When was the last time someone made you feel appreciated? Those moments stick with us, warming our hearts and brightening our days. Words of appreciation can transform an ordinary day into a memorable one.
This article gathers the best appreciation quotes to help you express gratitude and kindness. Sometimes, a few simple words can make a big difference. Let these quotes inspire you to show more appreciation in your life.
Appreciation Quotes for Friends
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell
“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” – Woodrow Wilson
“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” – Elbert Hubbard
“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” – Thomas Aquinas
“Friendship doubles your joys and divides your sorrows.” – Euripides
“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” – Helen Keller
“Friends are the family you choose.” – Jess C. Scott
“True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.” – David Tyson
“A good friend is like a four-leaf clover; hard to find and lucky to have.” – Irish Proverb
“The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.” - Hubert H. Humphrey
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'” – C.S. Lewis
“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.” – William Shakespeare
“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, for in the dew of little things, the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.” – Khalil Gibran
“True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart.” – Unknown
“Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.” – Elie Wiesel
“A friend is a gift you give yourself.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
“How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live ’em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give ’em.” – Shel Silverstein
“Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.” - Euripides
“There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first. When you learn to live for others, they will live for you.” – Paramahansa Yogananda
“Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.” – John Evelyn
“A friend doesn’t just say they are there; they prove it.” – Anonymous
“A friend to all is a friend to none.” – Aristotle
“Friendship is the comfort of knowing that even when you feel alone, you aren’t.” – Unknown
“Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.” – Ed Cunningham
“A friend is what the heart needs all the time.” - Henry Van Dyke
“Friends are the siblings God never gave us.” – Mencius
“Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.” - Thomas J. Watson
“Real friendship is when your friend comes over to your house and then you both just take a nap.” – Anonymous
“A true friend is someone who is there for you when he’d rather be anywhere else.” - Len Wein
“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.” - Khalil Gibran
“A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out.” – Grace Pulpit
“A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.” – Donna Roberts
“we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” - Martin Luther King Jr.
“Friendship isn’t about who you’ve known the longest; it’s about who walked into your life, said ’I’m here for you,’ and proved it.” – Unknown
Gratitude Quotes for Family
“Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” – Michael J. Fox
“To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.” – Barbara Bush
“Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life!” – Albert Einstein
“The love of family is life’s greatest blessing.” – Unknown
“Family is the heart that never breaks.” – Unknown
“Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.” – Jane Howard
“In family life, love is the oil that eases friction, the cement that binds closer together, and the music that brings harmony.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
“The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.” – George Santayana
“When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching—they are your family.” – Jim Butcher
“Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.” – David Ogden Stiers
“Having somewhere to go is home. Having someone to love is family. Having both is a blessing.” – Unknown
“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.” – Richard Bach
“The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.” – Lee Iacocca
“In time of test, family is best.” – Burmese Proverb
“Family is the most important thing in the world.” – Princess Diana
“Family is where life begins and love never ends.” – Unknown
“Family is a life jacket in the stormy sea of life.” – J.K. Rowling
“The family is the first essential cell of human society.” – Pope John XXIII
“Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.” – Brad Henry
“The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us all to become our best while looking our worst.” – Marge Kennedy
“The memories we make with our family are everything.” – Candace Cameron Bure
“Family: where life begins and love never ends.” – Unknown
“Family is like music, some high notes, some low notes, but always a beautiful song.” – Unknown
“The family is the nucleus of civilization.” – Will Durant
“We may have our differences, but nothing’s more important than family.” – Coco (2017)
“Family and friends are hidden treasures, seek them and enjoy their riches.” – Wanda Hope Carter
“When we have each other, we have everything.” – Unknown
“In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.” – Alex Haley
“There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues… are created, strengthened, and maintained.” – Winston Churchill
“Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” – Michael J. Fox
“A happy family is but an earlier heaven.” – George Bernard Shaw
“Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future.” – Gail Lumet Buckley
“What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” – Mother Teresa
“It didn’t matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it.” – Peter Buffett
“A family doesn’t have to be perfect; it just needs to be united.” – Unknown
Love and Appreciation Quotes
“Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.” — David Wilkerson
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” — David Viscott
“Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” — Voltaire
“I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.” — Arthur Rubinstein
“we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” — Helen Keller
“To the world, you may be one person, but to one person you are the world.” — Dr. Seuss
“Appreciation is a free gift that you can give to anyone you encounter — it is completely your choice.” — Barbara Glanz
“Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.” — Eileen Caddy
“Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference.” — Barbara De Angelis
“A loving heart is the truest wisdom.” — Charles Dickens
“The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.” — William James
“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” — Maya Angelou
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” — Rumi
