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Get equal understanding and insight from these thank you quotes to inspire you to appreciate everything in this life. You may not always be happy, but those appreciation quotes will allow you to genuinely appreciate the many benefits all around you.

How fortunate were you when you last thought about how well your body and arms work?

Or thank you every day for your eyes and ears?

Or, because of the proper operation of your mouth and vocal cords?

If only one of the specified components of the body ended suddenly, your life would be affected immediately and profoundly. It is so easy to deny that an enormous proportion of our lives and bodies work perfectly as they should.

We too often don’t spend time stopping and appreciating things, large and small.

If we learn to discover beauty, thankfulness, and esteem in both the tiny and the large, we learn to live a life of thanksgiving and we learn the lesson for which we have a lot to thank.

Here are a handful of ideas to enhance your appreciation of deep seeds.

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Inspiring quotes for appreciation Acknowledge the goodness in our lives

1. “One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from the alliance of the one, working with and through the other, are great things born.” – Antoine de Sainte-Exupery
2. “Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.” – Ernest Hemingway
3. “Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust
4. “As 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
5. “We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.” – Albert Schweitzer
6. “Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.” – Northrup Christiane
7. “What you truly acknowledge truly is yours. Invite your heart to be grateful and your thank you’s will be heard even when you don’t use words.” – Pavithra Mehta
8. “A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things.” – Plato
9. “To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.” – Johannes Gaertner

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Appreciation quotes about life

10. “When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” – Willie Nelson

Thank you for quotes during tough times

11. “If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” – Meister Eckhart

12. “I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.” – Rita Mae Brown

13. “Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.” – Oprah Winfrey

14. “It is necessary, then, to cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.” – Wallace D. Wattles

15. “Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing… a grateful heart!” – George Herbert

16. “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

17. “They are not poor that have little, but they that desire much. The richest man, whatever his lot, is the one who’s content with his lot.” – Dutch Proverb

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Appreciation and Thankfulness Quotes

18. “If you can’t reward then you should thank.” – Arabic Proverb

19. “Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.” – Unknown

20. “Stop thinking gratitude as a buy product of your circumstances and start thinking of it as a world view.” – Bryan Robles

21. “Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.” – W.T. Purkiser

22. “Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.” – John Wooden

23. “Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.” – Alphonse Karr

24. “…it is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.” – David Steindl-Rast

25. “If you haven’t all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don’t have that you wouldn’t want.” – Unknown

26. “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity…Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.” – Melodie Beattie

27. “When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them.” – Chinese Proverb

28. “Gratitude is happiness double by wonder.” – G.K. Chesterton

29. “In our daily lives, we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but the gratefulness that makes us happy.” – Albert Clarke

Gratitude and achievement appreciation quotes

30. “Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.” – Jacques Maritain

31. “Maybe being grateful means recognizing what you have for what it is. Appreciating small victories. Admiring the struggle it takes to simply be human…At the end of the day, the fact that we have the courage to still be standing is reason enough to celebrate.” – Meredith Grey
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32. “You have no cause for anything but gratitude and joy.” – Buddha

33. “You won’t be happy with more until you’re happy with what you’ve got.” – Viki King

34. “Live your life so that the fear of death can never enter your heart. When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light. Give thanks for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. And if perchance you see no reason for giving thanks, rest assured the fault is in yourself.” – Tecumseh Shawnee Chief

35. “There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.” – Ralph Blum

36. “Happiness is the realization of God in the heart. Happiness is the result of praise and thanksgiving, of faith, of acceptance; a quiet tranquil realization of the love of God.” – White Eagle

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Appreciation and Saying Quotes for friendship

37. “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” – William Arthur Ward

38. “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” – G.K. Chesterton

39. “Enough’ is a feast.”– Buddhist proverb

40. “If you count all your assets, you always show a profit.” – Robert Quillen

41. “Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” – Robert Brault

42. “Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” – Author Unknown

Quotes about appreciation to help you count your blessings

43. “Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” – Charles Dickens

44. “Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.” – Eckhart Tolle

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45. “If a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful for what he’s going to get.” – Frank A. Clark

46. “If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily.” – Gerald Good

47. “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

48. “The world has enough beautiful mountains and meadows, spectacular skies and serene lakes. It has enough lush forests, flowered fields, and sandy beaches. It has plenty of stars and the promise of a new sunrise and sunset every day. What the world needs more of are people to appreciate and enjoy it.” – Michael Josephson

49. “Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy.” – Fred De Witt Van Amburgh

50. “The way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement.” – Charles Schwab

51. “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus

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52. “At times, our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” – Albert Schweitzer

