Quotes about Appreciation
We must not forget that it is not a thing that lends significance to a moment; it is the moment that lends significance to things. —ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL
— Scot McKnight
There are some few people I respect and admire, but I don't think much of the species.
— Mark Twain
My works are like water. The works of the great masters are like wine. But everyone drinks water. - From Mark Twain's Notebook, 1885
— Mark Twain
It gave an appalling idea of the value of an hour, and I thought I could never waste one again without remorse and terror.
— Mark Twain
However, like the rest of the world, I still go on underrating men of gold and glorifying men of mica. Commonplace human nature cannot rise above that.
— Mark Twain
To a great mind, nothing is little
— Arthur Conan Doyle
Therefore, we do not become conscious of the three greatest blessings of life as such, namely health, youth, and freedom, as long as we possess them, but only after we have lost them; for they too are negations.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
— St. Jerome
Thank God for the things that I do not own.
— Teresa of Avila
I love the earth. If you ask me it's the greatest planet in the world.
— Stephen Colbert
When you are faced with the possibility of an early death, it makes you realise that there are lots of things you want to do before your life is over.
— Stephen Hawking
If you want to know how fortunate you are, visit three places: the slum, the hospital, and the cemetery.
— Matshona Dhliwayo