Quotes about Appreciation

What I'm saying is I think life is staggering and we're just used to it. We all are like spoiled children no longer impressed with the gifts we're given—it's just another sunset, just another rainstorm moving in over the mountain, just another child being born.

He prayed for all things that he might enjoy life; He was given life that he might enjoy all things.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren land; long heath, broth furze, any thing.

Understand that the best gifts in life come as blessings; we do not go out looking for them.

A powerful exercise for building your appreciation muscle is to take 7 minutes every morning to write down all the things you appreciate in your life. I recommend this as a daily ritual for the rest of your life; however, if you think that is excessive, at least do it for 30 to 40 days. It will create a huge change in how you see the world.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

Only an idiot would fail to see God in a meal!

Life is very precious to God. That's why He made it so fragile and so short." "That make absolutely no sense." "Yes, it does. He made it fragile so we would treasure it, just like He does. You're not nearly as careful with your cast-iron frying pans as you are with your good china, are you? God wanted life to be precious to us-so He made it as frail as fine china.

His goodness has been apparent since creation. When He formed and shaped and painted and sculpted this world and its creatures into being, His goodness seeped in with every thought and touch. "God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day" (Genesis 1:31).

If you wait for what your heart desires, you treasure it more when you finally do get it.

Some will live their whole lives missing the chance to see all the good God has placed around them just for them. Partly because the hard stuff has demanded so much of their attention. And the seeming permanence of some of the heartbreak has stolen their affection for life.

Her gifts are not a threat to yours, in fact, because we are all on the same team, her gifts and joys are a win for you.