53. “The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.” – William James

54. “Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” – Oprah Winfrey

55. “Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.” – Buddha

Quotes of appreciation for loved ones

56. “Silent gratitude isn’t very much to anyone.” – Gertrude Stein

57. “Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.” – Henri Frederic Amiel

58. “You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

59. “What makes me happy is the appreciation of people around me.” – Nadia Comaneci

60. “Appreciate what you have, where you are and who you are with in this moment.” – Tony Clark

61. “Show appreciation and for those you care
Let your love be known so they are aware.” –Catherine Pulsifer

62. “Think of a special friend or person you admire. Think of the love and appreciation you have for them. Think of the qualities that make them stand out for you.” – Jenny Clift

63. “Being thankful not only shows good manners, but a simple expression of thankfulness can go a long way in relationships and communication with others. It not only enhances our own lives, but makes other people feel appreciated.” – Daniella Whyte

Inspirational and educational appreciation quotes

64. “Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.” – Alan Cohen

65. “By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.” – Voltaire

66. “If you do not appreciate every day of your life, who said that the days and years will be an asset for the future?” Sunday Adelaja

67. “Instead of being impatient because you have to wait for something, be grateful for the extra time you have now to notice and appreciate your surroundings.” – Danielle Tinning

68. “The real gift of gratitude is that the more grateful you are, the more present you become.” – Robert Holden

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

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70. “Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals. If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more.”-Roy T. Bennett

71. “When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.” —Maya Angelou

72. “Saying thank you is more than good manners, it is good spirituality.” —Alfred Painter

Quotes about appreciation to inspire you

73. “Change your expectation for appreciation and the world changes instantly.” —Tony Robbins

74. “When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.” —Kristin Armstrong

75. “Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” —Voltaire

76. “Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.” —Randy Pausch

77. “We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” —Thorton Wilder

78. “Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” ― Marcus Aurelius

79. “The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.” ― Emerson

80. “Be happy with who you are and what you do, and you can do anything you want.” ― Steve Maraboli

Quotes about appreciation that are inspiring

81. “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.” —Cicero

82. “Appreciate the plant that grows in your balcony only for you” ― Vineet Raj Kapoor

83. “When you have something use it with appreciation before you lose it and always remember those who don’t have it” ― Mary Uwamahoro

84. “Most people are unhappy because they’re focused on what they want rather than appreciating what they have.” ― Marty Rubin

85. “Love those who appreciate you, and appreciate those who love you.”
― Connor Chalfant

86. “The mind is like a flower. It does not bloom without the lights of appreciation, encouragement, and love.” ― Debasish Mridha

87. “I cannot tell you that I am owed anything. But I can tell you that I owe everything.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough

88. “The best way to appreciate life is to be grateful.” ― Wisdom Kwashie Mensah

89. “An appreciation of what you have brings the ultimate abundance in your life.” ― Debasish Mridha

90. “Gratitude is the appreciation of things that are not deserved, earned or demanded – those wonderful things that we take for granted.” ― Renée Paule

Quotes of appreciation for friends and loved ones

91. “If the world had more people like you it would be a better place. You do make a difference.” – Catherine Pulsifer

92. “The truth is, not saying ‘thank you’ does more damage than actually saying ‘thank you’ does good.” – Tommy Wyatt

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93. “You changed my life without even trying, and I don’t think I could ever tell you how much you mean to me. I can’t imagine what things would be like if I hadn’t met you.” – Steve Maraboli

94. “We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.” – John F. Kennedy

95. “Saying thank you, or offering other words of appreciation, along with sincere compliments and other grateful or kind words are the best way to fortify relationships.” – Chris Johnston

96. “From young to old, there are two words that carry a person forth in grace and honor; please and thank you.” – Byron Pulsifer

97. “If you want to thank me, go do something for somebody else.” – Don Meyer

98. “When we start paying attention to the services we receive, stop and really see the person who is doing it and take the time to say thank you, our entire day will change.” – Brenda Shoshanna

99. “All my lifetime through, I’ll be thanking heaven for a special friend like you.” – Unknown

100. “We may not remember everything you said, but we will remember how special you made us feel. Thank you.” – Unknown

101. “Your friendship has touched my life in ways you will never know. I wouldn’t trade material wealth for the friend I have in you!” – Kate Summers

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102. “You saw what I didn’t see and you brought out the best in me.” – Unknown

103. “Find time to thank God for all the blessings you receive on a day to day basis.” – Steven Johnson

104. “When I count my blessings, I count you twice.” – Unknown
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105. “There are many things which I am thankful in my life, and you are at the top of the list.” – Unknown

Gratitude and happiness appreciation quotes

106. “True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing.” – Seneca

107. “If you want to find happiness, find gratitude.” – Steve Maraboli

108. “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.” – David Steindl-Rast

109. “Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.” – Joseph Wood Krutch

