Top 200 Appreciation Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.”

— Dale Carnegie

152. “I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.”

— Anne Frank

153. “Never take anything for granted.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

154. “Rest and be thankful.”

— William Wordsworth

155. “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”

— William Arthur Ward

156. “Giving thanks for abundance is sweeter than the abundance itself...”

— Rumi

157. “Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”

— L.M. Montgomery

158. “Your presence is the most precious gift you can give to another human being.”

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

159. “To win in the marketplace you must first win in the workplace.”

— Douglas Conant

160. “Whatever our individual troubles and challenges may be, it’s important to pause every now and then to appreciate all that we have, on every level. We need to literally ‘count our blessings,’ give thanks for them, allow ourselves to enjoy them, and relish the experience of prosperity we already have.”

— Shakti Gawain

161. “Begin with praise and honest appreciation.”

— Dale Carnegie

162. “The greatest science in the world; in heaven and on earth; is love.”

— Mother Teresa

163. “Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can – there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.”

— Sarah Caldwell

164. “Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year – and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!”

— Tony Robbins

165. “Appreciating what shows up in your life changes your personal vibration. Gratitude elevates your life to a higher frequency.”

— Oprah Winfrey

166. “In the end only kindness matters.”

— Jewel

167. “Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.”

— Benjamin Franklin

168. “If I had a prayer, it would be this: “God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen.””

— Byron Katie

169. “When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.”

— Willie Nelson

170. “Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love. In the depths there is a spring with all the water your heart is thirsty for.”

— Rumi

171. “It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.”

— Confucius

172. “You can’t really appreciate a work of art until you can understand how difficult it was to create. And that’s probably true of any work of art – a rock, a tree, a bird, a fish, a sunrise made of light and air.”

— Laurence Overmire

173. “When we serve others, we serve ourselves. Do not think, I will help others – think rather, I will help my own, my world, because I cannot otherwise be happy.”

— Paramahansa Yogananda

174. “Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”

— Marcus Aurelius

175. “One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.”

— C.G. Jung

176. “Reflect upon your present blessings – of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”

— Charles Dickens

177. “It’s a misconception that Beauty is in the Eyes of beholder. In my view, Beauty must be in the Heart of beholder for her true appreciation.”

— Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate

178. “Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.”

— Tecumseh

179. “Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems.”

— Peter F. Drucker

180. “The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.”

— Mark Van Doren

181. “I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.”

— Alexander the Great

182. “Through education comes understanding. Through understanding comes true appreciation. All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once they grow up.”

— Pablo Picasso

183. “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”

— Carl R. Rogers

184. “I believe an appreciation for simplicity, the everyday – the ability to dive deeply into the banal and discover life’s hidden richness – is where success, let alone happiness, emerges.”

— Joshua Waitzkin

185. “If you work in an urgent-only culture, the only solution is to make the right things urgent.”

— Seth Godin

186. “Truly fertile Music, the only kind that will move us, that we shall truly appreciate, will be a Music conducive to Dream, which banishes all reason and analysis. One must not wish first to understand and then to feel. Art does not tolerate Reason.”

— Albert Camus

187. “When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

188. “Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

189. “In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.”

— Bertrand Russell

190. “Thank you for the tragedy. I need it for my art.”

— Kurt Cobain

191. “The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”

— Joseph Campbell

192. “It is good to look to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the future.”

— Gordon B. Hinckley

193. “Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.”

— Walt Disney

194. “Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now.”

— Earl Nightingale

195. “In a Nutshell – Fundamental Techniques In Handling People; Principle 1 – Don’t criticize, condemn or complain; Principle 2 – Give honest and sincere appreciation; Principle 3 – Arouse in the other person an eager want.”

— Dale Carnegie

196. “If some people are so hungry for a feeling of importance that they actually go insane to get it, imagine what miracle you and I can achieve by giving people honest appreciation this side of insanity.”

— Dale Carnegie

197. “It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.”

— Tom Brokaw

198. “Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.”

— Oscar Wilde

199. “Embrace your life, count your blessings, and don’t complain about what you don’t have.”

— Joyce Meyer

200. “That’s the way life works: gratitude and appreciation just bring more goodness. Remember: Everything we give out comes back. Gratitude has all sorts of little, surprising rewards.”

— Louise Hay