We all need to learn to appreciate what is good in our lives. These quotes will help you do that:
God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say “thank you”? -William A. Ward
If we get everything that we want, we will soon want nothing that we get. -Vernon Luchies
Once we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life. -Harry Hepner
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable. -Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
You never miss the water till the well runs dry. -English Proverb
Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. -Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778)
***What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods. -Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
There’s no doubt about it, appreciation in any form at any time brightens anyone’s existence. And, like a beam of sunlight striking a mirror, the brightness is reflected back at you. -Unknown
I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate. -Elbert Hubbard (1859-1915)
If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather than dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities. -Robert Conklin
A man can refrain from wanting what he has not, and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand. -Marcus Annaeus Seneca (BC3-65AD)
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. -Dan Wakefield
Thanksgiving is a sure index of spiritual health. -Maurice Dametz
Ignorant men don’t know what good they hold in their hands until they’ve flung it away. -Sophocles (495-406BC)
Generally the man with a good wife, or the woman with a good husband, or the children with good parents discover too late the goodness they overlooked while it was in full bloom. -James Douglas
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. -William James (1842-1910)
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. -Jerome P. Fleishman
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. -W.T. Purkiser
It should not discourage us if our kindness is unacknowledged; it has its influence still. -Unknown
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