110. “Gratitude is one of the sweet shortcuts to finding peace of mind and happiness inside. No matter what is going on outside of us, there’s always something we could be grateful for.” – Barry Neil Kaufman

111. “Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust

112. “Gratitude is the state of mind of thankfulness. As it is cultivated, we experience an increase in our “sympathetic joy,” our happiness at another’s happiness. Just as in the cultivation of compassion, we may feel the pain of others, so we may begin to feel their joy as well. And it doesn’t stop there.” – Stephen Levine

113. “Be thankful for everything that happens in your life; it’s all an experience.” – Roy T. Bennett

114. “Gratitude unlocks all that’s blocking us from really feeling truthful, really feeling authentic and vulnerable and happy.” – Gabrielle Bernstein

115. “Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.” – Brian Tracy

Quotes about appreciation to inspire you

116. “It’s a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.”― Germany Kent

117. “The joy of living is the gratitude of the moment.”― Lailah Gifty Akita

118. “Be thankful for your allotment in an imperfect world. Though better circumstances can be imagined, far worse are nearer misses than you probably care to realize.”― Richelle E. Goodrich

119. “By being grateful, appreciating all we have instead of focusing on what is lacking, we allow more of the same to flow toward us.”― William Powers

120. “If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.”― W. Clement Stone

121. “Practice appreciation for who you are and what you have… and allow your life to unfold in the most amazing way.”― Millen Livis

122. “In moments of surprise we catch at least a glimpse of the joy to which gratefulness opens the door.”― David Steindl-Rast

123. “Richness does not come from wealth or splendor, but from an appreciation of those things that you cannot buy.”― Debasish Mridha

124. “When you have the courage to consistently express gratitude for everything you already have, the Universe will gift you, even more, to be grateful for.”― Clyde Lee Dennis

125. “Simply give to yourselves that which you need – which is love and appreciation without judgment.”― Réné Gaudette

Quotes of appreciation to broaden your outlook

126. “Let us be grateful to the people that make us happy…” – Marcel Proust

127. “The achievement is appreciation. Your ability to be surprised and awed by beauty!” – William Hurt

128. “Gratitude can turn common days into thanksgivings…” – William Arthur Ward

129. “Appreciation has become my destiny in life. Perhaps it’s the instinct of a polar bear enjoying hibernation in the vast snows.” – Liu Xiaobo

130. “It isn’t what you have in your pocket that makes you thankful, but what you have in your heart.” – Unknown

131. “I wake up every day with great appreciation for life and appreciation to play this game.” – Will Grier

132. “We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” – Cynthia Ozick

133. “So I show appreciation for the little gifts that have been handed to me.” – Terrence Howard

134. “Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don’t unravel.” – Unknown

135. “Those who drink richly from the cup of thankfulness find themselves refreshed and their cup refilled.” – Skip Prichard

Quotes about appreciation that will brighten your day

136. “Piglet noticed that even though he had a very small heart, it could hold a rather large amount of gratitude.” – A.A. Milne

137. “What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. We all lean towards love.” – Richard Gere

138. “If you really are thankful, what do you do? You share.” – W. Clement Stone

139. “All the appreciation I have been receiving has been very encouraging. It pushes me to do better.” – Armaan Malik

140. “I can no other answer make but thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks.” – William Shakespeare

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141. “When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that’s a big thing for me.” – Yami Gautam

142. “The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.” – Dalai Lama

143. “I think the best way to show appreciation for things going well is to make things better.” – David Droga

144. “Thank you for accepting me as I am, with my virtues and defects.” – Jenni Rivera

145. “Understand your worth. Value your life. Appreciate your blessings.” – Anonymous

Life quotes of appreciation

146. “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton

147. “I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.” – Elbert Hubbard

148. “Every day, set your mind in the right direction. Find something to be grateful for.” – Joel Osteen

149. “Celebrate what you want to see more of.” – Tom Peters

150. “Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.” – John Wooden

151. “A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances. A complaining soul complains even in paradise.”- Bahá’u’lláh

152. “Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

153. “Begin with praise and honest appreciation.” – Dale Carnegie

154. “Be nice to everyone, always smile & appreciate things because it could all be gone tomorrow.” – Cory Monteith

155. “Appreciation is the currency of success.” – Shaka Smart

Quotes about appreciation to help you express your thanks

156. “We are born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Everything in-between is a gift.” – Yul Brynner

157. “One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life.” – Jerome K. Jerome

158. “Any of us will put out more and better ideas if our efforts are appreciated.” – Alex Faickney Osborn

159. “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” – Maya Angelou

160. “If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.” – Mark Twain

161. “The loftiness of understanding embraces all. It requires as much spirit to suffer the failings of others as it does to appreciate their good qualities.” – Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

