Appreciation Quotes
A collection of short inspirational appreciation quotes. Take time today to count your blessings, to say thank you and express your admiration to those people you treasure and value in your life. Being appreciated and appreciating others can make a positive difference in your life as it makes you stop and acknowledge and recognize people, places, and events in your life. May you appreciate all the little things, the simple things that life has to offer. Acknowledge your appreciation of others to them verbally, or by sending a card of appreciation. Use one of the short quotes below or visit thinking of you quotes to find the perfect quote."Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things." Author Unknown
"People close to you do appreciate your time!" Catherine Pulsifer, from Frugal but Thoughtful Gifts
"When someone comes along who genuinely thanks us, we will follow that person a very long way." Alan Loy McGinnis
"When I count my blessings, I count you twice." Author Unknown
"I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks." William Shakespeare
"Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it." Ralph Marston
"We are so often caught up in our destination that we forget to appreciate the journey, especially the goodness of the people we meet on the way. Appreciation is a wonderful feeling, don't overlook it." Author Unknown
"Life holds so many simple blessings, each day bringing its own individual wonder." John McLeod
"Each day I give thanks for you and appreciate all that you do." Catherine Pulsifer
"Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out." Dale Carnegie
"No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks." St. Ambrose
"If you don't think every day is a great day try going without one." Jim Evans
"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." Og Mandino
"To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind." Théophile Gautier
"I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder." G.K. Chesterton
"Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family." Barbara Bush
"Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation." Brian Tracy
"I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet." Denis Waitely
"Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." Voltaire
"I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate." Elbert Hubbard
More quotations about appreciation
"I would thank you from the bottom of my heart, but for you my heart has no bottom." Author Unknown"When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around." Willie Nelson
"Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is." Maxim Gorky
"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
"There has never been another you. With no effort on your part you were born to be something very special and set apart. What you are going to do in appreciation of that gift is a decision only you can make." Dan Zadra
"Prosperity depends more on wanting what you have than having what you want." Geoffrey F. Abert
"We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right." Seneca
"The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one’s appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship." Amelia Earhart
"We kept a journal of our goals leading up to our change in lifestyle. When we go back and read that journal it reminds us of how hard we worked to get where we are. It makes us appreciate where we are now." Byron & Catherine Pulsifer, from Our Journey
"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." Peter Seller
"Our friendship is a treasure I value each and every day. I give thanks and count my blessings for friends like you." Catherine Pulsifer
"Appreciation can make a day - even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary." Margaret Cousins
"The applause of a single human being is of great consequence." Samuel Johnson
"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 life time."
Dale Carnegie
"The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated." William James
"Never take anything for granted." Benjamin Disraeli
"We do not care of what we have, but we cry when it is lost." Russian Proverb
"We have an appreciation for nature that we never previously had as we were too busy to even notice." Byron & Catherine Pulsifer, from Simplicity - a changing lifestyle?
"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
"Nine-tenths of wisdom is appreciation. Go find somebody's hand and squeeze it... while there is still time." Dale Dauten
"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
"Once we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life." Harry Hepner
"Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, Make Me Feel Important. Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life." Mary Kay Ash
"They say you don't appreciate what you have until you no longer have it. We found once we returned to this part of Canada, we truly did appreciate the beauty, the people, and the pace of life." Catherine Pulsifer
"Look around you and appreciate those who care about you, be thankful they are in your life." Catherine Pulsifer
"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." Virginia Satir
"Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way." Al Franken
"One can never pay in gratitude: one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in life." Anne Morrow Lindbergh
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty;
not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some." Charles Dickens
"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." Julie Hebert, Poems to Thank Volunteers
"The point is simply this: express your gratitude to your friends for being there (you may want to send appreciation poems or you can express your thankfulness in words of appreciation." Byron Pulsifer, Gratitude, Grateful and Thankful
"Treasure the little that you have, work on it, be happy and appreciate life." Grant Ngobean, Be What You Want To Be
"A helpful hand is a lesson in sharing and if you have the means why not play your part. Those who refuse your help are foolish, as we all know appreciating the helpful hand is just smart." Julie Hebert, Receiving Help
"There is a simple universal principle: "Everything in the universe wants to be accepted. All aspects of creation want to be loved and appreciated and included." Shakti Gawain, The Path of Transformation How Healing Ourselves Can Change The World