For Granted Quotes

“Often, things are left unsaid. Everyone is guilty of thinking and feeling things... of loving or appreciating others... and of taking for granted that those others will just be there... to continue to share life's journey with...

Then when one is gone... so quickly... all those things left unsaid... they matter more, because they were unspoken...

Everyone fights their own battles inside themselves... often no one outside them even knows the wars that rage inside even those who they are closest to...

I'd like to take the time, here and now, to tell all of you... those close to me, and those who aren't... those who matter so much... and those who have influenced me in even the smallest ways... all of you... that you matter. You are important. You are appreciated. Don't for a moment think otherwise. Don't, for even an instant, think or feel that you are not a wonder... a gift to the world... that makes it a better place to be... or that it would ever, in any way, be anything less than a tragedy for you to leave before your time.”
― Dennis Sharpe

“Taking someone for granted is same as checking the strength of a boat by making holes in it.”
― Himanshu Chhabra

“You may discover your purpose, but if you take it for granted, you will abuse yourself.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Watchwords

“Well,” he sighed, squeezing my hand back. “I guess we were both running away in different ways.”
“What do you mean?”
Dad shook his head. “Your mother took a Mustang. I took a whiskey bottle.” He reached up and readjusted his glasses, an unconscious habit-he always did it when he was making a point. “I was so devastated by what your mother did to me that I forgot how horrible drinking is. I forgot to look on the bright side.”
“Dad,” I said, “I don’t think there is a bright side to divorce. It’s a pretty sucky thing all around.”
He nodded. “Maybe that’s true, but there are a lot of bright sides to my life. I have a job I like, a nice house in a good neighborhood, and a wonderful daughter.”
I rolled my eyes. “Oh God,” I muttered. “Don’t go all Lifetime movie on me. Seriously.”
“I’m sorry,” he said, smiling. “But I mean it. A lot of people would kill for my life, but I didn’t even consider that. I took it-and you-for granted. I’m so, so sorry for that, Bumblebee.”
― Kody Keplinger, The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend

“Unfortunately it is perhaps in all our natures that we take the living for granted until they are no longer with us. - Thomas Bond”
― Sarah Pinborough, Mayhem

“When you take things for granted, you diminish their importance and may even jeopardize their very existence.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One

“Having someone other than yourself thinking of you. Looking for you. You can't take that for granted. It's a miraculous and blessed thing.”
― Natsuki Takaya, Fruits Basket, Vol. 21

“Regret is a strange animal, son. It makes you create alternate realities inside your head with hindsight as your guide. You long for those imaginary outcomes until it's a sickness. But there's also another side to regret. Remembering its pain made me love your gramma more fully, embrace every moment with your dad and with you. Take nothing for granted. Because I knew how much it cost to get it wrong.”
― Amanda Cox