The city (of Vienna) had an unerring tradition of celebrating some of it's greatest composers after it had around them to die in poverty.

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

You have become more and therefore expect more, but never become too purpose-driven to step back and realize just how far you have progressed.

Some won’t appreciate you no matter how much you do for them. Release yourself. Go where you’re appreciated and understood. –

Life is not made up of minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years, but of moments. You must experience each one before you can appreciate it.

Our task and challenge as human beings is to appreciate, in the same instant, both the infinite significance and absolute insignificance of life.

...no matter how avid they themselves may be for praise and appreciation, people are often niggardly in giving it to others, however merited it is.

You are evidence of your mother's strength, especially if you are a rebellious knucklehead and regardless she has always maintained her sanity.

Hating skin color is contempt for God's divine creative imagination. Honoring it is appreciation for conscious, beautiful-love-inspired diversity.

The world doesn’t owe you anything. You have to work for everything you get and you have to appreciate every bit of success the world gives you.

People who get offended by your not saying 'Thank you!' … after they’ve paid you a compliment were merely desperate to be thanked.

We can't undo a single thing we have ever done, but we can make decisions today that propel us to the life we want and towards the healing we need.

We tend to forget that happiness doesn t come as a result of getting something we don t have but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have

Here is little habit that can make a big difference. Send sunbeams. Intentionally send a word of encouragement or appreciation every day to one person.

The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.