Top 200 Appreciation Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.”

— H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Also featured in: Relationship Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Sweet Quotes, Affirmation Quotes

2. “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”

— Dr. Seuss

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Happiness Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Positive Life Quotes

3. “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.”

— Marcus Aurelius

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Happiness Quotes, Interesting Quotes, Happy Quotes

4. “There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Positive Quotes, Happiness Quotes, Action Quotes

5. “If you love a flower, don’t pick it up. Because if you pick it up it dies and it ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be. Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.”

— Osho

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Love Quotes, Meaning Quotes, Feel Good Quotes

6. “Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Also featured in: Creativity Quotes, Meaning Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes, Poetry Quotes, Optimism Quotes

7. “Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise.”

— Dale Carnegie

Also featured in: Self-Worth Quotes, Be Kind Quotes, Excellence Quotes

8. “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”

— Charles Dickens

Also featured in: Positive Life Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life, Kindness Quotes

9. “Appreciation is the purest vibration that exists on the planet today.”

— Esther Hicks

Also featured in: Emotion Quotes, Positive Thinking Quotes, Grateful Quotes, Feel Better Quotes

10. “I am so grateful for my beautiful life. I am cherished and loved. And I share my love and joy with everyone.”

— Louise Hay

Also featured in: Blessing Quotes, Self-Care Quotes, Grateful Quotes, Love You Quotes

11. “Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.”

— Margaret Cousins

Also featured in: Fulfillment Quotes, Beautiful Good Morning Quotes, Thankful Quotes, Thank You Quotes

12. “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Also featured in: Happy Sunday Quotes, Grateful Quotes, Thankful Quotes, Thankful Thursday Quotes

13. “Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don’t keep it a secret.”

— Mary Kay Ash

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes for Women, I Appreciate You Quotes, Thank You Quotes, Thankful Thursday Quotes

14. “The mountains are calling and I must go.”

— John Muir

Also featured in: Positive Short Quotes, Passion Quotes, Nature Quotes, Adventure Quotes

15. “Next time you think of beautiful things, don’t forget to count yourself in.”

— Anonymous

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Sweet Quotes, Being Yourself Quotes

16. “You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”

— Oscar Wilde

Also featured in: Famous Quotes, Smart Quotes, Beautiful Quotes

17. “When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.”

— Donald Miller

Also featured in: Relationship Quotes, Sweet Quotes, Quotes About People, Friends Quotes

18. “A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.”

— Brad Henry

Also featured in: Education Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Students, Beautiful Quotes

19. “The earth laughs in flowers.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Also featured in: Feel Good Quotes, Poetry Quotes, Beautiful Quotes

20. “The thing I remember best about successful people I've met all through the years is their obvious delight in what they're doing and it seems to have very little to do with worldly success. They just love what they're doing, and they love it in front of others.”

— Fred Rogers

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Personality Quotes, Passion Quotes

21. “Always give without remembering and always receive without forgetting.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Grateful Quotes, Kindness Quotes

22. “Music is the universal language of mankind.”

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Also featured in: Music Quotes, Quotes About Humanity, Culture Quotes, Art Quotes

23. “Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back.”

— Harvey MacKay

Also featured in: Time Quotes, Interesting Quotes, Short Quotes About Life, Inspirational Life Quotes, Friday Motivational Quotes

24. “Friendship is the purest love. It is the highest form of love where nothing is asked for, no condition, where one simply enjoys giving.”

— Osho

Also featured in: Relationship Quotes, Emotion Quotes, Friendship Quotes

25. “The world is big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.”

— John Muir

Also featured in: Deep Quotes About Life, Nature Quotes, Travel Quotes, Quotes About the World

26. “Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.”

— Khalil Gibran

Also featured in: Meaningful Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Poetry Quotes

27. “If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

Also featured in: Short Inspirational Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes, Quotes About Hope

28. “The noblest art is that of making others happy.”

— P.T. Barnum

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Positivity Quotes, Sweet Quotes, Cheer Quotes, Positive Short Quotes

29. “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.”

— John Muir

Also featured in: Short Inspiring Quotes, Meaningful Quotes, Environment Quotes, Important Quotes

30. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.”

— Walt Whitman

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Feel Better Quotes, Monday Motivation Quotes

31. “The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take it away from you.”

— B. B. King

Also featured in: Learning Quotes, Study Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Mind Quotes

32. “Photography is a love affair with life.”

— Burk Uzzle

Also featured in: Sweet Quotes, Passion Quotes, Art Quotes, Photography Quotes

33. “The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”

— Paulo Coelho

Also featured in: Deep Quotes About Life, Positive Life Quotes, Wisdom Quotes, Wise Quotes

34. “Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.”

— Confucius

Also featured in: Short Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Beauty Quotes

35. “Light tomorrow with today!”

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Also featured in: Time Quotes, Poetry Quotes, Quotes About Hope, Beautiful Quotes

36. “A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.”

— Phyllis Diller

Also featured in: Funny Quotes, Sweet Quotes, Feel Better Quotes, Smile Quotes

37. “What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”

— Helen Keller

Also featured in: Relationship Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Meaning Quotes, Reflection Quotes

38. “Mathematics rightly viewed possesses not only truth but supreme beauty.”

— Bertrand Russell

Also featured in: Famous Quotes, Math Quotes

39. “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Also featured in: Relationship Quotes, Friendship Quotes, Caring Quotes, Meaningful Friendship Quotes

40. “Be present in all things and thankful for all things.”

— Maya Angelou

Also featured in: Positive Life Quotes, Sweet Quotes, Caring Quotes

41. “Music acts like a magic key, to which the most tightly closed heart opens.”

— Maria von Trapp

Also featured in: Music Quotes, Positive Short Quotes, Quotes About Feelings, Moving Quotes

42. “I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.”

— Audrey Hepburn

Also featured in: Interesting Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Women, Cute Quotes, Happy Quotes

43. “Volunteers don’t get paid, not because they’re worthless, but because they’re priceless.”

— Sherry Anderson

Also featured in: Emotional Quotes, Sweet Quotes, Helping Others Quotes, Quotes About People

44. “Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it.”

— William Feather

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Emotion Quotes, Happy Quotes, Joy Quotes

45. “Peace is always beautiful.”

— Walt Whitman

Also featured in: Emotion Quotes, Serenity Quotes, Peace Quotes, Beautiful Quotes

46. “Want more credit for all you do and who you are? Be the one who gives credit to others.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Short Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Monday Quotes, Empowerment Quotes, Positive Work Quotes

47. “Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.”

— Anaïs Nin

Also featured in: Relationship Quotes, Friendship Quotes, Quotes About People, Friends Quotes

48. “In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.”

— Aristotle

Also featured in: Positive Short Quotes, Nature Quotes

49. “One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.”

— Bryant McGill

Also featured in: Values Quotes, Communication Quotes, Respect Quotes, Respect To Be Respected Quotes

50. “Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.”

— Eckhart Tolle

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes, Philosophical Quotes, Mindfulness Quotes