41 Greatest Appreciation Quotes

Showing appreciation and recognition for a job well done is just one way to enhance the meaning of people’s lives around you. Here is a look at some of the greatest appreciation quotes to get you encouraged and inspired.

“A grateful mindset can set you free from the prison of disempowerment and the shackles of misery.”

“A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.”

“A very small percentage of the people in this world will actually experience and live today.”

“Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.”

“Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”

“At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.”

“Be happy with who you are and what you do, and you can do anything you want.”

“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”

“Be thankful for your allotment in an imperfect world. Though better circumstances can be imagined, far worse are nearer misses than you probably care to realize.”

“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.”

“By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.”

“Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.”

“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”

“Forget yesterday – it has already forgotten you. Don’t sweat tomorrow – you haven’t even met. Instead, open your eyes and your heart to a truly precious gift – today.”

“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it. People think pleasing God is all God cares about. ”

“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently?”

“I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.”

“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.”

“In prison, I fell in love with my country. I had loved her before then, but like most young people, my affection was little more than a simple appreciation for the comforts and privileges most Americans enjoyed and took for granted. ”

“It’s funny how, in this journey of life, even though we may begin at different times and places, our paths cross with others so that we may share our love, compassion, observations, and hope. ”

“Life is not made up of minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years, but of moments. You must experience each one before you can appreciate it.”

“Liking is probably the best form of ownership, and ownership the worst form of liking.”

“Music has always been a matter of Energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel.”

“Nature didn’t need an operation to be beautiful. It just was.”

“Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.”

“Sometimes we fight who we are, struggling against ourselves and our natures. But we must learn to accept who we are and appreciate who we become. ”

“The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act.”

“The difference between appreciation and flattery? That is simple. One is sincere and the other insincere. One comes from the heart out; the other from the teeth out.”

“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.”

“The problem that we have with a victim mentality is that we forget to see the blessings of the day. Because of this, our spirit is poisoned instead of nourished.”

“The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.”

“There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.”

“This place was truly the highest and the lowest of all worlds – the most beautiful senses, the most exquisite emotions.. the most malevolent desires, the darkest deeds. ”

“Those who have the ability to be grateful are the ones who have the ability to achieve greatness.”

“Those with a grateful mindset tend to see the message in the mess. And even though life may knock them down, the grateful find reasons, if even small ones, to get up.”

“To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.”

“Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!”

“We can’t undo a single thing we have ever done, but we can make decisions today that propel us to the life we want and towards the healing we need.”

“What I’m not sure about, is if our lives have been so different from the lives of the people we save. ”

“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love—then make that day count!”

“You are evidence of your mother’s strength, especially if you are a rebellious knucklehead and regardless she has always maintained her sanity.”

These great appreciation quotes offer just one way to get inspired and show some thankfulness for someone else today.