20 Appreciation Quotes to Live By

Be appreciative of appreciation because it is a powerful force. Here are 20 wise quotes about the fine art of appreciation:   

1.      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.

 Oprah Winfrey

2.      Appreciation can make a day - even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary. 
Margaret Cousins 

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

 Glenn Beck

4.      Reflect Each Day On All You Have To Be Grateful For And You Will Receive More To Be Grateful For.

Chuck Danes

5.      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.

G. K. Chesterton

6.      The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

The 14th Dalai Lama

7.      Once we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life.

Harry Hepner

8.      There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.

 Mother Theresa

9.      If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you,' that would suffice.

 Meister Eckhart

10.  The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

 William James

11.  Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

William Arthur Ward

12.  Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Seneca

13.  Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.

Buddha 

14.  Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.

Melody Beattie 

15.  If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily.

 Gerald Good 

16.  Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, ‘Make me feel important.’ Never forget this message when working with people.  

Mary Kay Ash  

17.  Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.  

Leo Buscaglia 

18.  Appreciation and gratitude are a must if you choose to become the architect of increased happiness and your own fulfillment.      

Doc Childre 

19.  Do not save your living speeches for your friends 'til they are dead; do not write them on their tombstones, speak them rather now instead.    

Anna Cummins       

20.  Be a good-finder. Try to catch people red-handed in the act of doing something right.

Bob Moawad