162. “Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.” – William Makepeace Thackeray

163. “If you don’t get everything you want, think of the things you don’t get that you don’t want.” – Oscar Wilde

164. “We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.” –William Hazlitt

165. “Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.” – Barbara Bush

Quotes about appreciation to enlighten you

166. “One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay ‘in kind’ somewhere else in life.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

167. “Expressing gratitude seems like a cosmic invitation for all kinds of thankfulness and appreciation to pour in.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

168. “Treat everyone you meet as if they have infinite value because in God’s eyes they do.” – Joyce Meyer

169. “Learning the art of expressing gratitude will force you to focus on the positive.” – Jim Rohn

170. “May your heart be an altar, from which the bright flame of unending thanksgiving ascends to heaven.” – Mary Euphrasia Pelletier

171. “Wealth can also be that attitude of gratitude with which we remind ourselves every day to count our blessings.” – Chris Gardner

172. “If we want our children to value education, then we must show our appreciation for knowledge.” – Brad Sherman

173. “Gratitude is the appreciation of what is, of life, of existence, of anybody and anything, for just the way it is.” – Adyashanti

174. “Nine-tenths of wisdom is appreciation.” – Dale Dauten

175. “Imitate until you emulate; match and surpass those who launched you. It’s the highest form of thankfulness.” – Mark Victor Hansen

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Quotes about appreciation that will change the way you think

176. “Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.” – Dale Carnegie

177. “Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.” –Martha Beck

178. “When everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on the increase.” – Bernard Berenson

179. “To love one that is great is almost to be great one’s self.” – Suzanne Curchod

180. “Upgrade your past by seeing it with appreciation.” – Alan Cohen

181. “The very first step toward giving to others is grateful recognition of our own assets.” –
Nancy Brinker

182. “The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.” – Zig Ziglar

183. “Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.” – George Foreman

184. “No one who appreciates the shortness of this life and the eternality of the next can ever say, ‘I’m bored’.” – Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi

185. “A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues.” –Marcus Tullius Cicero

More quotes of appreciation

186. “Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.” – Bill Walsh

187. “All leadership is appreciative leadership. It’s the capacity to see the best in the world around us, in our colleagues, and in the groups we are trying to lead.” – David Cooperrider

188. “Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.” – William Safire

189. “In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong.” – John Ruskin

190. “There is really a whole new appreciation when you leave and then come back.” – Hunter Tylo

191. “Don’t get me wrong, I admire elegance and have an appreciation of the finer things in life. But to me, beauty lies in simplicity.” – Mark Hyman, M.D.

192. “What’s important is self-appreciation.” – Donnie Wahlberg

193. “When someone comes along who genuinely thanks us, we will follow that person a very long way.” – Alan Loy McGinnis

194. “When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity.” – Martha Beck

195. “Gratitude BRINGS MORE to be grateful about, so today I make the point of expressing gratitude for everything in my LIFE!” – Louise Hay

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Environmentally Motivating Jane Goodall Quotes

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These Jane Goodall quotes will help you understand the relationship between humans and nature.

Jane Goodall is a renowned primatologist who has spent her life studying chimpanzees and the environment. Her words will change your perspective on animals, humans, and the state of the planet. Jane Goodall quotes highlight her groundbreaking research as well as her compassion for all animals. We now have a better understanding of how mankind is connected to nature as a result of her efforts.

How did Jane Goodall impact the world?

Jane Goodall has changed the world as an environmental activist and conservation leader. These inspiring quotes by the renowned primatologist will fascinate and delight you. Jane Goodall’s thought-provoking research has brought humans and animals closer together over the years.

Read her words of wisdom and advice to better understand your place in the natural world. Distribute these Jane Goodall quotes to anyone you know who cares about animals and the environment.

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Jane Goodall quotes on the relationship between humans and nature

1. “Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have?” – Jane Goodall

2. “I think empathy is really important, and I think only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our full potential.” – Jane Goodall

3. “To me, cruelty is the worst of human sins. Once we accept that a living creature has feelings and suffers pain, then by knowingly and deliberately inflicting suffering on that creature, we are guilty, whether it be human or animal.” – Jane Goodall

4. “The greatest danger to our future is apathy.” – Jane Goodall

5. “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” – Jane Goodall

6. “Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion. And love.” – Jane Goodall

7. “If we kill off the wild, then we are killing a part of our souls.” – Jane Goodall

8. “Chimpanzees, more than any other living creature, have helped us to understand that there is no sharp line between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom. It’s a very blurry line, and it’s getting more blurry all the time.” – Jane Goodall

9. “To reconnect with nature is key if we want to save the planet.” – Jane Goodall

10. “You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you.” – Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall quotes to change your view of the world.

