“If the evidence supports the historical accuracy of the gospels, where is the need for faith? And if the historical reliability of the gospels is so obvious, why have so many scholars failed to appreciate the incontestable nature of the evidence?” IfsNeedsSupportEvidenceAppreciateHistoricalObviousScholarAccuracyReliabilityHistorical Accuracy Author:Robert W. Funk
“Who is unhappy with little, won't be with much; who doesn't appreciate the small won't be able to take care of the large; who doesn't have enough with enough is at the margin or virtue, for the physical body lives from one day to another and if it gets what it really needs, there will be time for meditation, as long as if we try to give it everything it desires, endless will be the task.” IfsNeedsGivingTryingLittlesLongEnoughBodyCareAbleDesireVirtueMeditationOne DayAppreciateTasksTake CareEndlessUnhappyMarginsPhysical Body Author:Laozi
“You can not bring back the past. But you certainly can not repeat it. Life is short, even if live to ninety. Live to the fullest - that's how I feel. Appreciate every moment, every hour, every day, because they do not blink of an eye, all over. I am absolutely sure that for most people their death comes as a surprise.” PeopleIfsFeelsMomentsEyePastLife IsHoursAppreciateSurpriseRepeatsCan NotNinetyLife Is ShortBlinkBlink Of An EyeLive To The Fullest Author:Bruce Willis
“If you find yourself ruminating over a hurt and are not ready to forgive, shift to gratitude. Think about all that is good in your life and all that you appreciate.” IfsThinkingHurtReadyGratitudeAppreciateForgivingFinding YourselfNot Ready Author:Stephen G. Post
“It's up to the people. If they really want to keep it going, they'll keep it going... they'll appreciate the music.” PeopleIfsWantAppreciate Author:Jimi Hendrix
“It's hard to stay flexible if you don't stretch. I think if you train the right way you'll be flexible. There are people that don't appreciate the value of stretching. I think it's very important.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayImportantHardValuesAppreciateTrainRight WayFlexibleStretching Author:Darren Shahlavi
“My view is that you cannot close your mind and say I don't want to listen to this or that. Because if you can't appreciate the bad for being bad, you can't appreciate the good. If you turn a deaf ear to everything but one style, pretty soon it's not going to work out.” IfsWantMindTurnsViewsStyleAppreciateEarsWork OutGoing To WorkDeafBeing BadDeaf Ears Author:Billy Eckstine
“If we don't understand how metaphor works we will misunderstand most of what we read in the Bible. No matter how carefully we parse our Hebrew and Greek sentences, no matter how precisely we use our dictionaries and trace our etymologies, no matter how exactly we define the words on the page, if we do not appreciate the way a metaphor works we will never comprehend the meaning of the text.” IfsWayMatterUsePagesAppreciateMetaphorSentencesGreekDictionaryHebrewEtymology Author:Eugene H. Peterson
“I believed that, if I put a chocolate on the market that was better than anyone else was making, or was likely to make, and keep it absolutely uniform in quality, the time would come when the public would appreciate it and buy it.” IfsQualityAppreciateChocolateUniforms Author:Milton S. Hershey
“If I worried about that, I wouldn't have made a single record in my whole career. I think more and more, audiences appreciate something that is distinctive and different. Everyone always throws out this figure, 'Jazz is now down to three percent of the total record sales.' So does that mean it is not important? I think if we agree that human culture itself is important, then I think those three percent take on a greater significance.” IfsThinkingHumansMeanDoeMadeImportantDifferentWholeCultureThreeCareersAudienceRecordsGreaterFiguresPercentAppreciateAgreeJazzWorriedSignificanceDistinctive Author:Dave Douglas
“Everything is an open book. I don't speak on other people's hardship, but if it happened in my life or something that has been an experience on my particular journey, I'm going to talk about it. That's what my fan base appreciates the most. I'm universal. You can relate to the things I say or that I go through.” PeopleIfsHas BeensBookSpeakHappenedJourneyFansParticularAppreciateUniversalRelateHardshipOpen Book Author:Kevin Hart
“If we never had any storms, we couldn't appreciate the sunshine.” IfsAppreciateStormSunshine Author:Dale Evans
“If you never tasted a bad apple, you would not appreciate a good apple. You have to experience life to understand life.” IfsAppreciateApplesBad Apple Author:Leon Brown
“If Barack Obama cannot appreciate that our troops are winning in Iraq, he should not be their Commander in Chief.” IfsShouldWinningAppreciateIraqChiefsBarackTroopsCommandersOur TroopsCommander In Chief Author:Lindsey Graham
