Take for granted Quotes

“I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted.”

“It's not a bad idea to occasionally spend a little time thinking about things you take for granted. Plain everyday things.”

“In 2004, the iPod was a novelty, and tablet computers were a dream. Now we take for granted that we can see whatever we want whenever and wherever we want to see it, be it 'Grand Illusion' or 'Duck Dynasty.'”

“The more often we see the things around us - even the beautiful and wonderful things - the more they become invisible to us. That is why we often take for granted the beauty of this world: the flowers, the trees, the birds, the clouds - even those we love. Because we see things so often, we see them less and less.”

“Creativity is an energy. It's a precious energy, and it's something to be protected. A lot of people take for granted that they're a creative person, but I know from experience, feeling it in myself, it is a magic; it is an energy. And it can't be taken for granted.”

“If you think your life is meaningless, then think about the starving kids in the world and imagine what they would say about the things you take for granted in your life.”

“I guess that’s just how people are. We take for granted that we’ll always have the chance to tell someone what they mean to us. We take for granted that nothing is going to happen to them, and so we all walk around not realizing how much we’re loved. How much we’re valued.”

“Happiness is a simple game of lost and found: Lose the things you take for granted, and you will feel great happiness once they are found.”

“Every age, every generation has its built in assumptions, that the world is flat, that the world is round etc. There are hundreds of hidden assumptions, things we take for granted, that may or may not be true. Of-course in the vast majority of cases historically, these things aren’t true. So presumably, if history is any guide, much about what we take for granted about the world simply isn’t true. But we’re locked into these precepts without even knowing it. That’s a paradigm.”