11. “I do have reasons for hope: our clever brains, the resilience of nature, the indomitable human spirit, and above all, the commitment of young people when they’re empowered to take action.” – Jane Goodall

12. “We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place ― or not to bother.” – Jane Goodall

13. “In what terms should we think of these beings, nonhuman yet possessing so very many human-like characteristics? How should we treat them? Surely we should treat them with the same consideration and kindness as we show to other humans; and as we recognize human rights, so too should we recognize the rights of the great apes? Yes.” – Jane Goodall

14. “Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved.” – Jane Goodall

15. “Chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans have been living for hundreds of thousands of years in their forest, living fantastic lives, never overpopulating, never destroying the forest. I would say that they have been in a way more successful than us as far as being in harmony with the environment.” – Jane Goodall

16. “Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.” – Jane Goodall

17. “If the factory farm does indeed unravel – and it must – then there is hope that we can, gradually, reverse the environmental damage it has caused. Once the animal feed operations have gone and livestock are once again able to graze, there will be a massive reduction in the agricultural chemicals currently used to grow grain for animals. And eventually, the horrendous contamination caused by animal waste can be cleaned up. None of this will be easy.” – Jane Goodall

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18. “We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.” – Jane Goodall

19. “What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, a consequence of our sophisticated spoken language.” – Jane Goodall

20. “Farm animals are far more aware and intelligent than we ever imagined and, despite having been bred as domestic slaves, they are individual beings in their own right. As such, they deserve our respect. And our help. Who will plead for them if we are silent? Thousands of people who say they ‘love’ animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who have been treated so with little respect and kindness just to make more meat.” – Jane Goodall

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21. “Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.” – Jane Goodall

22. “One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun.” – Jane Goodall

23. “I’m always pushing for human responsibility. Given that chimpanzees and many other animals are sentient and sapient, then we should treat them with respect.” – Jane Goodall

24. “And if we dare to look into those eyes, then we shall feel their suffering in our hearts. More and more people have seen that appeal and felt it in their hearts. All around the world there is an awakening of understanding and compassion, and understanding that reaches out to help the suffering animals in their vanishing homelands. That embraces hungry, sick, and desperate human beings, people who are starving while the fortunate among us have so much more than we need. And if, one by one, we help them, the hurting animals, the desperate humans, then together we shall alleviate so much of the hunger, fear, and pain in the world. Together we can bring change to the world, gradually replacing fear and hatred with compassion and love. Love for all living beings.” – Jane Goodall

25. “I think the most important thing is to keep active and to hope that your mind stays active.” – Jane Goodall

26. “When you meet chimps you meet individual personalities. When a baby chimp looks at you it’s just like a human baby. We have a responsibility to them.” – Jane Goodall

27. “From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived strength in moments of sadness or fear. That’s what I believe, and it was very, very strong in the forest.” – Jane Goodall

28. “People say maybe we have a soul and chimpanzees don’t. I feel that it’s quite possible that if we have souls, chimpanzees have souls as well.” – Jane Goodall

29. “If we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice.” – Jane Goodall

30. “Someday we shall look back on this dark era of agriculture and shake our heads. How could we have ever believed that it was a good idea to grow our food with poisons?” – Jane Goodall

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31. “Each one of us matters, has a role to play, and makes a difference. Each one of us must take responsibility for our own lives, and above all, show respect and love for living things around us, especially each other.” – Jane Goodall

32. “All the time I was getting closer to animals and nature, and as a result, closer to myself and more and more in tune with the spiritual power that I felt all around. For those who have experienced the joy of being alone with nature there is really little need for me to say much more; for those who have not, no words of mine can even describe the powerful, almost mystical knowledge of beauty and eternity that come, suddenly, and all unexpected. The beauty was always there, but moments of true awareness were rare. They would come, unannounced; perhaps when I was watching the pale flush preceding dawn; or looking up through the rustling leaves of some giant forest tree into the greens and browns and the black shadows and the occasionally ensured bright fleck of blue sky; or when I stood, as darkness fell, with one hand on the still warm trunk of a tree and looked at the sparkling of an early moon on the never still, softly sighing water of Lake Tanganyika.” – Jane Goodall

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33. “I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.” – Jane Goodall

34. “Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long your values don’t change.” – Jane Goodall

35. “We are, indeed, often cruel and evil. Nobody can deny this. We gang up on each one another, we torture each other, with words as well as deeds, we fight, we kill. But we are also capable of the most noble, generous, and heroic behavior.” – Jane Goodall

36. “I don’t think that faith, whatever you’re being faithful about, really can be scientifically explained. And I don’t want to explain this whole life business through truth, science. There’s so much mystery. There’s so much awe.” – Jane Goodall

