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Quotes About Gift

I just like being all over the place and writing whatever comes to mind. Having the tools? It's such a gift.
~ Regina Spektor
Having good health, being able to breathe and be happy, that's one of the most beautiful gifts. On top of that, I have the gift to play music and make people happy through that. I'm just telling you from my heart, I'm so in love with life.
~ Roy Ayers
Being able to scream at the top of my lungs in front of people is very therapeutic. It is a great gift for me to be able to do that.
~ Dave Matthews
I have a friend - not a dwarf - who's an alchemist of sorts. He concocted a men's cologne... He gave me a bottle as a gift. I was thinking we should totally put this on the market. You know how Jessica Simpson and Beyonce have signature perfumes and make a mint? I'm thinking this cologne could be my ticket to fortune.
~ Peter Dinklage
My life has been a gift up to this point, and I've been blessed beyond my wildest imagination. And wherever this ride takes me is where I'm going.
~ Sean Hannity
What makes life worth living To be born with the gift of laughter and sense that the world is mad.
~ Searamouche
Manchmal ist Unwissenheit das größte Geschenk auf Erden.
~ Sebastian Fitzek
Non c'è niente di più bello che starsene lì sdraiati con un bel libro avuto in regalo, un libro nuovo che non si è ancora mai visto e che nessun altro in casa conosce, e sapere che si può leggere pagina dopo pagina finché si riesce a stare svegli. Ma come si fa la Notte di Natale, se non si sono ricevuti libri?
~ Selma Lagerlöf
La trappola per topi è un regalo di Natale, da parte di un topo che sarebbe rimasto catturato nella trappola del mondo se non era stato elevato a capitano di cavalleria. E allora ebbe la forza di cavarsela.
~ Selma Lagerlöf
The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed.
~ Seneca
When we heed the truth about our greatness in him — when we first hear his whispering voice — the Gift of Restlessness stirs in our souls. We sense God calling us to something more, and it resonates inside of us. The Gift of Restlessness is just a manifestation of our deepest purpose. When we start to step into that greatness and walk in our calling, we find what we sought. Or maybe it finds us. In other words, obedience defeats restlessness.
~ Seth Barnes
The more precious His gift, the more anxious God for its return.
~ Seth Grahame-Smith
The more precious His gift," said Henry, "the more anxious God for its return.
~ Seth Grahame-Smith
Someone gave it to me as a gift." Yikes. Getting a book called How to Survive a Horror Movie as a gift? That's like your spouse signing you up for life insurance "which you'll probably never even need.
~ Seth Grahame-Smith
The day Love was illumined, Lovers learned from You how to burn, Beloved. The flame was set by the Friend to give the moth a gate to enter. Love is a gift from the Beloved to the Lover.
~ Shaikh Abu-Saeed Abil-Kheir
Under the spell of the mighty Carpathians, with the breath of her creation blowing over her heart, Amalia's Gift splintered. She was given two futures: one dark, one bright, the same mortal lover pulling her two-handed into each. Every step she took lured her closer to the dark.
~ Shana Abé
If you have the gift of frustration and the deep sense that the world is a mess, thank God for that; not everyone has that gift of vision. It also means that you have a responsibility to lead us in new ways.
~ Shane Claiborne
I remember hearing a story about Clarence Jordan, a pecan farmer and theologian down in Georgia. He was speaking to a wealthy congregation that had an enormous gold cross. He asked how much they had paid for it. They explained that it was a gift from a wealthy donor and told him how much it was. When he heard how much it cost, he said, "Wow! Ya'll got ripped off. Christians used to be able to get a cross for free!" Brilliant.
~ Shane Claiborne
when we receive the gift of grace, it should transform us into grace-filled people who want to see other people given a chance, and other people loved back to life again.
~ Shane Claiborne
If you have the gift of frustration and the deep sense that the world is a mess, thank God for that; not everyone has that gift of vision.
~ Shane Claiborne
Lord, as the seasons turn, creation teaches us of grief, patience, and renewal. Make us good students of these rhythms that we might not hurry the work of grief but receive the gift of your presence in our time of need. Amen.
~ Shane Claiborne
To cling to the gift of life we've been given and scramble to protect our own interests is to cooperate in a culture of death that threatens to destroy us all.
~ Shane Claiborne
Katar had given her a small gift by opening her heart and showing her pain. Miri tucked the moment in her own heart and hoped somehow to repay.
~ Shannon Hale
I asked what you think I should get Katie for Christmas." He'd lost almost as much sleep worrying about that as he'd lost to picturing her naked. "A vibrator, since you're too chickenshit to get the job done yourself." Josh's jaw dropped, and then he closed his mouth with a snap. "I can't believe you just said that.
~ Shannon Stacey