Gifts Quotes
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Forget not that the man who cannot enjoy his own natural gifts in silence, and find his reward in the exercise of them, will generally find himself badly off.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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It is the privilege of greatness to confer intense happiness with insignificant gifts.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Each citizen should play his part in the community according to his individual gifts.
Plato
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The shape and texture of fruit is sensuous and fascinating, but the true delight blossoms when you experience the flavor of these colorful gifts of nature.
DeBarra Mayo
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It is quite unacceptable that a member of Dáil Éireann and in particular a Cabinet Minister and Taoiseach, should be supported in his personal lifestyle by gifts made to him personally.
Bertie Ahern
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The gift of writing is to be self-forgetful...
Seamus Heaney
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The study of economics does not seem to require any specialised gifts of an unusually high order.
John Maynard Keynes
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We love that s why life is full of so many wonderful gifts.
Rumi
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I was taught that the world had a lot of problems; that I could struggle and change them; that intellectual and material gifts brought the privilege and responsibility of sharing with others less fortunate; and that service is the rent each of us pays for living - the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time or after you have reached your personal goals.
Marian Wright Edelman
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Hurts and disappointments can hold gifts.
Eleanor Brown
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I care for riches, to make gifts.
Euripides
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Children are precious gifts to us all.
Katrina Mayer
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I love the Christmas-tide, and yet, I notice this, each year I live; I always like the gifts I get, But how I love the gifts I give!
Carolyn Wells
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As life becomes harder and more threatening, it also becomes richer, because the fewer expectations we have, the more good things of life become unexpected gifts that we accept with gratitude.
Etty Hillesum
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The best gifts don’t come from under the tree. I can’t wait to meet you. Happy holidays from my son!
Jaquae
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God whose gifts in gracious flood Unto all who seek are sent, Only asks you to be good And is content.
Victor Hugo
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We all posses different gifts and abilities. How we use those gifts determines who we are.
Brandon Mull
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Fine old Christmas, with the snowy hair and ruddy face, had done his duty that year in the noblest fashion, and had set off his rich gifts of warmth and color with all the heightening contrast of frost and snow.
George Eliot
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The man who receives gifts from God, receives an appointment from God; namely, that of donor; and the wisdom to discharge the functions connected with this appointment will surely not be withheld, if it be ingenuously asked.
George Bowen
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In the new science of the twenty-first century, not physical force but spiritual force will lead the way. Mental and spiritual gifts will be more in demand than gifts of a physical nature. Extrasensory perception will take precedence over sensory perception. And in this sphere woman will again predominate.
Elizabeth Gould Davis
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I always brought up my children not to believe in Mothers Day gifts, and now I regret it.
Lauren Bacall
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The highest and most precious treasure we receive of God is, that we can speak, hear, see, etc.; but how few acknowledge these as God's special gifts, much less give God thanks for them.
Martin Luther
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I just think it's a blessing that I was able to have the gift of words and to be able to put them into music. I was given a great gift all the way around. I didn't ever have to really go out and look for songs, you know.
M.C. Brockert
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God has given each of us our "marching order." Our purpose here on Earth is to find those orders and carry them out. Those orders acknowledge our special gifts.
Soren Kierkegaard