“I'm a city boy by nature - that's a big-ass oxymoron - but I do appreciate nature to the fullest because they say if you wanna see God just look around. We can't make this, it's all creation, so I appreciate that.” IfsLooksBigsCitiesBoysCreationAppreciateAssOxymoron Author:Chali 2na
“The center for me is my heart, actually, and my emotional connection with the work. That's where authenticity comes from. It's also the first thing that hits me about other people's work, or watching other people perform, "Do I believe the person?" Even if I don't like what someone is doing or if I don't like the sound, if I believe them, I do like them. I am able to appreciate them as an artist.” PeopleIfsFirstsBelieveHeartPersonsAbleArtistI BelieveSoundEmotionalMy HeartAppreciateConnectionsAuthenticityEmotional Connection Author:Mirah
“If you make a street poster and literally paste it on the street in a city like New York, where it's such a mixed population and so densely populated, and it stays up for a full week and doesn't get covered up by something else or pulled down, you will have fifty thousand people who will have seen it. It will be the poorest of the poor - some homeless man who lives on the street will see it and probably appreciate it, or some businessman or landlord will see it. Everyone will see it. And whether or not they even realize that they saw it, on some level it's affecting their consciousness.” PeopleIfsMenRealizingPoorLevelsCitiesConsciousnessSawsWeekStreetsNew YorkThousandAppreciatePopulationFiftyCoveredHomelessBusinessmanPoorestPostersLandlordCovered Up Author:Eric Drooker
“If you want to understand the nature of something, to find out the truth, that is one thing. If you want to play semantics, make up wild thought 'experiments', that is another thing. I am not so interested in the latter, though I do appreciate that it can be fun, however unproductive.” IfsWantPlayFunOne ThingAppreciateExperimentsLatterSemanticsUnproductive Author:Patricia Churchland
“In truth a clear-headed physicalist shouldn't be thinking any of these dualist thoughts. If pains are one and the same as C-fibres firing, then there really isn't any possibility of having 'one' without the 'other'. Once you properly appreciates physicalism, this dissociation should cease to appear possible - C-fibres with pains should strike you as no more possible than squares without rectangles.” IfsThinkingShouldPainClearPossibilityAppreciateStrikesCeaseSquaresDissociationFiringRectangles Author:David Papineau
“For me, style is something that I've always loved. It's more than just, "Oh I make this type of music, so I should dress this type of way." But it's very important. On the other hand, if I was on stage in a hoodie and some baggy jeans, it wouldn't give off the same feeling. People appreciate the music, but people want to see the whole visual thing.” PeopleIfsWayWantGivingShouldImportantWholeFeelingsHandsStageStyleTypeAppreciateDressesVisualsJeans Author:Leon Bridges
“Of course I can appreciate the musicality of the pieces and sometimes the lyrics are generic enough to be listened to without reference, but I often feel cheated if I don't know what the hell is making this person burst out into song.” IfsKnowsFeelsPersonsI CanSometimesEnoughSongCoursesHellPiecesAppreciateCheatedGenericMusicality Author:Christian Campbell
“I don't know that it makes any difference whether it's at this time or a hundred years before or a hundred years later. I think always it's a matter of simply listen[ing] to what is going on around you and in your own experience. Try to understand what's happening, or if not to understand it, at least to appreciate the reality of it.” IfsThinkingKnowsTryingYearsMatterRealityDifferencesHappeningsHundredAppreciate Author:Frederick Buechner
“If we were to lose our fish that we appreciate so much by overfishing; or if we were to lose some of our favorite beaches to overbuilding and pollution, then how would we feel? It's become a case of not knowing what you've got until it's gone.” IfsFeelsLosesCasesGoneKnowingAppreciateFishesBeachPollutionNot KnowingOverfishing Author:Aaron Peirsol
“I think if people have more of an understanding of what I'm doing, then they'll appreciate it and get into it more.” PeopleIfsThinkingUnderstandingAppreciate Author:Keith Fullerton Whitman
“A helpful hand is a lesson in sharing and if you have the means why not play your part. Those who refuse your help are foolish, as we all know appreciating the helpful hand is just smart.” IfsKnowsMeanPlayHelpingHandsLessonsSmartAppreciateRefuseFoolishHelpfulWhy Not Author:Julie Hebert
