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Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

I don't think anyone ever feels acknowledged enough.

I always concentrate on respecting human beings and their lives and the meaning within their lives, and I believe that is something people around the world can appreciate.

In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.

When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.

You can't please everybody all the time, but I think for the most part we tend to maintain a healthy level of self-reference to kind of make sure we continue to push things forward.

Some people feel good about helping others, and they do so often. They do not realize that their good deeds have a second agenda. They want to be appreciated.

I've learned that universal acceptance and appreciation is just an unrealistic goal.

Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.

I believe that communal admiration of individuals is healthy for society. It facilitates, in one way, the base of our universal standard, morals, but also publicly espouses the virtue of certain practices that are kind of like 'inherently good' in some kind of ideas of what the good is.