Mark Twain Writer, Humorist “As to the human race. There are many pretty and winning things about the human race. It is perhaps the poorest of all the inventions of all the gods but it has never suspected it once. There is nothing prettier than its naive and complacent appreciation of itself. It comes out frankly and proclaims without bashfulness or any sign of a blush that it is the noblest work of God. It has had a billion opportunities to know better, but all signs fail with this ass. I could say harsh things about it but I cannot bring myself to do it-it is like hitting a child.” Children Winning Appreciation ♥ 3
Mark Twain Writer, Humorist “No man has an appreciation so various that his judgment is good upon all varieties of literary work.” Men Appreciation Editors ♥ 3
LY Lin Yutang Writer “As for international understanding, I feel that macaroni has done more for our appreciation of Italy than Mussolini.” Done Understanding Appreciation ♥ 3
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poet, Playwright, Novelist “Tolerance should really only be a passing attitude: it should lead to appreciation. To tolerate is to offend.” Attitude Appreciation Tolerance ♥ 3
Maya Angelou Poet, Memoirist “In the fifties, you have your beauty as a treat. I thought that until I hit the sixties.In your sixties, life decides to reward you with certain kinds of profound appreciation, so that people name their children and schools and libraries after you! And you still have your sexuality and your sensuality. If you want your sexuality, you still have it.” Children School Appreciation ♥ 3
MH Maya Harris Attorney, Politician “I think throughout my life I've had an appreciation for how all of these things have to come together in order to realize and then sustain change.” Thinking Order Appreciation ♥ 3
Morgan Freeman Actor, Narrator “I like working with directors because I'm really opinionated about what things work and may not work, what audiences like and may not like, (not really) but I do have opinions about things. I like to be able to say them and then have them acted on. The director who responds to me like that, always gets my appreciation. I do appreciate it. What I find is the best directors, no matter what kind of name they have, are like that.” Names Appreciate Appreciation ♥ 3
Mortimer Adler Philosopher, Educator “Let me roughly divide books into those which compete with the movies and those with which the movies cannot compete. They are the books that can elevate or instruct. If they are fine works of fiction, they can deepen your appreciation of human life. If they are serious works of nonfiction, they can inform or enlighten you.” Book Appreciation Nonfiction ♥ 3
Kurt Vonnegut Novelist, Satirist “The arts put man at the center of the universe, whether he belongs there or not. Military science, on the other hand, treats man as garbage - and his children, and his cities, too. Military science is probably right about the contemptibility of man in the vastness of the universe. Still - I deny that contemptibility, and I beg you to deny it, through the creation of appreciation of art.” Children Art Appreciation ♥ 3
Louise Hay Author, Motivational Speaker “What kind of thoughts make you feel good? Thoughts of love, appreciation, gratitude, joyful childhood experiences? Thoughts in which you rejoice that you're alive and bless your body with love? Do you truly enjoy this present moment and get excited about tomorrow? Thinking these kinds of thoughts is an act of loving yourself, and loving yourself creates miracles in your life.” Gratitude Appreciation Loving Yourself ♥ 3
Louise Hay Author, Motivational Speaker “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.” Gratitude Appreciation Remembers Everything ♥ 3