“...Take a half-hour a day to really appreciate the good things you have. And you will feel great. If you want to feel twice as great double that time!” IfsWantFeelsHoursHalfGratitudeAppreciateGood ThingsHalf Hours Author:Mark M. Ford
“It's humbling because a lot of times people think because they are the artist or the celebrity or whatever they want to call themselves that they're above being a fan. If you like something, you can like it. You don't have to be afraid to say that so I really appreciate it and you know, to me, people are people.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantArtistFansAppreciateLike SomethingHumbling Author:Jhene Aiko
“I don't think goal setting is an important basis for a retail business - or for anyone. Most of the time goal setting puts too much energy and attention on being someplace else, instead of helping you appreciate where you are.If I ran a retail store, which I have done in my life, I would go into it from a place of "I am thrilled to be here, and I am honored to be able to serve other people." I would not be telling myself constantly that I have to double my sales in order for me to be happy. I would tell myself, "I am content to be here in this moment, and I love this work."” PeopleIfsThinkingImportantDoneMomentsHelpingAbleOrderEnergyGoalAttentionToo MuchAppreciateBasesStoresSettingSettingsRanWhere You AreHonoredSetting GoalsRetailRetail Business Author:Wayne Dyer
“I'd like to keep doing film and TV, and I definitely can appreciate a good theme song. If it's memorable, that's a great thing.” IfsFilmSongTvsAppreciateGreat ThingsMemorableTheme Author:James Iha
“It's always enjoyable to listen to a friend's work, but if it doesn't resonate with you, then you can just appreciate it and it inspires you in its own way.” IfsWayInspireAppreciateEnjoyable Author:Bonnie Raitt
“If people have the ability to see it, and you spend the money to put the wow factor into it, they will reward that entity or that team or that business, and they will then say they appreciate me, they appreciate what I'm about, and they will support it.” PeopleIfsAbilitySupportTeamAppreciateRewardsFactorsWowEntityAbility To SeeAppreciate Me Author:Jerry Jones
“An emcee is a Master of Ceremonies. If you're an emcee, and I am an emcee... I rhyme, you know what I mean? I do things for my fans that still appreciate me, let them know what's coming.” IfsKnowsMeanStillsFansMastersAppreciateRhymeCeremonyEmceeMaster CeremonyAppreciate Me Author:Styles P
“When you're in the grip of frustration, love can seem pretty much out of the question. Care is going to be a stretch. But appreciation is easy-even if it starts out kind of snide like, "I appreciate the fact I haven't fallen flat on my face ... yet." After a couple of stabs at it, you're going to stumble across one that sincerely touches you. Maybe it's your friends, your partner, your loved ones. One strong dose of appreciation can turn your perceptions around 180 degrees.” IfsKindFactsSeemsCareFacesTurnsStrongEasyHavensCoupleDegreesPerceptionAppreciateAppreciationPartnersFallenFrustrationFlatsLoved OnesSincerelyDose Author:Doc Childre
“When I start appreciating, I look at it like business. I start by appreciating life itself. After all, life is really a gift. It might not always seem like that's true, but it is. If nothing else, it's a gift of discovery. So I appreciate that!” IfsLooksSeemsMightLife IsDiscoveryAppreciateAppreciationAppreciate Life Author:Doc Childre
“Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them.” IfsLittlesArtReasonAppreciateGreat ArtTrash Book:For Keeps Source: For Keeps
“So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind. There is no need to have a deep understanding of Zen. Even though you read much Zen literature, you must read each sentence with a fresh mind. You should not say, "I know what Zen is," or "I have attained enlightenment." This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner. Be very very careful about this point. If you start to practice zazen, you will begin to appreciate your beginner's mind. It is the secret of Zen practice.” IfsKnowsNeedsShouldMindArtRealLiteratureDifficultUnderstandingSecretPracticeEnlightenmentAppreciateCarefulSentencesDifficult ThingsBeginnersAppreciate YouDeep Understanding Author:Shunryu Suzuki
“People are flawed. I like peaking into their flaws. The way to humanize them is not to play them in any general way, but to make them very specific. If you make them specific, they have hopes and dreams and loves and vulnerabilities and quirks and you get to know them and you get to appreciate them.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayPlayDreamAppreciateAnd LoveVulnerabilityFlawsFlawedHaving HopeHopes And DreamsQuirksDreams And LovePeaking Author:Rainn Wilson
