Gifts Quotes

Anyone who develops his gifts and talents will become a commodity

The least grace is a better security for heaven than the greatest gifts or privileges whatsoever.

When I was younger we had a grape arbor, and my mom would go out and pick grapes and make grape jam in the sink - boil it, put it in jars, and give it away as gifts.

Few and mean as my gifts may be, I actually am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony.

Every gift is held by two hands: the one that gives, and the one that takes away.

I like to think of it less as embezzling and more as an involuntary goodwill contribution.

When confronted with a birthday in a week I will remember that a book can be a really good present, too.

A gift involves sacrifice. If you give away something that you no longer value or want, it cannot be a gift. It is simply a discarded item.

One of the reasons we judge each other so harshly in this world of parenting is because... we perceive anyone else who's doing anything differently than what we're doing as criticizing our choices.

You're gorgeous, you old hag, and if I could give you just one gift ever for the rest of your life it would be this. Confidence. It would be the gift of confidence. Either that or a scented candle

True leadership is an attitude that naturally inspires and motivates others, and it comes from an internalized discovery about yourself.

Is the height of my chara joy dependent on the depths of my eucharisteo thanks?

oh well, is it hurting anyone? Because if its not and you’ve been given it, I’d as soon stop calling it a thing and start referring to it as a gift.

You try spending six months sitting at somebody's bedside, waiting for them to die and then tell me that the happy-ending love story isn't one of God's good gifts.

I feel that it is vital that we all re-open our spiritual gifts and open up to the voice of the Divine.

Tobacco is America's greatest gift to the world!

Our minds simply don't function in some sort of narrative chronology. I think that one of the great gifts of writing fiction is being able to think about that.

Imaginative empathy is one of the great gifts that humans have, and it means that we can live more than one life. We can picture what it would be like from another perspective.

One of the greatest gifts that 'Homeland' has given me is it's affirming on a daily basis.

Mental time-travel is one of the greatest gifts of the mind. It makes us human, and it makes us special.

My relationship with my parents is among the greatest gifts of my life.

Faith then, in its relation to salvation, is that confidence by which we accept it as a free gift from the Saviour, and is the only possible way in which the gift of God could be appropriated.

God has given each of us one or more special talents....It is up to each of us to search for and build upon the gifts which God has given.

I'm having a blast using the gifts and talents that God has given me as a platform to minister to people and love them and shine the light that He wants me to shine.

All of the directors I work with have their own unique gifts. My particular segment deals with online dating. It's a very interesting take on it, and a great observation of what goes on there.

I've learned that forgiving is one of the greatest gifts that I can give myself.

I think one of my greatest gifts is leading worship.

Everyone knows how to smile. Its one of the greatest gifts God has given us. A smile makes people feel good, and people look so beautiful when they smile.

The worst loss you've ever experienced is the greatest gift you can have.

Life is pointless...and that is God's greatest gift.

One of the greatest gifts we can give to another generation is our experience, our wisdom.

The good teacher discovers the natural gifts of his pupils and liberates them.

We had been so close to missing each other, he and I. He had turned out to be the greatest gift of all.

One of the greatest gifts a parent can give a child is to help them find their talents.

The New Testament never once warns us that humbly seeking and praying for spiritual gifts will bring anything other than a blessing.

I know that great gifts come at a price, and that not all talent inspires admiration.

Some of us have the good fortune of some type of natural gift, whether it's playing tennis or painting or writing.

I have learned... adversity can be one of the greatest gifts of all.

Another day in paradise' was his inevitable pronouncement when he settled his head on his pillow. Now I understand what that meant: the uneventful day was a precious gift.

Sometimes, niña, our greatest gifts grow from what we are not given.

Our gifts and talents should also be turned over to Him. They should be recognized for what they are, God's loan to us, and should never be considered in any sense our own

My children are my greatest gifts and my greatest inspirations.

You can pray just like anyone else. The gifts of the Spirit belong to the Holy Spirit. You have this inside you by faith and can be a conduit.

Children are a precious gift, but they belong to no one but themselves. They are only lent us a little while.

Books make great gifts because they expand your horizons and keep you cooking.

I think one of the greatest gifts you can give to someone is just access to the possibility of freedom that you don't have to be totally depressed and enslaved by your own environment.

Faith is a great gift to have.

Melissa Pritchard's prose, that darkly lyrical firmament, is brightened by the dizzy luminous arrangement of her stars and satellites, her great gifts to us: humor, irony, kindness, brilliance.

My New Years Resolution is to find the calm in the chaos. Practicing yoga is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself. It's where you connect mind, body and spirit.

Find what you love, because greatness is based on great gifts. If you love something, you can count on the fact that you are genetically gifted at it.