, and when you’re rapping, you have the opportunity to be really detailed with your lyrics.
To hear the appreciation, the screams – that’s what any of us need. We’re at our best when we’re wanted.
When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living. Tecumseh Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
Working on ‘Newsroom’ has given me an appreciation of the struggle that you go through on the 24-hour news cycle. The people who are legitimately attempting to deliver honest news are really facing a tough, uphill climb that’s a lot harder than any other time in history.
If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing this philosophy has made a different person of me.
To quote copiously and well, requires taste, judgment, and erudition, a feeling for the beautiful, an appreciation of the noble, and a sense of the profound.
I played so many years without having a big contract, to have the big contract and not win and not have the appreciation, it hurt.
If you take my performance or my understanding of the role and my appreciation for story and then dress it in CGI, that I guess becomes an action film.
Bitter are the roots of study, but how sweet their fruit.
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
The crown must constantly earn citizens’ appreciation, respect and trust.
We need to understand that every time an elementary teacher captures the imagination of a child through the arts or music of language this nation gets a little stronger.
When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.
My Chinese side comes out in my dancing. There’s a certain in-the-moment sentimentality, an appreciation for the smallest details.
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.
We never know a greater character unless there is in ourselves something congenial to it.
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
The throat chakra is the center that is aesthetic. It gives an appreciation of beauty.
Eating well is a lifelong priority. My appreciation for cooking and healthy living came from watching my best friend die from liver cancer in 2008. I realized that I needed to make some big changes if I wanted to be around for a long time, so now I’m more cautious of how much I eat, what I’m eating, and how often.
The most important thing for me is appreciation from the viewers and the love which I get from them. This helps me to work passionately on my projects.
It is in dialogue with pain that many beautiful things acquire their value. Acquaintance with grief turns out to be one of the more unusual prerequisites of architectural appreciation. We might, quite aside from all other requirements, need to be a little sad before buildings can properly touch us.
Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.
There is no scorn more profound, or on the whole more justifiable, than that of the men who make for the men who explain. Exposition, criticism, appreciation, is work for second-rate minds.
There might be a class of beings, human once, but now to humanity invisible, for whose scrutiny, and for whose refined appreciation of the beautiful, more especially than for our own, had been set in order by God the great landscape-garden of the whole earth.
Never take anything for granted.
The loftiness of understanding embraces all. It requires as much spirit to suffer the failings of others as it does to appreciate their good qualities.
I’ve learned… that just one person saying to me, ‘You’ve made my day!’ makes my day.
Before attempting to create something new, it is vital to have a good appreciation of everything that already exists in this field.
A word of appreciation often can accomplish what nothing else could accomplish.
I feel that when I am painting, it is a form of worship. I see how wonderful nature is and how wonderful art is… and by trying to produce these works of art, I feel that I am just showing my appreciation of these creations.
The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.
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.
While I will always have the utmost respect for the superhuman out-of-bounds freestyle and extreme stunts that seem to continually progress beyond our imaginable limits, my highest appreciation goes out to the simple rider who’s out there just for the experience.
Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.
Young women today often have very little appreciation for the real battles that took place to get women where they are today in this country. I don’t know how much history young women today know about those battles.
The thing about Sondheim is that it does get very cerebral. You do need a faculty with words and a love for the lyrics to not just pull it off, but to have an appreciation for it.
There is something I think we share, which is, of course, an appreciation for Helmut Lang. I think at a certain point he really changed so many things in fashion. I’m a bit younger than Helmut, but from my point of view he provided a true entrance into this new way of thinking – not being invaded into couture.
I always got appreciation for the columns I wrote for newspapers.
This is a test. It is only a test. Had it been an actual job, you would have received raises, promotions, and other signs of appreciation.
Jazz and blues fests are everywhere now, and Americana is going strong on college radio. What I’m hearing is an appreciation of real music.
Even if we can’t be happy, we must always be cheerful.
We live by admiration, hope and love.
Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection, and it offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than, possibly, any other purely sensory thing.
A wild appreciation of men and women . . . who passionately and fearlessly and recklessly redefine romance. . . . The passionate creatures who refuse to play it safe and settle down now have an intelligent, like-minded advocate.
What we need today are not more laws to govern believers. What we need is a greater revelation and appreciation of Jesus and everything that He has done for us!
The gifts of caring, attention, affection, appreciation, and love are some of the most precious gifts you can give, and they don’t cost you anything.
There are two things people want more than sex and money – recognition and praise.
