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title: "12 Able Appreciate Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [You have to be able to appreciate who you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gugu-mbatha-raw/you-have-to-be-able-to-appreciate-who-you-are/)

[Gugu Mbatha-Raw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gugu-mbatha-raw/)

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> [You'd never be able to appreciate what's good in life if you've never experienced the bad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-hussey/you-d-never-be-able-to-appreciate-what-s-good-in-life-if-you-ve-never/)

[Matthew Hussey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-hussey/)

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> [Those readiest to criticise are often least able to appreciate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-joubert/those-readiest-to-criticise-are-often-least-able-to-appreciate/)

[Joseph Joubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-joubert/)

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> [The only way to survive eternity is to be able to appreciate each moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-kate/the-only-way-to-survive-eternity-is-to-be-able-to-appreciate-each-2/)

[Lauren Kate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-kate/)

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> [People are going to be able to appreciate the reality in politics, and that is what I represent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-stanton-king/people-are-going-to-be-able-to-appreciate-the-reality-in-politics-and/)

[Angela Stanton-King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-stanton-king/)

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> [“You wouldn't be able to appreciate the happy time if you didn't sometimes experience sad times as well.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-hill/you-wouldn-t-be-able-to-appreciate-the-happy-time-if-you-didn-t/)

[Melissa Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-hill/)

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> [I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dean/i-also-became-close-to-nature-and-am-now-able-to-appreciate-the/)

[James Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dean/)

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> [I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/i-would-rather-be-able-to-appreciate-things-i-cannot-have-than-to/)

[Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/)

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> [“The technical man must not be lost in his own technology; he must be able to appreciate life, and life is art,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fazlur-khan/the-technical-man-must-not-be-lost-in-his-own-technology-he-must-be/)

[Fazlur Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fazlur-khan/)

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> [“Being able to appreciate who we are and what we have in the now is an easy way to journey through this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raphael-zernoff/being-able-to-appreciate-who-we-are-and-what-we-have-in-the-now-is-an/)

[Raphael Zernoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raphael-zernoff/)

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> [“I've always believed that you must be able to appreciate the things that people can give you, and forgive them for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-isaacs/i-ve-always-believed-that-you-must-be-able-to-appreciate-the-things/)

[Elizabeth Isaacs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-isaacs/)

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> [I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/i-would-rather-be-able-to-appreciate-things-i-can-not-have-than-to/)

[Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/)

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