Gift Quotes
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Quiet is a blessed gift. In this frantic world how we must cherish every moment of it, and carve it out for ourselves every chance we get.
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The gift of a bad man can bring no good.
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A gift isn't a gift unless it has meaning. Just giving things to people, especially children, create the expectation of more things.
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A friend is a possession we earn, not a gift.
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What we struggle to make of it is our sole gift to Jah. The process of what that struggle becomes, in time, the Truth.
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Eternal life is not a gift from God; eternal life is the gift OF GOD.
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I think the greatest gift we can give our children is the experience of deep quiet. If we don't help our children cultivate contemplation, reflection, prayer, meditation, or whatever other practice of mindfulness, then they're likely to be completely spun out of their center by the time they're in grade school.
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I was given a small camera as a wedding gift from a very dear friend. My first pictures were taken on my honeymoon. As soon as I became familiar with the camera, I was intrigued with the possibilities of expression it offered. It was like a discovery for me.
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That's the goal, to survive your gift.
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God's love gives in such a way that it flows from a Father's heart, the well-spring of all good. The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious; as among ourselves we say of even a trifling gift, "It comes from a hand we love," and look not so much at the gift as at the heart.
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My expertise lies in what I've devoted my life to. I wouldn't pretend to be a great gift to any other animal. My interest has always been in the horses.
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Ours is the Spirit of the Eucharist, the total Gift of Self.
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For the first time in his life, he was receiving the priceless gift of a woman's unconditional love and acceptance. It contradicted all that he knew about love, all that he had taught others. And he found himself needing it like a drowning man needs air to breathe and solid ground under his feet.
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Stifling our emotions is like marking "return to sender" on God's good gift.
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Freedom is not a gift of heaven, you have to fight for it every day.
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The key to a woman's heart is an unexpected gift at an unexpected time.
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I think it was a gift. I was very disappointed in my skate.
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He who wholly renounces himself, and relies not on mere human reason, will make good progress in the Scriptures; but the world comprehends them not, from ignorance of that mortification which is the gift of God's word.
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A gift - be it a present, a kind word or a job done with care and love - explains itself!... and if receivin' it embarrasses you, it's because your 'thanks box' is warped.
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Time is a very precious gift - so precious that it is only given to us moment by moment.
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Some men are willing to die for their faith but will not fully live for it. Christ both lived and died for us. By walking in his steps and through his atonement we can gain the greatest gift of all--eternal life--which is that kind of life of the great Eternal One, our Father in heaven.
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Merit is a work for the sake of which Christ gives rewards. But no such work is to be found, for Christ gives by promise. Just as if a prince should say to me, "Come to me in my castle, and I will give you a hundred florins." I do a work, certainly, in going to the castle, but the gift is not given me as the reward of my work in going, but because the prince promised it to me.
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift.
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I give you a gift, you're gonna stand here and show up my pitcher? Run, dummy!