Think of your mind, your emotions, and your spirit as the ultimate garden. The way to ensure a bountiful, nourishing harvest is to plant seeds like love, warmth, and appreciation, instead of seeds like disappointment, anger, and fear.
I believe in an artiste’s life, there are two kinds of awards – first is the appreciation and good wishes he or she gets for his work from the audience and secondly, the recognition in the form of awards.
Beautiful people do not just happen
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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.
This league is so competitive and I have an understanding and appreciation for that. For me, it’s that competitiveness and competitive spirit that I think at times brings out the best in me.
We must give ourselves more earnestly and intelligently and generously than we have to the happy duty of appreciation.
I admired the work ethic of the cowboys I read about. The idea of these young people taking on this much responsibility was impressive. I would like modern readers to have an appreciation of this.
That’s the way life works: gratitude and appreciation just bring more goodness. Remember: Everything we give out comes back. Gratitude has all sorts of little, surprising rewards.
I have fought to protect those benefits that ensure better salaries for teachers across the Nation such as grants to pay off student loans and funding for Teach for America. Still, we must all do more to show our continued appreciation for our Nation’s leading role models.
Nast is an artist of uncommon abilities. His works evince originality of conception, freedom of manner, lofty appreciation of national ideas and action, and a large artistic instinct.
Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud. Any of us will put out more and better ideas if our efforts are appreciated.
I have done my best. That is about all the philosophy of living one needs.
My family, my mom in particular, got so much love and appreciation from the audience. As a consequence, I have also got some of that love. I now have to work doubly hard to prove that I deserve it, on my own, also.
I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.
My own views on all matters of public revenue and public expenditure are conditioned by an acute appreciation of whose is the sacrifice that produces public revenue and to whom accrues the benefit of public spending.
Sometimes we complain without thinking much of it, but the frightening thing about complaining is that every time we do, a cloud descends over our heart, and our hope, appreciation and joy gradually wane.
It’s a marvelous feeling when someone says I want to do this song of yours because they’ve connected to it. That’s what I’m after.
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
Except for the woman, nothing interests the eye of the American man more than the automobile, or seems so important to him as an object of esthetic appreciation.
There is nothing like a good dose of another woman to make a man appreciate his wife.
Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.
The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
I’m pretty much open to anyone who’s unique and has mutual appreciation in the music as BTS.
If war teaches you anything, it is an appreciation of being alive.
There is no bigger certificate than audience appreciation.
I have an eight-year-old girl and she does have some appreciation for fashion, but she’s stuck in that: “Oh my God, this is cute” phase, so when I go shopping with her and my wife, I can only last about 10 minutes before I have to start exploring other parts of the store.
a swell of gratitude and appreciation for his assistant, as opposed to the murderous rage he felt toward the rest of his staff
I know how much people loved me as Akshara; I have seen the appreciation.
When I look at a woman through my camera, I see her with complete admiration and appreciation of her beauty, strength, and power – and that’s how I do my best to represent her.
If we want our children to value education, then we must show our appreciation for knowledge.
In teaching there can be too much emphasis on certainty and a proper appreciation of uncertainty is to be encouraged.
Give yourself a gift of five minutes of contemplation in awe of everything you see around you. Go outside and turn your attention to the many miracles around you. This five-minute-a-day regimen of appreciation and gratitude will help you to focus your life in awe.
Life is not made up of minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years, but of moments. You must experience each one before you can appreciate it.
What’s fantastic is that there’s a real growing appreciation for performance-capture technology as a tool for acting.
Appreciation is the legal tender that all souls enjoy.
Attention to detail is the secret of success in every sphere of life, and little kindnesses, little acts of consideration, little appreciations, little confidences,. . . . they are all that are needed to keep the friendship sweet.
At heart I’m a hip-hop kid and an R&B kid, but I’ve always had an appreciation for club culture and dance music.
All explorers are seeking something they have lost. It is seldom that they find it, and more seldom still that the attainment brings them greater happiness than the quest.
Antique things have an appreciation and worth. Something can be old, but it can be timeless; therefore, it becomes an antique. If this antique is preserved and deemed precious, it could be passed down as a family heirloom.
If the room is friendly to a relationship between lecturer and audience, you feel everything – the tension, the appreciation. I think the audience feels it too.
Appreciation is the purest,strongest form of love. It is the outward-bound kind of love that asks for nothing and gives everything.
There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.
The giving of love and understanding is an education in itself.
Celebrate what you want to see more of.
