The whole problem with people is they know what matters but they don’t choose it. ~Secret Lives of Bees

It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn’t, and when it does, we may well reject it.

I reached out to these guys and showed them my appreciation (for serving). They got to hear my experiences and I got to hear their stories.

I wake up in the morning and I see that flower, with the dew on its petals, and at the way it’s folding out, and it makes me happy, she said. It’s important to focus...

Brighten the corner where you are. You don’t blame God for placing you in a dark corner… You rather have to thank him for giving you the light to make it bright!

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

Walls have crumbled, perceptions of one another have changed, and appreciation of one another has grown. As an enhanced sense of ‘team’ has emerged, we have rediscovered that, whatever our differences may have been, baseball...

Appreciate the daily miracles of life.

Sometimes I feel like relationships consist of telling your same life stories to different people until someone finally appreciates them.

Most people do not receive nearly enough appreciation. How can this be when appreciation is free, easy, and readily available? All you have to do is speak. Go give some away now.

No matter that they had been together for years, always a feeling of formality when they first saw each other again, even if the separation had been only hours. It had something to do with...

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

Learning to appreciate the beauty that surrounds you is one of the keys to your happiness.

It’s sad to know how blind we are when it comes to appreciation. We have to lose something to gain knowledge of its worth. The best gift of life is love, the second is health....

Sourness and bitterness come from the interfering and unappreciative mind. Life itself, when understood and utilized for what it is, is sweet. That is the message of The Vinegar Tasters.

Mtu akikutukana mwambie asante au samahani. Asante au samahani vina nguvu kuliko kuomba (asikutukane) au kutukana.

You don’t have to drink this,” I said, handing him the champagne. “But Sandy might like it”.”No,no. Come on, let’s have some,” he grinned, popping the cork, taking a swig from the bottle and passing...

You never fully appreciate what you had until you don’t have it anymore

Love is the only thing that can touch our soul and change our heart.

It’s funny, but have you ever noticed that the more special something is, the more people seem to take it for granted? It’s like they think it won’t ever change. Just like this house here....

Once you have known sorrow, you will appreciate happiness.

Your name?” George asked him directly. He had probably seen the man a dozen times before yet did not know anything about him. King Davit would have no doubt have known half the man’s history...

Gratitude is the heart’s first language.

Missing HomeSometimes when we may experience a feeling of nostalgia, and a longing for our Home, it does not really mean that our Home is somewhere out there in the stars. It means that we...

another day, another miracle.” (213)

I want you to embark on the truth of loving yourself because when you love yourself and when you appreciate yourself, you will make healthy changes in your life for healthy reasons.

Curiously enough, one cannot read a book: one can only reread it. A good reader, a major reader, an active and creative reader is a rereader. And I shall tell you why. When we read...

There is something beautiful in you seeking freedom.

In every match I play, I grow in my appreciation for this opportunity, this chance to be out there playing at the U.S. Open for another match, another time,

Gain strength. Suck up energy. Make a point of appreciating the fragrance of the flowers and the beauty of the sunset. It is like armor. When you take a moment to practice my message you...

My heart only grows more powerful the more my flowing love goes unabsorbed, unobserved, and unappreciated.

The young must learn to appreciate the wisdom of elderly people and learn from their life experiences.

She felt her strong young body that she had never appreciated when she had it, constantly worrying that she didn’t meet standards of beauty and not understanding how standards of health were so much more...

I have enough of what I need.

Truth is, life is going shake you, it will rip you right out of your comfort zone;just when you feel settled, it will shock you with some trauma and make you face adversity in the...

Without appreciation (for yourself, others and life itself) there is no growth

… he will seek vainly to the right and to the left and in the newspapers for a guarantee that he has actually been amused.For a sophisticated person, on the other hand, who is still...

This is more than just a grand reopening — it’s also a member appreciation day.

I look through the cage…an absolute beauty of yours…

Life has a way of shining on people who stand in the sunshine of kind actions.

For the yesterdays and todays, and the tomorrows I can hardly wait for – Thank you.

The only way to smile at harvest time is to appreciate the invisible fruits in the visible seed. Hungry people are not those who have no seed. They are those who kill seeds!

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. We must love ourselves for what and who we...

The biggest spur to my interest in art came when I played van Gogh in the biographical film Lust For Life. The role affected me deeply. I was haunted by this talented genius who took...

Count your blessings.There are many beautiful things in life to appreciate.The gift of life is a priceless.

If you want to find a reason to smile, to find a reason to be happy, learn to appreciate the beauty that surrounds you.

Some of most valuable gifts come wrapped in the ugliest paper.

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

Time…Once it’s gone, it belongs to the past.We do not hold on to the now, andWe do not treasure the future…We keep receiving this present, but we never open and cherish it until it is...

Appreciation is like looking through a wide-angle lens that lets you see the entire forest, not just the one tree limb you walked up on.