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Gain equal parts perspective and insight with these appreciation quotes to inspire you to appreciate all that you have in this world. You may not always consider yourself to be fortunate, but these quotes about appreciation will allow you to be truly grateful for the many blessings all around you.
When was the last time you thought about how lucky you are because of your legs and arms functioning properly?
Or gave thanks because of your eyes and ears functioning every day?
Or, because of your mouth and vocal cords working properly?
If just one of the body parts mentioned suddently stopped working, your life would be instantly and radically changed. It’s so easy to dismiss the fact that a huge percentage of our life and body is working exactly how it’s supposed to be.
Too often, we do not take the time to stop and appreciate things, big and small.
If we learn to see the beauty, the gratefulness, and the appreciation in the big and small, we learn to live a life of gratitude, and we learn the lesson that we have a great deal to be thankful for.
Here are some thoughts that might help you connect with deep-seeded appreciation.
1.) “One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from the alliance of the one, working with and through the other, are great things born.” – Antoine de Sainte-Exupery
2.) “Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.” – Ernest Hemingway
3.) “Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust
4.) “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” – John F. Kennedy
5.) “We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.” – Albert Schweitzer
6.) “Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.” – Northrup Christiane
7.) “What you truly acknowledge truly is yours. Invite your heart to be grateful and your thank you’s will be heard even when you don’t use words.” – Pavithra Mehta
8.) “A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things.” – Plato
9.) “To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.” – Johannes Gaertner
10.) “When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” – Willie Nelson
11.) “If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” – Meister Eckhart
12.) “I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.” – Rita Mae Brown
13.) “Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.” – Oprah Winfrey
14.) “It is necessary, then, to cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.” – Wallace D. Wattles
15.) “Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing… a grateful heart!” – George Herbert
16.) “In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.” – Bertrand Russell
17.) “They are not poor that have little, but they that desire much. The richest man, whatever his lot, is the one who’s content with his lot.” – Dutch Proverb
18.) “If you can’t reward then you should thank.” – Arabic Proverb
19.) “Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.” – Unknown
20.) “Stop thinking gratitude as a buy product of your circumstances and start thinking of it as a world view.” – Bryan Robles
21.) “Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.” – W.T. Purkiser
22.) “Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.” – John Wooden
23.) “Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.” – Alphonse Karr
24.) “…it is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.” – David Steindl-Rast
25.) “If you haven’t all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don’t have that you wouldn’t want.” – Unknown
26.) “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity…Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.” – Melodie Beattie
27.) “When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them.” – Chinese Proverb
28.) “Gratitude is happiness double by wonder.” – G.K. Chesterton
29.) “In our daily lives, we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but the gratefulness that makes us happy.” – Albert Clarke
30.) “Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.” – Jacques Maritain
31.) “Maybe being grateful means recognizing what you have for what it is. Appreciating small victories. Admiring the struggle it takes to simply be human…At the end of the day, the fact that we have the courage to still be standing is reason enough to celebrate.” – Meredith Grey
32.) “You have no cause for anything but gratitude and joy.” – Buddha
33.) “You won’t be happy with more until you’re happy with what you’ve got.” – Viki King
34.) “Live your life so that the fear of death can never enter your heart. When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light. Give thanks for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. And if perchance you see no reason for giving thanks, rest assured the fault is in yourself.” – Tecumseh Shawnee Chief
35.) “There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.” – Ralph Blum
36.) “Happiness is the realization of God in the heart. Happiness is the result of praise and thanksgiving, of faith, of acceptance; a quiet tranquil realization of the love of God.” – White Eagle
37.) “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” – William Arthur Ward
38.) “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” – G.K. Chesterton
39.) “‘Enough’ is a feast.”–Buddhist proverb
40.) “If you count all your assets, you always show a profit.” – Robert Quillen
41.) “Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” – Robert Brault
42.) “Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” – Author Unknown
43.) “Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” – Charles Dickens
44.) “Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.” – Eckhart Tolle
45.) “If a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful for what he’s going to get.” – Frank A. Clark
46.) “If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily.” – Gerald Good
47.) “Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity…it makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” – Melody Beattie
48.) “The world has enough beautiful mountains and meadows, spectacular skies and serene lakes. It has enough lush forests, flowered fields, and sandy beaches. It has plenty of stars and the promise of a new sunrise and sunset every day. What the world needs more of are people to appreciate and enjoy it.” – Michael Josephson