Movement should be approached like life – with enthusiasm, joy and gratitude – for movement is life,
and life is movement, and we get out of it what we put into it.
and life is movement, and we get out of it what we put into it.
I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.
When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.
Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
I look at [Toronto] and think well, perhaps my grandchildren will someday look at this stuff with the sort of appreciation I once held for Art Deco. Although I’ve come to find Art Deco quite creepy too.
If you drive to, say, Shenandoah National Park, or the Great Smoky Mountains, you’ll get some appreciation for the scale and beauty of the outdoors. When you walk into it, then you see it in a completely different way. You discover it in a much slower, more majestic sort of way.
The greatest dreams are always unrealistic.
You see, I get a lot of love and appreciation from the elders of the film industry as well as from the media fraternity by default because of the goodwill that my father has earned.
To argue that it is unconstitutional for local law enforcement to be a legitimate partner in immigration enforcement is shortsighted. It is evidence of a lack of commitment to securing our borders and a lack of appreciation for the proper role of the states in supporting federal law enforcement priorities.
The eye which can appreciate the naked and absolute beauty of a scientific truth is far more rare than that which is attracted by a moral one.
It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.
Today I set my mind and heart on a new path. I focus my energy on love, appreciation, and my highest possibilities.
We are very excited to re-launch the collaboration with Fred Perry. We have great appreciation for the heritage of the brand as well as their dynamism in guiding the brand towards the future. Their openness to create synergies between both our brands will bring interesting, creative results.
The virtue which we appreciate, we to some extent appropriate.
Without silence, there cannot be any real appreciation in life, which is as delicate in its inner fabric as a closed rosebud.
When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that’s a big thing for me.
At home, be grateful. At work, be appreciative. Gratitude is a gift we give ourselves. Appreciation is a gift we give to others.
Despite his NFL pedigree, Clay Matthews had to fight every step of the way to get to the NFL. Once there, he’s had a unique appreciation of what it took to succeed.
I do not think that we have a “right” to happiness. If happiness happens, say thanks.
Just because you like my stuff doesn’t mean I owe you anything.
An appreciation for high fashion does not preclude possession of common sense.
You have no cause for anything but gratitude and joy.
We measure success by accumulation. The measure is false. The true measure is appreciation. He who loves most has most.
Gujaratis not only love music, but they equally appreciate the artists. They express their appreciation wholeheartedly, they dance with you, sing along and always enjoy the music.
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.
If some people are so hungry for a feeling of importance that they actually go insane to get it, imagine what miracle you and I can achieve by giving people honest appreciation this side of insanity.
Next to invention is the power of interpreting invention; next to beauty the power of appreciating beauty.
Just a thank you is a mighty powerful prayer. Says it all.
A great brand is a story that’s never completely told. A brand is a metaphorical story that connects with something very deep – a fundamental appreciation of mythology. Stories create the emotional context people need to locate themselves in a larger experience.
(Some people) have a wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder, and even ecstasy.
There are no actions involved in ‘beautiful.’ It’s such an inactive thing, and it’s so subject to each individual’s taste and appreciation. It’s a lovely word, but I feel like it’s been hijacked by really boring, dull people who don’t understand how to use words.
Treat everyone on the organization with respect and dignity whether it be the janitor or the president.
The chief misery of the decline of the faculties, and a main cause of the irritability that often goes with it, is evidently the isolation, the lack of customary appreciation and influence, which only the rarest tact and thoughtfulness on the part of others can alleviate.
Give Honest and Sincere Appreciation.
Every climb is different, has its own unique set of movements and body positions. Climbing and my appreciation for nature are totally intertwined.
Let mine not be that saddest fate of all To live beyond my greater self; to see My faculties decaying, as the tree Stands stark and helpless while its green leaves fall… “She lives, but all her usefulness is past.”
May your heart be an altar, from which the bright flame of unending thanksgiving ascends to heaven.
While some people are apprehensive that meditation may conflict with their beliefs, the usual experience is that it leads to a heightened appreciation of their particular religious leanings and a greater level of personal joy
Be a wonderful role model because you will be the window through which many children will see their future.
The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.
I have a huge appreciation for music in general, but my roots are country.
It’s still National Library Week. You should be especially nice to a librarian today, or tomorrow. Sometime this week, anyway. Probably the librarians would like tea. Or chocolates. Or a reliable source of funding.
Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth.
Today everyone is a star – they’re all billed as ‘starring’ or ‘also starring’. In my day, we earned that recognition.
Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, ‘Make me feel important.’ Never forget this message when working with people.
