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Quotes About Gift

Ye know full well that the meaning of life is to find your gift. To find your gift is happiness. Never tae find it is misery.
~ Terry Pratchett
I've been given something for a while, and the price of it is that I have to give it back.
~ Terry Pratchett
You carried your visions as a burden, but it was a gift. You still think of it as such. You think He above would reward you after what you have done? You have ruined lives with your obsession. It became your curse. When have you known a gift to be given twice? Once the package is open, is it still a gift?
~ Tess Uriza Holthe
The moment you wake up, right away, you can smile. That's a smile of enlightenment. You are aware that a new day is beginning, that life is offering you twenty-four brand-new hours to live, and that that's the most precious of gifts.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
The gift of truth is the highest gift. The taste of truth is the sweetest taste. The joy of truth is the greatest joy. The extinction of craving is the end of suffering.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
Meditation is offering your genuine presence to yourself in every moment. It's the capacity to recognize clearly that every moment is a gift of life, a gift from the Earth and sky.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
Siddhartha looked at Yasodhara and then confusedly at the ornaments remaining on the table. He appeared flustered—there was nothing on the table worthy of Yasodhara's beauty. Suddenly he smiled. He removed the necklace around his own neck and held it out to Yasodhara. "This is my gift to you, princess.
~ Thích Nh?t H?nh
Teaching is an art that can be learned; learning from a teacher is an art that can be learned; anyone who tries--and we all try--can gain a certain competence in teaching; but a real teacher, now---he has a talent. He has a gift like a fine artist or musician or sculptor. Oh, we think highly of teachers, and of teaching. Teaching is part of loving, you know
~ Theodore Sturgeon
If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
The greatest gift we can offer anyone is our true presence.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Your body is not just yours. It is a gift and a responsibility.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
When you love someone, the most precious gift you can give your loved one is your true presence.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
The teaching of the Buddha relieves us of suffering. The basis of suffering is ignorance about the true nature of self and of the world around you. When you don't understand, you are afraid, and your fear brings you much suffering. That is why the offering of nonfear is the best kind of gift you can give, to yourself and to anyone else.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
The most precious gift you can give someone to the one you love is your true presence
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Nonfear is the basis of true happiness, and if you can offer nonfear to someone, you are giving that person the best kind of gift.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
But to make someone else happy, you have to understand that person's needs, suffering, and desires and not assume you know what will make them happy. Ask, "What would make you happy?" THE RIGHT GIFT In Vietnam there is a fruit that many people love called durian.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Hindi writing, as well as Hindi journalism, is a great gift to Indian writing.
~ Amitava Kumar
It's easy to be beautiful - just be born that way.
~ Suzy Parker
I didn't set out to write. It was just something I always could do. Teachers would say, 'you really have this gift,' but I just didn't care.
~ Greg Iles
I feel I've been blessed with a gift of creativity and composition. That's why I've been able to keep going.
~ Robin Trower
'The Nutcracker' is the ballet that keeps on giving.
~ David H. Koch
My parents got me a $25 Kent steel-string acoustic guitar when I was around 12. The following Christmas, my parents bought me a Conora electric guitar. It looked almost like a Gretsch. It cost $59, and my mom still has it.
~ Alex Lifeson
The Kentucky Fried Chicken corporation made a bobble head of me and sent it to my management. No card, nothing.
~ Patton Oswalt