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” — William Arthur Ward
“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” — Aristotle
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” — Aesop
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” — Steve Jobs
“To love and be loved is to behold the miracle of life itself.” — Original
“True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself.” — Honore de Balzac
“The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.” — Hubert H. Humphrey
“A simple ‘thank you’ can never repay the depth of love and care that comes our way.” — Original
“Love does not dominate; it cultivates.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” — Aesop
“One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love.” — Sophocles
“In love, one and one are one.” — Jean-Paul Sartre
“Love is the only reality, and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.” — Rabindranath Tagore
“The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.” — Henry Miller
“A grateful heart is a magnet for miracles.” — Original
“When we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.” — John F. Kennedy
“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” — Melody Beattie
“Appreciate those who love you. Help those who need you. Forgive those who hurt you. Forget those who leave you.” — Original
“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” — Oprah Winfrey
Quotes on Appreciating Life
“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” – John Lennon
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity. It makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” – Melody Beattie
“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
“Appreciate the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” – Robert Brault
“The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.” – Richard Bach
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust
“Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet.” – Sarah Louise Delany
“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.” – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.” – Alphonse Karr
“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” – Oprah Winfrey
“Sometimes, the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.” – Etty Hillesum
“Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day.” – Alice Morse Earle
“Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” – Voltaire
“Life is a journey, and if you fall in love with the journey, you will be in love forever.” – Peter Hagerty
“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” – Kurt Vonnegut
“The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see.” – Mary Davis
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” – Oscar Wilde
“Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy – because we will always want to have something else or something more.” – Brother David Steindl-Rast
“Sometimes the littlest things take up the most room in your heart.” – Winnie the Pooh
“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love…” – Marcus Aurelius
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” – Confucius
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.” – Cicero
“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” – Helen Keller
“The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.” – William James
“Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.” – Napoleon Hill
“it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Give yourself permission to live a big life. Step into who you are meant to be. Stop playing small. You’re meant for greater things.” – Author Unknown
“Life becomes easier and more beautiful when we can see the good in other people.” – Roy T. Bennett
“We must learn to appreciate life’s surprises without craving more.” – An Original Quote
“Take a step back today, look at all those beautiful things you have.” – Richard Branson
“Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.” – Zig Ziglar
“The real gift of gratitude is that the more grateful you are, the more present you become.” – Robert Holden
“Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.” – Emily Dickinson
“Not what we have but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.” – Epicurus
Thankfulness Quotes for Colleagues
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller
“No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.” – Alfred North Whitehead
“Teamwork makes the dream work.” – John C. Maxwell
“To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.” – Dr. Seuss
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
“it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
“A good colleague is a priceless treasure.” – Myself
“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” – Phil Jackson
“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” – Audre Lorde
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” – Aesop
“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” – Henry Ford
“Synergy – the bonus that is achieved when things work together harmoniously.” – Mark Twain
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.” – Jessica Guidobono
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” – Cicero
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams
“Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.” – Conan O’Brien
“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.” – Khalil Gibran
“A kind word is like a spring day.” – Russian Proverb
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
“The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.” – Thomas Paine
“To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.” – Aristotle
“No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward his pupils and a genuine desire to impart to them what he believes to be of value.” – Bertrand Russell
“Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” – Voltaire
“Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you. Spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.” – Amy Poehler
“Thank you for being the reason I smile.” – Myself
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” – William Arthur Ward
“The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.” – Elbert Hubbard
“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.” – Henry Ward Beecher
“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust
“There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn’t mind who gets the credit.” – Ronald Reagan
“A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.” – Jim Morrison
“We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.” – John F. Kennedy
The Bottom Line
Quotes about appreciation can truly lift our spirits and remind us to value the positives in life. They have the power to inspire and bring a smile to our faces. When we read these quotes, we often find a new way to look at the world with more gratitude.
Next time you’re feeling down or need a boost, take a moment to reflect on a few appreciation quotes. They might just be the reminder you need to see the good around you. Appreciation is a small step toward a happier, more fulfilling life.
