Acceptance is what we wish for ourselves and often deny others.--Susan Taylor 

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.--G. K. Chesterton (Autobiography) 

Appreciate what you have, accept the blessings waiting for you to need them, and above all - realize that Source from which it all comes.--Michael Rawls 

Appreciation can make a day--even change a life, Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.--Margaret Cousins 

Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.--Voltaire 

Appreciation, not possession, makes a thing ours.--Marty Rubin 

A basic rule for managers is "Pass the pride down." People like to create when they can earn recognition for their ideas. When a good idea surfaces, the creator's immediate superiors should show prompt appreciation.--James L. Hayes 

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the gratefully and appreciating heart.--Henry Clay 

The day is of infinite length for him who knows how to appreciate and use it.--Goethe 

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible--the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.--Virginia Satir 

God will one day hold us accountable for all the things he created for us to enjoy, but we refused to do.–-Rabbinic Saying 

Hay is more acceptable to an ass than gold.--Latin proverb 

I believe that appreciation is a holy thing – that when we look for what’s best in a person we happen to be with at the moment, we’re doing what God does all the time. So in loving and appreciating our neighbor, we’re participating in something sacred.--Fred Rogers 

I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.--Charles Schwab 

I expect that all of us get pretty much what we deserve of appreciation.--A. C. Benson 

I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.--Elbert Hubbard 

Ignorant men do not know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.--Sophocles (Ajax) 

It's possible to have too much in life. Too many clothes jade our appreciation of new ones; too much money can out us out of touch with life; too much free time and dull the edge of the soul. We need sometimes to come very near the bone so tha we can taste the marrow of life, rather than its superfluities.--Joan Chittister 

Jesus, please teach me to appreciate what I have before time forces me to appreciate what I had.--Susan L. Lenzkes 

Just about the only interruption we don't object to is applause.--Sydney J. Harris 

Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.--Abraham Joshua Heschel 

A little praise goes a great ways.--Ralph Waldo Emerson ("Encyclopedia") 

Mankind will not perish for want of information, but only for want of appreciation. The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.--Abraham Heschel