There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
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.
Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you.
The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.
Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
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.
Think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flames within us.
If I had a prayer, it would be this: "God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen."
My willingness to be intimate with my own deep feelings creates the space for intimacy with another.
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.
One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
If you love a flower, don’t pick it up. Because if you pick it up it dies and it ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be. Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.
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.
Warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.
There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.
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