#appreciation

In my young days I praised the master whose pictures I liked, but as my judgment matured I praised myself for liking what the masters had chosen to have me like. ↗

— Kakuzō Okakura

#okakura-kakuzō #art

All I have learned in life really just boils down to this: there is only one difference between the so-called wise and the so-called foolish...and between those who are truly happy and those who are not. Those who are wise - and those who are happy - embrace and appreciate life. Those who are unhappy and unwise do not. That is all; that is the only difference. ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#appreciating-life #appreciation #foolish #happiness #inner-peace

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! ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#gratitude #life #love #morning #seize-the-day

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. ↗

— Benjamin Hoff

#bitterness #life #life

Connecting with those you know love, like and appreciate you restores the spirit and give you energy to keep moving forward in this life. ↗

— Deborah Day

#connections #encouragement #life #love #restoration

Amusement, even ironic amusement, is the beginning of sincere appreciation, as any lapsed hipster knows. ↗

— Last Man Standing

#hipster #humor #life

Love is not about liking, loving and caring, but appreciation, understanding and devotion. ↗

— M.F. Moonzajer

#caring #loving #love

All appreciations and praises are worthless unless the one you love appreciates ↗

— Amit Abraham

#praises #love

I think the tingles are important. They are real, and I am in favor of their survival. But they are not the basis for a satisfactory marriage. I am not suggesting that on should marry without the tingles. Those warm, excited feelings, the chill bumps, that sense of acceptance, the excitement of the touch that make up the tingles serve as the cherry on top of the sundae. But you cannot have a sundae with only the cherry. ↗

— Gary Chapman

#failure-relationship #falling-in-love #long-term-appreciation #long-term-relationships #sense-of-falling-in-love

For me, and for many of us, our first waking thought of the day is "I didnt get enough sleep." The next one is "I don't have enough time." Whether true or not, that thought of not enough occurs to us automatically before we even think to question or examine it. We spend most of the hours and the days of our lives hearing, explaining, complaining, or worrying about what we don't have enough of... Before we even sit up in bed, before our feet touch the floor, we're already inadequate, already behind, already losing, already lacking something. And by the time we go to bed at night, our minds are racing with a litany of what we didn't get, or didn't get done, that day. We go to sleep burdened by those thoughts and wake up to that reverie of lack... This internal condition of scarcity, this mind-set of scarcity, lives at the very heart of our jealousies, our greed, our prejudice, and our arguments with life ↗

— Lynne Twist

#satisfaction #self-appreciation #jealousy