37. “Words can be said in bitterness and anger, and often there seems to be an element of truth in the nastiness. And words don’t go away, they just echo around.” – Jane Goodall

38. “You cannot share your life with a dog, as I had done in Bournemouth, or a cat, and not know perfectly well that animals have personalities and minds and feelings.” – Jane Goodall

39. “We have a responsibility toward the other life-forms of our planet whose continued existence is threatened by the thoughtless behavior of our own human species … Environmental responsibility ― for if there is no God, then, obviously, it is up to us to put things right.” – Jane Goodall

40. “And always I have this feeling ― which may not be true at all ― that I am being used as a messenger.” – Jane Goodall

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41. “Cultural speciation had been crippling to human moral and spiritual growth. It had hindered freedom of thought, limited our thinking, imprisoned us in the cultures into which we had been born.” – Jane Goodall

42. “We find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was ‘just human.’” – Jane Goodall

43. “And I thought how sad it was that, for all our sophisticated intellect, for all our noble aspirations, our aggressive behavior was not just similar in many ways to that of the chimpanzees – it was even worse. Worse because human beings have the potential to rise above their baser instincts, whereas chimpanzees probably do not.” – Jane Goodall

44. “There is a powerful force unleashed when young people resolve to make a change.” – Jane Goodall

45. “Most of us don’t realize the difference we could make. We love to shrug off our own responsibilities, to point fingers at others. ‘Surely,’ we say, ‘the pollution, waste, and other ills are not our fault. They are the fault of the industry, business, science. They are the fault of the politicians,’ This leads to a destructive and potentially deadly apathy.” – Jane Goodall

46. “But let us not forget that human love and compassion are equally deeply rooted in our primate heritage, and in this sphere too our sensibilities are of a higher order of magnitude than those of chimpanzees.” – Jane Goodall

47. “We still have a long way to go. But we are moving in the right direction. If only we can overcome cruelty, to human and animal, with love and compassion we shall stand at the threshold of a new era in human moral and spiritual evolution ― and realize, at last, our most unique quality: humanity.” – Jane Goodall

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48. “I became totally absorbed into this forest existence. It was an unparalleled period when aloneness was a way of life; a perfect opportunity, it might seem, for meditating on the meaning of existence and my role in it all.” – Jane Goodall

49. “The hardest part of returning to a truly healthy environment may be changing the current totally unsustainable heavy-meat-eating culture of increasing numbers of people around the world. But we must try. We must make a start, one by one.” – Jane Goodall

50. “The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.” – Jane Goodall

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51. “We can’t leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world’s people, while bringing it down considerably for the 20% who are destroying our natural resources.” – Jane Goodall

52. “I think the best evenings are when we have messages, things that make us think, but we can also laugh and enjoy each other’s company.” – Jane Goodall

53. “Without patience I could never have succeeded.” – Jane Goodall

54. “Some people say… that violence and war are inevitable. I say rubbish: Our brains are fully capable of controlling instinctive behavior. We’re not very good at it though, are we?” – Jane Goodall

55. “It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” – Jane Goodall

56. “As thy days, so shall thy strength be.” – Jane Goodall

57. “That is our hope. Because if we all start listening and helping, then surely, together, we can make the world a better place for all living things. Can’t we?” – Jane Goodall

58. “You may not believe in evolution, and that’s all right. How we humans came to be the way we are is far less important than how we should act now to get out of the mess we have made for ourselves.” – Jane Goodall

59. “Any little thing that brings us back into communion with the natural world and the spiritual power that permeates all life will help us to move a little further along the path of human moral and spiritual evolution.” – Jane Goodall

60. “Nature can win if we give her a chance” – Jane Goodall

Which of these inspirational Jane Goodall quotes speaks to you the most?

Jane Goodall’s incredible insights will delight animal lovers and environmental activists alike. The well-known primatologist is known for her studies on chimpanzees and the impact of humans on the natural world. This collection of Jane Goodall quotes should have inspired you to do your part to save the planet. Anything is possible if we try our hardest and follow our hearts.

Climate change, pollution, and poaching are all having an impact on our planet. The quotes from Jane Goodall above should arouse your interest in the relationship between humans and the environment. Share these thought-provoking quotes with your friends and family to give them a fresh look at the state of the planet.

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Greek Mythology’s Medusa Quotes Regarding the Unusual Guardian

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4 months ago

June 5, 2023

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With the help of these Medusa quotes, you can decide whether she is powerful and dangerous, or beautiful and betrayed.

Medusa is one of the gorgons in Greek mythology. She was a protector, and unlike her family, she was beautiful and mortal.