I believe an appreciation for simplicity, the everyday – the ability to dive deeply into the banal and discover life’s hidden richness – is where success, let alone happiness, emerges.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
People who have passion for horror stories, their appreciation/my appreciation is looking at it as opera.
The world is always a new plaything to children, while to the old it seems falling to pieces from sheer dryness. Everything loses its value with time, but it is not the fault of the fruit, but of the mouth and the tongue.
In prison, I fell in love with my country. I had loved her before then, but like most young people, my affection was little more than a simple appreciation for the comforts and privileges most Americans enjoyed and took for granted. It wasn’t until I had lost America for a time that I realized how much I loved her.
The theater was my first training ground. It taught me discipline, dedication and appreciation of hard work.
Appreciation of works of art requires organized effort and systematic study. Art appreciation can no more be absorbed by aimless wandering in galleries than can surgery be learned by casual visits to a hospital.
I never spend more than one hour in a gallery. That is as long as one’s power of appreciation persists.
To have the appreciation from your peers, the fans and the company you work for is the ultimate reward. For me, that has always been ultimate because respect has always been the most important thing to me in this business.
As I’ve grown as a creator, I feel that I want to tread in deeper waters and have a lot more going on emotionally with the characters. That’s my appreciation for comics as a creator and a consumer as well. I’m more into stories that don’t just bounce off the surface but go a little bit deeper.
Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.
The fanatics for progress often have too little appreciation of the existing.
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.
Respect…is appreciation of the separateness of the other person, of the ways in which he or she is unique.
Giving appreciations, praise, and gratitudes feels good and puts good vibes in the environment.
Whatever appreciation I’ve got despite the limited work I have done has been great. People have been receptive, and I think it’s a privilege to have earned this respect.
I appreciate all that I am and all that I have. Stop focusing on what you do not have, and shift your consciousness to an appreciation for all that you are and all that you do have.
I have a great appreciation for our world’s history. I learn from my own mistakes, I learn from the mistakes we’ve made as a human race.
President Reagan always gave the credit to the American people and American ideals. He treated his job as a valuable temporary loan from the American people, a loan that should be respected and returned with dutiful appreciation.
For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends.
It is great to love life. Accept life as a precious gift from the hand of God and strive to make the most of it.
Our best hope for the future […] lies in an appreciation of the fact that, even if we don’t empathize with distant strangers, their lives have the same value as the lives of those we love.
Friendship takes time and energy if it’s going to work. You can luck into something great, but it doesn’t last if you don’t give it proper appreciation. Friendship can be so comfortable, but nurture it-don’t take it for granted.
To further the appreciation of culture among all the people, to increase respect for the creative individual, to widen participation by all the processes and fulfillments of artthis is one of the fascinating challenges of these days.
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
I don’t believe UPA government did nothing; they did whatever they could and they deserve appreciation for whatever good they did.
Time changes all things and cultivates even in herself an appreciation of irony, and, therefore, why shouldn’t I have changed a trifle?
I feel a very unusual sensation – if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.
For me, giving thanks is a sign of appreciation and gratitude that also brings about a deep sense of peace.
A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.
So I show appreciation for the little gifts that have been handed to me.
What makes me happy is the appreciation of people around me.
That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.
The BEST representation of Source Energy that you will ever find in your physical format is inexpressible. It’s that feeling of love and appreciation that just WELLS up within you, that is so sensational that you can hardly find words for it. That’s the true ESSENCE of who you are.
After 25-plus years as a lawyer, prosecutor, and defense attorney, I have developed a deep appreciation for both the wisdom of the law and the role that jurists play in framing the rights and responsibilities that define our society.
Appreciation of life itself, becoming suddenly aware of the miracle of being alive, on this planet, can turn what we call ordinary life into a miracle. We come awake to such a realization when we recognize our connection to a spiritual dimension.
Cultivate an appreciation and passion for books. I’m using passion in the fullest sense of the word: a deep, fervent emotion, a state of intense desire; an enthusiastic ardor for something or someone.
Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.
In an audience of rough people a generous sentiment always brings down the house. In the tumult of war both sides applaud a heroic deed.
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.
Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with that there is
Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.
A change in language can transform our appreciation of the cosmos.
To require conformity in the appreciation of sentiments or the interpretation of language, or uniformity of thought, feeling, or action, is a fundamental error in human legislation — a madness which would be only equaled by requiring all men to possess the same countenance, the same voice or the same stature.
Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement – and we will make the goal.
