Taking For Granted Quotes

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

“What a shame to be so angered by what you don't have that you treat what you do have like it's nothing.”
― Caroline Kepnes, You

“We get used to things too easily. You think something's tasty the first time you eat it, but then you start taking it for granted. Never forget your first impressions.”
― Hisashi Kashiwai, Los misterios de la taberna Kamogawa

“Stop taking people for granted. Try to be more sensitive sometimes because you wouldn't know one day that person will be gone and you will realize later on that you had a great loss and regret the things you haven't done.”
― Demi Jane Tumulak

“In this delicate and unpredictable life, the future is unwritten. Do not take someone for granted today, for once tomorrow dawns upon the indigo night the only remaining trace will be tracks in the sand...”
― Virginia Alison

“Humanity knows not to take big things for granted. We understand the importance of loved ones, health, acceptance, but what about the billion other elements that define who we are? Big we see. For big, we toss and turn at night, fearing big loss. And yet, the little things we overlook. Forgetting to savour life’s details, such as the taste of fresh scones or the scent of books opened for the first time, is our greatest deprivation. Such pleasures are not subject to change. However, we change. Our hearts break, and pastries lose their flavour. Love dies, and our senses dull. By losing a big thing, we lose all the littles by default.”
― Caroline George, Dearest Josephine

“I guess we’re all guilty at some point of failing to appreciate the small things, because when we use a broad brush to paint our exemplary lives, we splatter ourselves with ignorance.”
― Danielle Esplin, Give It Back

“There was always so much going on. Never any time to stop and smell the roses. Never any roses to stop and smell anyway.”
― Ellie Lieberman, Solving for X

“Catholics take their Church for granted,” he explained. “We even take our Lord in the tabernacle for granted. But you mustn’t be too hard on us. All children take their home and their father for granted. We are spoiled children.”
― Myles Connolly, Dan England and the Noonday Devil