According to legend, after a love affair with Poisedon, Athena transformed Medusa into a mythical creature with snakes for hair. Anyone who looked into her eyes was turned to stone.

According to legend, she was eventually beheaded, but her eyes retained the ability to turn people into stone and were used as a weapon.

Medusa quotes about the legendary Greek guardian.

1. “You only have to look at the Medusa straight on to see her. And she’s not deadly. She’s beautiful and she’s laughing.” – Helene Cixous

2. “Beauty is that Medusa’s head which men go armed to seek and sever, and dead will starve and sting forever.” – Archibald MacLeish

3. “A beautiful mortal, Medusa was the exception in the family, until she incurred the wrath of Athena, either due to her boastfulness or because of an ill-fated love affair with Poseidon. Transformed into a vicious monster with snakes for hair, she was killed by Perseus, who afterward used her still potent head as a weapon, before gifting it to Athena.” – greekmythology.com

4. “You may gaze at her reflection in still waters of the lake, but don’t look at her directly or death will be your fate.” – Angel Witch

5. “In mythology, the Medusa can petrify people with a look – which is a good thing, I think. But the Medusa is a unique symbol – something strong. It’s about going all the way.” – Donatella Versace

6. “Medusa – whose name probably comes from the Ancient Greek word for ‘guardian’” – greekmythology.com

7. “Every part of her was still except her hair, which blew round her face in the damp night like Medusa’s serpentine locks rearing to strike.” – Katherine Pine

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8. “Medusa was fascinating to work with because I gave her a snake’s body so that she could pull herself with her hands which gave her a very creepy aura. I didn’t want to animate cosmic gowns. Most Medusas you see in the classics have flowing robes which would be mad to even try to animate.” – Ray Harryhausen

9. “She was usually represented as a winged female creature having a head of hair consisting of snakes; unlike the Gorgons, she was sometimes represented as very beautiful.” – Britannica

10. “Pegasus’s dad was poseidon, the god of the sea, and his mom was Medusa and evil Gorgon who had fangs and lizard skin and living snakes for hair. And you thought your family was weird.” – Evan Kuhlman

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11. “Margaret Thatcher has shown that there is power and dignity to be won by defying the status quo and the majority rather than by adapting to them. If the British left, which she froze into immobility like Medusa, could bring itself to learn from this, then we might not have to look upon her like again.” – Christopher Hitchens

12. “The look she gave him in reply would have petrified Medusa.” – Karsten Knight

13. “The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little.” – Ray Bradbury

14. “Writer’s block results from too much head. Cut off your head. Pegasus, poetry, was born of Medusa when her head was cut off. You have to be reckless when writing. Be as crazy as your conscience allows.” – Joseph Campbell

15. “The literary scene is a kind of Medusa’s raft, small and sinking, and one’s instinct when a newcomer tries to clamber aboard is to step on his fingers.” – John Updike

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16. “You cursed my soul, my mind is dead. Eyes like a weapon, snakes on my head. A priestess I was, the pride of Athena. Now I’m banned to live the life of a beast.” – Grave Digger

17. “You’re going native! Now, put down that ridiculous tray and help me kill this demigod. Or have you forgotten that he’s the one who vaporized Medusa?” – Rick Riordan

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18. “If a woman shows too often the Medusa’s head, she must not be astonished if her lover is turned into stone.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

19. “Tom just stood there, sword in hand, a huge grin on his lips. He stared at Medusa and Medusa stared at him, and in this moment that made his dreams come true, Tom could only think of one thing to say.” – S.J. Kincaid

20. “Hey, Dad, can I borrow the severed head of Medusa tonight? I’m going out with my friends. Okay, honey, just bring it back by midnight, and don’t petrify anyone.” – Rick Riordan

21. “We must kill the false woman who is preventing the live one from breathing.” – Helene Cixous

22. “Fascinated by the glitter of gain, man gazes at the Medusa-like face of greed and stands petrified.” – Manly P. Hall

23. “I’ve been prepping for my role as Medusa.” – Joaquin Phoenix

24. “You’re probably wondering: why were Medusa’s kids a golden warrior and a winged horse? And how had they been stuck in Medusa’s body all those years? Heck, I dunno. I’m just telling you how it was. You want stuff to make sense, you’re in the wrong universe” – Rick Riordan

25. “To meet God or Medusa face to face, even if it means risking everything human in myself. I dream of a hard and brutal mysticism in which the naked self merges with the nonhuman world and yet somehow survives still intact individual, separate. Paradox and bedrock.” – Edward Abbey

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What did these Medusa quotes teach you?

Medusa is a well-known figure from Greek mythology. She has frequently appeared in films and television shows.