49.) “Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy.” – Fred De Witt Van Amburgh
50.) “The way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement.” – Charles Schwab
51.) “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus
52.) “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.” – Albert Schweitzer
53.) “The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.” – William James
54.) “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
55.) “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
56.) “Silent gratitude isn’t very much to anyone.” – Gertrude Stein
57.) “Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.” – Henri Frederic Amiel
58.) “You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
59.) “What makes me happy is the appreciation of people around me.” – Nadia Comaneci
60.) “Appreciate what you have, where you are and who you are with in this moment.” – Tony Clark
61.) “Show appreciation and for those you care
Let your love be known so they are aware.” –Catherine Pulsifer
62.) “Think of a special friend or person you admire. Think of the love and appreciation you have for them. Think of the qualities that make them stand out for you.” – Jenny Clift
63.) “Being thankful not only shows good manners, but a simple expression of thankfulness can go a long way in relationships and communication with others. It not only enhances our own lives, but makes other people feel appreciated.” – Daniella Whyte
64.) “Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.” – Alan Cohen
65.) “By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.” – Voltaire
66.) “If you do not appreciate every day of your life, who said that the days and years will be an asset for the future?” Sunday Adelaja
67.) “Instead of being impatient because you have to wait for something, be grateful for the extra time you have now to notice and appreciate your surroundings.” – Danielle Tinning
68.) “The real gift of gratitude is that the more grateful you are, the more present you become.” – Robert Holden
69.) “Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it all into words is all that is necessary.” –Margaret Cousins
70.) “Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals. If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more.”-Roy T. Bennett
71.) “When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.” —Maya Angelou
72.) “Saying thank you is more than good manners, it is good spirituality.” —Alfred Painter
73.) “Change your expectation for appreciation and the world changes instantly.” —Tony Robbins
74.) “When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.” —Kristin Armstrong
75.) “Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” —Voltaire
76.) “Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.” —Randy Pausch
77.) “We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” —Thorton Wilder
78.) “Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” ― Marcus Aurelius
79.) “The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.” ― Emerson
80.) “Be happy with who you are and what you do, and you can do anything you want.” ― Steve Maraboli
81.) “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” —Cicero
82.) “Appreciate the plant that grows in your balcony only for you” ― Vineet Raj Kapoor
83.) “When you have something use it with appreciation before you lose it and always remember those who don’t have it” ― Mary Uwamahoro
84.) “Most people are unhappy because they’re focused on what they want rather than appreciating what they have.” ― Marty Rubin
85.) “Love those who appreciate you, and appreciate those who love you.”
― Connor Chalfant
86.) “The mind is like a flower. It does not bloom without the lights of appreciation, encouragement, and love.” ― Debasish Mridha
87.) “I cannot tell you that I am owed anything. But I can tell you that I owe everything.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough
88.) “The best way to appreciate life is to be grateful.” ― Wisdom Kwashie Mensah
89.) “An appreciation of what you have brings the ultimate abundance in your life.” ― Debasish Mridha
90.) “Gratitude is the appreciation of things that are not deserved, earned or demanded – those wonderful things that we take for granted.” ― Renée Paule
91.) “If the world had more people like you it would be a better place. You do make a difference.” – Catherine Pulsifer
92.) “The truth is, not saying ‘thank you’ does more damage than actually saying ‘thank you’ does good.” – Tommy Wyatt
93.) “You changed my life without even trying, and I don’t think I could ever tell you how much you mean to me. I can’t imagine what things would be like if I hadn’t met you.” – Steve Maraboli
94.) “We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.” – John F. Kennedy
95.) “Saying thank you, or offering other words of appreciation, along with sincere compliments and other grateful or kind words are the best way to fortify relationships.” – Chris Johnston
96.) “From young to old, there are two words that carry a person forth in grace and honor; please and thank you.” – Byron Pulsifer
97.) “If you want to thank me, go do something for somebody else.” – Don Meyer
98.) “When we start paying attention to the services we receive, stop and really see the person who is doing it and take the time to say thank you, our entire day will change.” – Brenda Shoshanna
99.) “All my lifetime through, I’ll be thanking heaven for a special friend like you.” – Unknown
100.) “We may not remember everything you said, but we will remember how special you made us feel. Thank you.” – Unknown
101.) “Your friendship has touched my life in ways you will never know. I wouldn’t trade material wealth for the friend I have in you!” – Kate Summers
102.) “You saw what I didn’t see and you brought out the best in me.” – Unknown
103.) “Find time to thank God for all the blessings you receive on a day to day basis.” – Steven Johnson
104.) “When I count my blessings, I count you twice.” – Unknown
105.) “There are many things which I am thankful in my life, and you are at the top of the list.” – Unknown
Hopefully, these appreciation quotes have inspired you to look for ways to be grateful in your own life. If you have your own words of appreciation to share that weren’t included in our list, please feel free to write them in the comments below.