“I don't know if anybody from my tribe of atheists ever thanked [Barack Obama] for giving us a shout-out at your first inaugural, but you did mention non-believers. We appreciate it. Because we do feel like untouchables to a degree.” IfsKnowsGivingFeelsFirstsDegreesAppreciateAtheistBelieverBarackTribesInauguralUntouchablesNon BelieverShout Out Author:Bill Maher
“If we want to talk about the coarsening of the culture, I hope you devote a whole two hours for it and I would be happy to be a guest, but I'll also offer up some other guests. I don't appreciate many of the things that are said in our political discourse, I don't appreciate many of the things that are said on social media. You [Anderson Cooper] and I are attacked every single day, I'm sure.” IfsWantSaidTwoWholeWould BePoliticalCultureSocialHoursMediaOffersAppreciateSocial MediaGuestsDiscoursePolitical Discourse Author:Kellyanne Conway
“If you let someone know you appreciate him or her, especially when you're going to disagree, it gets that person's defenses down.” IfsKnowsPersonsAppreciateDefenseDisagree Author:Tara Brach
“It was [Donald trump] had seen me on the job there, doing other things, and he asked me if I could run the place, and so we had that conversation. But I appreciate that, too.” IfsRunningJobsTrumpConversationAppreciateIf I Could Author:Kellyanne Conway
“If my films do well or not, I am glad that the audiences appreciate my performance.” IfsWellsFilmAudienceAppreciatePerformancesGlad Author:Hrithik Roshan
“I can respect the gulf that separates alpinism from a running race and still appreciate that the physiology that accounts for endurance is the same if you are running a foot race in the city park or front pointing up the second ice field on the north face of the Eiger.” IfsStillsI CanRunningFacesRaceCitiesFeetFrontsFieldsAppreciateAccountsIceParksEndurancePointingPhysiologyRunning RaceCity ParksAlpinism Author:Steve House
“I like taking my time and seeing the things around me and appreciating the now. I started to realize that the things that helped me do that were these things that brought me love, brought me joy. And if we're all just falling towards an eventual end, falling towards the ground, then these things are parachutes.” IfsEndsJoyFallRealizingSeeingAppreciateMy TimeParachutes Author:Frank Iero
“If you have not suffered hunger, you do not appreciate having something to eat. If you have not gone through a war, you don't know the value of peace. That is why we should not try to run away from one thing after another thing. Holding our suffering, looking deeply into it, we find a way to happiness.” IfsKnowsWayShouldTryingWarRunningSufferingValuesGoneOne ThingAppreciateHungerRunning AwayOne Thing After Another Author:Nhat Hanh
“Sometimes, when you grow up in one of these poverty-stricken neighborhoods where the educational system isn't the best, you don't realize that you have any choices. Often, kids don't appreciate the choices available, as if it's either the street or nothing. I want them to understand that reality is what's relative to you, and that you can make choices that allow you to create a new reality for yourself.” IfsWantSometimesRealityKidsChoicesGrowsRealizingPovertyGrowing UpStreetsAppreciateAvailableEducationalNeighborhoodRelativeEducational System Author:Keke Palmer
“Now I don't have to explain to the world about India's position. The world is unanimously appreciating India's position. And the world is seeing that Pakistan is finding it difficult to respond. If we had become an obstacle, then we would have had to explain to the world that we are not that obstacle. Now we don't have to explain to the world. The world knows our intentions. Like on the issue of terrorism, the world never bought India's theory on terrorism. They would sometime dismiss it by saying that it's your law and order problem.” IfsKnowsWorldProblemLawOrderDifficultIssuesSeeingPositionTheoryFindingsAppreciateIndiaIntentionObstaclesTerrorismPakistanLaw And Order Author:Narendra Modi
“I try to treat all my fans as if they're the stars, and make them feel as important as they make me feel. A lot of times I'll pull them on stage to help me sing songs. I wouldn't have my house, my fame or my career without them voting for me and appreciating this talent that God blessed me with. I just want to share it every day.” IfsWantFeelsTryingImportantHelpingSongHouseStarsCareersShareFansStageTalentFameAppreciateTreatsBlessedHelp MeVotingGod Bless Author:Landau Eugene Murphy Jr.
“If somebody is different from you, that's not something you criticize, that's something that you appreciate.” IfsDifferentAppreciateCriticize Author:Barack Obama
“If you the owner of the dog, really showing not just food but real affection, then dog very much appreciate. Isn't it?” IfsRealDogAppreciateAffectionOwners Author:Dalai Lama