From our newsletter Outside the Lines

“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.”
-Gilbert K. Chesterton, British writer

“The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one’s appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship.”
-Amelia Earhart, American aviator

“The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.”
-Dalai Lama, Tibetan

“When one’s expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have.”
-Stephen Hawking, British physicist

“By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.”
-Voltaire, French philosopher

“I have a greater appreciation for kitchen appliances, having played one.”
-Antony Daniels (C3PO in Star Wars), British actor

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

“I married an archaeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me.”
-Agatha Christie, British writer

“Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got
Till it’s gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot.”
-Joni Mitchell, Canadian musician

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