It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.
— Nelson Mandela
Fantastic Appreciative quotations
You learn something out of everything, and you come to realize more than ever that we're all here for a certain space of time, and, and then it's going to be over, and you better make this count.
beginnings are usually scary, and endings are usually sad, but its everything in between that makes it all worth living.
Happiness doesn't depend on what we have, but it does depend on how we feel toward what we have. We can be happy with little and miserable with much.
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
To appreciate the sun you gotta know what rain is.
The value of three things is justly appreciated by all classes of men: youth, by the old; health, by the diseased; and wealth, by the needy.
An orchid in a deep forest sends out its fragrance even if no one is around to appreciate it.
The study of geography is about more than just memorizing places on a map.
It's about understanding the complexity of our world, appreciating the diversity of cultures that exists across continents. And in the end, it's about using all that knowledge to help bridge divides and bring people together.
And I also appreciate the fact that, hell, you can kiss my ass!
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living. Tecumseh Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
Appreciate your surroundings and be grateful for it and that's when good things happen.
Trade your expectations for appreciation and your whole world will change.
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.
To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty.
Hate comes from Intimidation. Love comes from Appreciation.
You should also appreciate the goodness around you, and surround yourself with positive people.
I want to love you without clutching, appreciate you without judging, join you without invading, invite you without demanding, leave you without guilt, criticize you without blaming, and help you without insulting. If I can have the same from you, then we can truly meet and enrich each other.
To know the mighty works of God, to comprehend His wisdom and majesty and power;
to appreciate, in degree, the wonderful workings of His laws, surely all this must be a pleasing and acceptable mode of worship to the Most High, to whom ignorance cannot be more grateful than knowledge.
You don't need too many people to be happy. Just a few real ones who appreciate you for who you are.
There's a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they're absolutely free.
Don't miss so many of them.
I love the freedoms we got in this country, I appreciate your freedom to burn your flag if you want to, but I really appreciate my right to bear arms so I can shoot you if you try to burn mine.
We ought not to be embarrassed of appreciating the truth and of obtaining it wherever it comes from, even if it comes from races distant and nations different from us. Nothing should be dearer to the seeker of truth than the truth itself, and there is no deterioration of the truth, nor belittling either of one who speaks it or conveys it
Existence is movement. Action is movement. Existence is defined by the rhythm of forces in natural balance. (...) It is our appreciation for dance that allows us to see clearly the rhythms of nature and to take natural rhythm to a plane of well-organised art and culture.
It is our duty to give meaning to the life of future generations by sharing our knowledge and experience; by teaching an appreciation of work well done and a respect for nature, the source of all life; by encouraging the young to venture off the beaten path and avoid complacency by challenging their emotions.
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.
Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird?
The Happiest people DO NOT necessarily have the BEST THINGS.
They simply APPRECIATE the things they have.
I try hard to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion we can ever know.
The lifting up of the woman does not require the tearing down of the man.
In fact, a strong woman appreciates a strong man. Conversely, a strong man is not intimidated by a strong woman.
Above all, I wanted to be appreciated as a prima ballerina who happened to be a Native American, never as someone who was an American Indian ballerina.
Relish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine;
it becomes more satisfying, more refreshing, more valuable, more appreciated and more intoxicating!
