“By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.”

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

“Gratitude is a sign of maturity...Where there is appreciation: there is also courtesy and concern for the rights and property of others.”

“If we truly believe that God appreciates our service, we can stop boasting and start encouraging. When we boast, we use people for appreciation. When our appreciation comes from God, we can start loving people, sharing the ways both God and we appreciate them. Paul demonstrated this by encouraging others, •”

“Our properties within our own territories [should not] be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own.”

“What we find in books is like the fire in our hearths. We fetch it from our neighbors, we kindle it at home, we communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.”