There’s just something about a woman with snakes for hair that draws people in and makes them want to see what happens. Furthermore, the ability to turn people into stone with simple eye contact is alluring.

However, myths and legends tend to evolve over time. Some versions of the story claim that Medusa, like her sisters, was a hideous beast from the start.

According to one story, when some of her blood was spilled on the ground, it transformed into venomous snakes and killed someone. Whether the story says she was born a beast or was transformed into one, her image is intriguing.

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Getting to Know the Stranger in the Mirror

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4 months ago

June 1, 2023

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Getting to Know the Stranger in the Mirror

Have you ever caught a glimpse of a woman and wondered, “Who is she?” Did your eyes catch sight of her? Was her image altered? How long did it take for you to realize the woman returning your look were you?

When I realized I didn’t know what I was doing,

I was married at an early age in 1989. In truth, I was only twenty years old, idealistic, and ready to devote myself to family life, or so I believed. And, like many others, I finally got disillusioned with what I originally thought was the proper path for me. There were times when I questioned the direction of my life and even wrote about it. Nevertheless, daily life gradually encroached on those fleeting moments of freedom—freedom to genuinely know myself. Many attempts to connect to life’s purpose left me fatigued in an endeavor to feel a part of something bigger than my little corner of the globe.

Keep going

Twenty years have gone. By 2009, I realized my life had changed drastically. From my perspective, everything appeared to have been designed by a stranger, and the lady attempting to live it was me. I felt disconnected from myself, my principles, and even my own identity. Many of us have similar experiences and are faced with the decision of remaining comfortably hidden or pursuing the path toward self-improvement and authenticity. Despite my desire for quick and painless remedies, my trip required several more years of my life. Underlying my dissatisfaction were two questions: “Who am I? Whose life am I living? Although the answers were unknown, finding them had become critical. As a result, I committed to the task regardless of how far I traveled or where I ended myself. Today, little remains of the lady who started this adventure.

Taking the first step toward better understanding oneself

Initially, I decided to start therapy, which prompted me to confront personal prejudices about who sought counseling. This first step called into question my belief that I was coping with life. I wasn’t. The truth was that after a lengthy history of undivided commitment to others, I had become emotionally bankrupt. Therapy eventually revealed the need to nourish myself, but it would not be easy after such a lengthy period of neglect.

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I started writing every day to explain and understand my road back to myself, which gave me strength on the hardest days. I took small steps ahead, resisting the old voices that beckoned my return. I realized that if I was unhealthy, nothing in my life could be healthy. So I persisted in my efforts to become the healthiest version of myself imaginable.

My body suffered as a result of the stress I was experiencing.

Regrettably, I was not only emotionally destitute, but also physically depleted and began to experience health problems. My mental and physiological stress responses were more pronounced, and my body became unable to manage itself. At the time, I was under the care of a holistic medical professional who initiated drastic dietary adjustments to address the physical imbalances. I cut off gluten, sugar, and dairy from my diet. I educated myself on healing nutrition, learnt how to find higher-quality foods, and learned how to prepare my own meals. I dropped weight quickly after changing my eating habits. Over the next few years, more than a hundred pounds vanished. My body gradually but steadily shed the protective coating I had been carrying for much of my life. As I lost weight, my body image and perception changed, revealing more of my genuine identity. My physical and emotional health were so intertwined that any change in either triggered and fueled a seemingly never-ending chain of events.

Getting closer to the real myself by finishing what I started

In 2011, I returned to college to earn my degree in psychology and social work while supporting my mental and physical healing. I enrolled in an accelerated master’s program in clinical social work after finishing my bachelor’s program in 2013. Education provided me with an opportunity to explore new beliefs, values, and a new self-perspective. In many respects, the time I spent getting an education encouraged and strengthened me to change the direction of my life.

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Minor modifications that resulted in big changes

As I made small modifications, I was overwhelmed and disheartened by their size. Yet, there were some surprises along the road. I was instructed to compose my personal narrative when I first started counseling. Originally, the practice strengthened my comprehension of the details of my life, but it quickly expanded into much more. My creativity began to emerge as writing became a means of healing. I attended poetry readings on weekends, wrote on a regular basis, and experimented with poetry. When the voyage became too lengthy or desperate for me, poetry provided the solace I required. It communicated to me in a language that invited me to learn more about myself, and it did so without expecting anything in return.

Final Thoughts

These events have taught me to first know and trust myself in life. Every day, I learned more about my own identity, purpose, and voice. I began a completely new life. Everyone of us possesses untapped potential that is only waiting for the spark of growth. We all have the opportunity to become more authentic and live lives that truly reflect who we are.

I still have instances when my own reflection surprises me. I’m not sure who she is: the woman in the mirror. And then I realize she is exactly who she is meant to be.