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Inspirational Quotes About Appreciation

Whether they were heroes, poets, scholars, or leaders, the brightest minds in human history have thought and written about values and their meanings. Use the search field on the left to search our quotation database by author, value, or specific word contained in the quote.

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Index_card_top “He is rich who is content with the least; for contentment is the wealth of nature.”
 
Socrates (469-399);
Philosopher
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Index_card_top “How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.”
 
William Shakespeare (1564-1616);
Dramatist, Poet
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Index_card_top “Remember the things in life that are free to each of us—our family, our friends, our soul, our hopes, our dreams, and our knowledge—are the most important.”
 
Jaren L. Davis -
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Index_card_top “The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.”
 
Richard David Bach (born 1936);
Writer
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Index_card_top “God gave us memory that we might have roses in December.”
 
James M. Barrie (1860-1937);
Novelist, Dramatist
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Index_card_top “You bring out the best in yourself by looking for the best in others.”
 
Gene Bedley - National Educator Of The Year
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Index_card_top “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.”
 
Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672);
Writer, Poet, First Woman To Be Published In Colonial America
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Index_card_top “The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them.”
 
G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936);
Writer, Poet, Essayist, Novelist
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Index_card_top “Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.”
 
Margaret Cousins -


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Index_card_top “To me, sadness is great! Without it we could not appriciate true happiness.”
 
Kaitlyn Cox (born 1994);



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Index_card_top “Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.”
 
Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991);
Writer, Cartoonist, Animator
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Index_card_top “The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.”
 
Tenzin Gyatso (born 1935);
The 14th Dalai Lama (B. 1935)
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Index_card_top “I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.”
 
Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915);
Philosopher, Author, Publisher
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Index_card_top “Age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.”
 
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882);
Poet
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Index_card_top “What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it - would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have.”
 
Ralph Marston -
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Index_card_top “The most fortunate are those who have a wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder, and even ecstasy.”
 
Abraham Maslow (1908-1970);
Psychologist


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Index_card_top “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
 
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919);
26th U.S. President
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Index_card_top “Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift.”
 
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962);
U.S. First Lady, Diplomat, Human Rights Activist
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Index_card_top “We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”
 
Thornton Wilder (1897-1975);
Novelist, Playwright
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Index_card_top “Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.”
 
Oprah Winfrey (born 1954);
American Television Host, Publisher
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Index_card_top “Today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.”
 
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Index_card_top “It's a poor frog who doesn't praise its own pond.”
 
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Index_card_top “God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'”
 
William Arthur Ward (1921-1994);
Author, Educator, Motivational Speaker
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Index_card_top This Quote Was Our Daily Quote On: 11/12/10
“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. ”
 
Michelangelo (1475-1564);
Sculptor, Painter, Architect
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“Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in the quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow.”
 
Mary Jean Irion - Writer, Poet


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“I have never been a millionaire. But I have enjoyed a great meal, a crackling fire, a glorious sunset, a walk with a friend, a hug from a child, a cup of soup, a kiss behind the ear. There are plenty of life’s tiny delights for all of us.”
 
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“The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.”
 
The 14th Dalai Lama (born 1935);

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“Once we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life. ”
 
Harry Hepner -


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Index_card_top This Quote Was Our Daily Quote On: 10/24/11
“Enjoy all you have while pursuing all you want. ”
 
Jim Rohn (1930-2009);
Entrepreneur, Author, Motivational Speaker
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Index_card_top This Quote Was Our Daily Quote On: 12/19/11
“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.”
 
Dame Edith Sitwell (1887-1964);
British Poet


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Index_card_top This Quote Was Our Daily Quote On: 02/06/12
“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. ”
 
Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672);
Writer, Poet, First Woman To Be Published In Colonial America
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