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Thank you so much for being the one person I could talk to. Thank you for never leaving my side through the tough and ugly times. Thank you for being my rock. Thank you for being understanding. Thank you for being patient, kind, friendly. Thank you for accepting me for who I was, and looking on the inside, not the outside.
But most of all…thank you for loving me- like no one else ever has, or ever will.
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Thank you for being there when I needed you the most. Thank you for helping me through all those tough times in life. Thank you for being such a good friend no matter what I did, but most of all, thank you for being you.
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Thank you for being there.
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It’s amazing how two words can mean so much… Thank you.
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It’s amazing how two words that mean so much can seem so little. If I could show you how much your presence in my life means to me, the simple phrase of ‘thank you’ would pale and diminish in the sheer enormity of the gratitude I owe.
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Saying thanks costs nothing but gives everything.
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Thank you for making me smile, thank you for making me laugh, thank you for pushing me but not letting me fall… Thank you for being you… Because now I stand tall ^_^
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Thank you for all the special things you do.
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For catching me when I fall, For being there through thick and thin, For believing in me, For making me stand my ground, For listening to me, For hearing my thoughts, For knowing me inside out, For never putting me down, For forever trying to lift my spirits, For defending me so often, For being my living hero, Thank you and I LOVE YOU!!<3
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Thank you for showing me that there are people like you in this world.
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I thought I was all alone…
untill you walked in my life…
THANKS for being there. . . . . . . .
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The attitude of gratitude can raise your altitude. Being thankful is a magical way to reach the top.
– RVM
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Hearing the words “thank you” can sometimes paint the prettiest smile on someone’s lips…
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Thank you for being you. Accepting me in all ways, making me happy when I’m sad and thanks for all the pain that you removed from me. Thanks to God because he sent you to me. <3
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Gratitude opens door for blessing; ingratitude shuts the door of blessing.
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To be grateful must be felt through the heart, for nothing can compare to a person’s kindness but the word thank you.
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Thank you
Thank you for being there
Having so much love for me
And never leaving my side
No one could ever break us
Kind gentle words everyday
You always smiled for me
Only you made my tears stop
U and only you made me happy…
Thank you for being there.
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“Thank you” is the mother of all words.
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I thank you for yesterday.. And thank you for today. But most of all thank you for the days to come. Thank you.
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A giver should not expect a return. Let the receiver to thank you and be content in his sweet word.
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Thank you is the least I can say to you to show my appreciation for everything you have done for me in life thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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Appreciation is for now, gratitude is forever.
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Gratitude is the attitude that takes you to your altitude.
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Today I’m wearing that gift you gave me yesterday. A smile. Thanks I love it!
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No duty is more urgent that that of returning thanks.
– James Allen
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Please accept this small gift as a token of our esteem “Thank you”.
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Thank you are the two easiest words in the any language to say, but in today’s society they are a forgotten commodity.
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I would thank you from the bottom of my heart, but for you my heart has no bottom.
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I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks.
– William Shakespeare
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He who enjoys the presents of others enjoys Himself
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30 friendship quotes to share with your friends to let them know how special they are. I am sure that you know how having a good friend can make you happy. These beautiful quotes will let them know.
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Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ― Marcel Proust
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Here is a collection of messages and quotes that symbolize the bond of true friendship. Some of these messages are ways to say 'thank you' to.
Using thank you card quotes in cards or thank you notes can be an effective way to communicate your thoughts and feelings to a cherished friend.
The key is to choose words that fit the specific relationship and that convey your true feelings.
Bearing these thoughts in mind, we’ve assembled an array of thank you sayings and quotes to help you communicate your gratitude to that special friend or loved one.
We have attempted to provide attribution for each quote listed. However, some quotes used are by unknown authors.
Thank You Card Quotes for Friends
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
Joseph Addison
Marriage is the highest state of friendship: If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures
Richard Samuelson
The fountains of my hidden life are through thy friendship fair.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who gives in friendship's name shall reap what he has spent.
Anne S. Eaton
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“A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.”
“True friends are those who lift you up when your heart's wings forget how to fly.”
“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.”
Elisabeth Foley
More Cool Thank You Sayings
“Best friends are the ones who can be the farthest away but there the fastest when you call.”
Bigavers
“A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.”
“Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.”
“If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't follow. I'd be at the bottom to catch them when they fall.”
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“Even though we've changed and we're all finding our own place in the world, we all know that when the tears fall or the smile spreads across our face, we'll come to each other because no matter where this crazy world takes us, nothing will ever change so much to the point where we're not all still friends.”
“A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked”.
Or, if you’d prefer, we’ve included a number of thank you phrases to jump start your creativity and help you write better thank you notes of your own!
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Thank you messages for friends to get ideas and write a sweet thank you note for friends. Appreciate your friend for all the smile, care, fun and support.
