#appreciation

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. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#appreciating #appreciation #having #less #life

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

We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being. ↗

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

#life #wonder #life

In prison, I fell in love with my country. I had loved her before then, but like most young people, my affection was little more than a simple appreciation for the comforts and privileges most Americans enjoyed and took for granted. It wasn't until I had lost America for a time that I realized how much I loved her. ↗

— John McCain

#faith #pow #faith

Be thankful for your allotment in an imperfect world.  Though better circumstances can be imagined, far worse are nearer misses than you probably care to realize. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#gratefulness #gratitude #richelle #richelle-goodrich #thankfulness

Those who have the ability to be grateful are the ones who have the ability to achieve greatness. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#gratitude #greatness #inspirational #life #inspirational

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it. People think pleasing God is all God cares about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back. ↗

— Alice Walker

#joy-of-life #life

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

#contentment #dissatisfaction #life #perception #positivity

There is more to life than simply increasing its speed. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#life #speed #time #life

If you can’t celebrate your success, appreciate your failure. Since life is all about celebration and appreciation. ↗

— M.F. Moonzajer

#celebration #life