I have the greatest appreciation for Governor [Sarah] Palin and her family. There’s great joy to know them.
Not only have I made films about the subject, but I’ve largely funded them on my own, so I’m fully committed to doing whatever I can to change the audience’s respect and appreciation for the ocean. In 100 years I want whales, dolphins and sharks to still be around, and the ocean to be a healthier place.
Appreciation and gratitude are a must if you choose to become the architect of increased happiness and your own fulfillment.
Up until doing this movie, I hadn’t really paid a huge amount of attention to those genres, but after finishing this movie, it really gave me a different sense of appreciation of the way the movies play out.
When you love people and have the desire to make a profound, positive impact upon the world, then will you have accomplished the meaning to live.
We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life.
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.
It is our duty to give meaning to the life of future generations by sharing our knowledge and experience; by teaching an appreciation of work well done and a respect for nature, the source of all life; by encouraging the young to venture off the beaten path and avoid complacency by challenging their emotions.
Always remember, everyone is hungry for praise and starving for honest appreciation.
Gratefulness for what is there is one of the most powerful tools for creating what is not yet there. What does gratefulness mean? It means you appreciate what is. You value, you give attention to, you honor whatever is here at this moment.
There are endless what-ifs that have really made me have an appreciation for my journey and everything I have experienced along the way.
To love one that is great, is almost to be great one’s self.
Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible – the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
The way you come to fully appreciate the infusion of the Spirit is to more and more come fully into the moment, where this moment is enough.
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Meeting the people. I love it. Just talking with people and sharing part of their lives for just a few moments … I get love and appreciation and I hope I give them the same.
I have a fond appreciation for the Canadian culture and the Canadian food scene in general.
Let me arise and open the gate,
to breathe the wild warm air of the heath,
And to let in Love, and to let out Hate,
And anger at living and scorn of Fate,
To let in Life, and to let out Death.
to breathe the wild warm air of the heath,
And to let in Love, and to let out Hate,
And anger at living and scorn of Fate,
To let in Life, and to let out Death.
Wealth can also be that attitude of gratitude with which we remind ourselves everyday to count our blessings.
I have found a much greater appreciation of Buddhism because I couldn’t take it for granted here in exile.
With grace and a keen appreciation of human nature, Nicholas Thompson has written a revealing, moving history of the Cold War through two fascinating men.
Mass appreciation doesn’t always equate to something good.
God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say ‘thank you?’
Actually, bizarrely, in America, I get more appreciation from the odd, unusual stuff I’ve done, almost because I’m not, if you like, famous in America as I am in England.
Who I am is the best I can be.
I think what I brought from the private sector was a real appreciation of how much leverage – respect, if you will – that the SEC has. Major companies, in particular, really don’t want to be at war with their primary regulator. The SEC may not have appreciated just how great our leverage is.
I admire Kings of Leon. I think their records are amazing. Just from hanging out with them, I can say they’re good guys. It’s cool to see that they get to do what they love. But I think they clearly have an appreciation for where they came from, and it has shaped who they are.
The pleasure derived from viewing the achievements of others, coupled with a true appreciation of nature, sharpens the desire to express pictorially.
My values are primarily motivated by love for other people. I value the non-human world in large part because it’s so vital to human beings. Even my appreciation for wilderness grows out of an understanding of how important wilderness can be for people.
Our best hope for the future is not to get people to think of all humanity as family – that’s impossible. It lies, instead, in an appreciation of the fact that, even if we don’t empathize with distant strangers, their lives have the same value as the lives of those we love.
When you live your life with an appreciation of coincidences and their meanings, you connect with the underlying field of infinite possibilities.
Everybody has their own style. I’m very particular in what I like, and I try to keep it that way. I always have big appreciation for other people’s styles, and I love seeing how other people dress themselves through their own influences.
You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.
I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way: by getting out of it as soon as I possibly could.
Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence.
You must be prepared to work always without applause.
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.
teach our children to excel not only academically, but also in their
appreciation of their obligation to others.
A boy who gets a C- in ‘Appreciation of Television’ can’t be all bad.
No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.
One appreciates that daily life is really good when one wakes from a horrible dream, or when one takes the first outing after a sickness. Why not realize it now?
I have an appreciation for what some people would call “bad acting,” but which I think can be much more real than the overly emotive, technical and supposedly “realistic” acting that is so prevalent in mainstream cinema.
When I was playing before I retired, I never really understood the appreciation and the respect that people gave me. People had treated me like a god or something, and that was very embarrassing.