#appreciation

No one ever said aloud any of the kinds of things he was so constantly thinking, because no one in the parish, not Alice, not Lady Higgs, not anybody, ever seemed to see the things he saw. If they thought as he did, if they saw what he did, they never mentioned it; and to have things which are precious to one eternally unmentioned makes one, he had long discovered, lonely. These August nights, for instance--quite remarkably and unusually beautiful, warm and velvety as he had never known them, ushered in each evening by the most astonishing variety of splendid sunsets--nobody had said a single word about them. They might have been February ones, for all the notice they got. Sometimes he climbed up to the top of Burdon Down towards evening, and stood staring in amazement at what looked like heaven let loose in flames over England; but always he stood alone, always there was no one but himself up there, and no one afterwards, when he descended from his heights, seemed to be aware that anything unusual had been going on. ↗

— Elizabeth von Arnim

#appreciation-of-nature #beauty #loneliness #beauty

Government workers often get a bad rap, but it's rare for them to receive much appreciation when government works. ↗

— Matthew Lesko

#bad #bad rap #get #government #government workers

As I've said, there were patriots who supported this war, and patriots who opposed it. And all of us are united in appreciation for our servicemen and women, and our hopes for Iraqis' future. ↗

— Barack Obama

#future #hopes #i #iraqis #men and women

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

— Steve Maraboli

#excuses #gratitude #inspirational #life #motivational

Just an observation: it is impossible to be both grateful and depressed. 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. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#appreciation #depression #gratitude #inspirational #life

Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. ↗

— H. Jackson Brown Jr.

#inspirational #life #inspirational

Finding happiness should not be seen as finding a needle in a haystack. Happiness is within. Each day is a blessing that brings an abundance of happiness. Therefore, finding happiness should be like finding a gift in a stack of gifts. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#blessing #choice #gifts #happiness #inspirational

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

— Marcus Aurelius

#awe #beauty #life #optimism #positivity

Up until doing this movie, I hadn't really paid a huge amount of attention to those genres, but after finishing this movie, it really gave me a different sense of appreciation of the way the movies play out. ↗

— Chiaki Kuriyama

#amount #appreciation #attention #different #different sense

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. Perhaps it was meant to be so. Perhaps without the lows, the highs could not be reached. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#emotion #empathy #beauty