Appreciation Quotes - Page 8

... he will seek vainly to the right and to the left and in the newspapers for a guarantee that he has actually been amused.For a sophisticated person, on the other hand, who is still unembarrassed enough to dare to be amused all by himself, who has enough self-confidence to know, without seeking advice from anyone else, whether he has been amused, farce will perhaps have a very special meaning, in that now with the spaciousness of abstraction and now with the presentation of a tangible actuality, it will affect his mood differently.He will, of course refrain from bringing a fixed and definite mood with him so that everything affects him in relation to that mood. He will have perfected his mood, in that he will be able to keep himself in a condition where no particular mood is present, but where all moods are possible.

Those who speak only of what they lack end up with little.

Surround yourself with things that inspire you every day. Let go of everything that drains your inspiration.

Being human makes us one. Be uniquely ourselves makes us individual." - Nancy S. Mure, Author of Unidentical Twins

Focus on your potential not your past.

We all have to be taught how to be thankful and once learned, it has to be improved and practised daily.

Dance. Smile. Giggle. Marvel. TRUST. HOPE. LOVE. WISH. BELIEVE. Most of all, enjoy every moment of the journey, and appreciate where you are at this moment instead of always focusing on how far you have to go.

It was best to appreciate what you had and not yearn for more.

Being able to appreciate who we are and what we have in the now is an easy way to journey through this life.

If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise.

Success is not achieved in a vacuum: the people you spend most of your time with and the voices you allow to influence your thoughts play a significant part in your success or lack of it.

When your focus is too narrow you can miss the big picture.

Stop worrying about approval and appreciation. Enjoy the beauty and effect of contributing to the universe.

Your goals should not be based on what you can do or what is possible but on what you want.

Study yourself and develop your personal inspiration routine, applying it to your life every day to help you create the extraordinary life you deserve.

Ten long trips around the sun since I last saw that smile, but only joy and thankfulness that on a tiny world in the vastness, for a couple of moments in the immensity of time, we were one.

Appreciation involves being alert to the positive aspects of the current situation and feeling thankful for what one has and for one's circumstances. This requires not only a positive perspective in the present but also conscious awareness of features in the surround. The latter, in fact, is something that may be surprisingly rare. Especially when we are engaging in routine activities, we often do so mindlessly (Langer, 1997) or as though we were on automatic pilot (Cialdini, 1993). If we learn to bring our attention to the current state, we can choose to focus on positive aspects of the situation and to remind ourselves of the potential sources of good feelings that might otherwise pass unnoticed.

I am learning to appreciate the gift of the moment.

To wake up every morning is miracle. To make a good use of every day is an appreciation of miracle. To waste the entire hours of each day is ungratefulness towards a miracle already given and received!

Your external world is a mirror of your internal world, and if you can discipline yourself to change your thoughts, your external world will change.

Self-discipline is a learned habit that should be developed and continuously worked on through regular application, practice, and repetition.

Pain dutifully reminds me that the world is terribly imperfect, but it faithfully helps me appreciate the world on those days when it’s a little closer to being perfect.

Your purpose is the gateway to your success; it identifies your gift and reveals your passion, potential, ability and ultimately what you will excel in.

Buddhist philosophy points out that the true nature of all forms is essentially formless. Forms do not have an existence of their own, but rather they arise together, and are mutually dependent on one another. Everything in the world of form is constantly changing, constantly dying, and constantly being reborn—which is why Buddhists say that there is no-self; no form that has an existence in and of itself.

Maybe when we stop looking at blessings as abundance we'll start appreciating the little we have.

Time doesn’t create change. The changes in your life will be in proportion to the decisions you make.

This witnessing consciousness, this formless dimension of yourself, is the awareness in which your experience happens, yet it remains untouched by this experience at all times. It is similar to the background of white on which you are reading these words. This white background allows any and every word to exist within it, yet it is not confined to any of these words. Similarly, your awareness allows any and every form to exist within it, but it is not bound to any of these forms.

Bridges are built not to cross over it but it is built to lift you to the other side safely.

To live each day like it is your best, give your best, laugh your best, love your best and be the best you can be.

Music has always been a matter of Energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel. I have always needed Fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio.

The willingness to burn your ships, cut off all sources of retreat, and take decisive action is often the only assured path to success.

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.

Dreams create hope, energy and passion and together reveal your hidden abilities and untapped potential

Reasons are the fuel for goal achievement. Without a strong enough reason, it’s impossible to persevere.

Sometimes you just have to find the majesty in yourself and other things to truly appreciate life.

If you had all the time in the world but your knowledge, wisdom and understanding remained unchanged, your life would remain the same.

Each day should be a day of rejoicing. Give thanks and celebrate in all things

The efforts of tracking small achievements every day creates a record of your progress. Do this consistently and it will serve you well.

I am graciously and joyfully living through each day.

Have you ever had a dream that you were certain was real, only to wake up and realize that everyone and everything in the dream was really you? Well this is how many mystics describe the nature of our reality, as a dream in which we think we are individual personalities existing in the physical universe. But eventually, like in all dreams, we will wake up. Except in this dream we do not wake up to realize we are still in the world, we awake from the world to realize that we are God.

Gratitude is the spirit of graceful sacred-existence.

If I have never had, or worse yet, I have lost the conviction that life (despite all of the blows it wields and the savagery that it spawns) is nonetheless an incalculable privilege, I will have in that single loss forfeited the whole of my life and effectively wiped out any hope that I can or will do anything other than exist.

The quality of your life is a direct reflection of the quality of the decisions you make each day.

You are the best thing that will happen to someone today.

Personal experience is the slowest way of learning. Combine your personal experience with other people’s experiences.

It is by continuing to put out good work that the artist best shows his gratitude.

A grateful mindset can set you free from the prison of disempowerment and the shackles of misery.

He cannot endure Rachel, because he knows she has a proper appreciation of him.

The greatest of tragedies is a life lived without knowing its purpose. Discover your purpose and life will take on a new meaning.

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!

Expectation has brought me disappointment. Disappointment has brought me wisdom. Acceptance, gratitude and appreciation have brought me joy and fulfilment.

Regardless of your gender, age, race, disability, colour, ethnic or national origin, how you use time each day decides who you become.

Sometimes we fight who we are, struggling against ourselves and our natures. But we must learn to accept who we are and appreciate who we become. We must love ourselves for what and who we are, and believe in our talents.

The world belongs to dreamers.

Success isn’t entirely a numbers game, but numbers play a part.

Our lives are defined by how we spend our time and what we choose to do daily. A life of passion is not an act but a lifestyle.

Your body and my body are both totally made up of and dependent upon the elements of the earth—the water, the air, the heat, the land, the soil and the food it produces—as well as all of the elements that these elements are dependent upon—the sun, the stars, the galaxies, and a vast field of energy and space to contain them in. Nature is our extended body, and the elements outside of our skin are just as important to our health as the elements within our skin. Our bodies are connected to the universe as a whole, and consequently to each other and the many ways in which we influence our shared environment.

I can write three hundred and sixty-five grateful thanks. Cultivate the habit to write gratitude daily.

Granddad once told me that to truly love this life, you need to know its darkest corners. But if you can bring a bit of sunshine to the sunless, it can only be for the good. I mean, what else are we really here for on this earth? Think about it some day, when the spring mornings look so golden and green.

Create in your mind a picture of what you want and then live that vision as if it already exists.