Quotes About Gift

Repentance, contrary to popular misconception, is not a heroic first step I make toward Christ, nor is it a feeling-sorry-for my sins. It is the divine gift of being turned toward truth. William Willimon

One can do many external deeds of love and still hold back the really precious gift, the inner self. This gift can be given only through communication.

One of the best wedding gfts God gave you was a full-length mirror called your spouse. Had there been a card attached, it would have said, "Here's to helping you discover what you're really like!" —Gary and Betsy Ricucci

We bring nothing to God, and He gives us everything.

Erik: Are you very tired? Christine: Oh, tonight I gave you my soul, and I am dead. Erik: Your soul is a beautiful thing, child. No emperor received so fair a gift. The angels wept to-night.

Single Mind: If I love you with all my heart, she said, what will you give me? & then she stopped & said I didn't have to answer that because she was going to do it anyway.

I believe powerfully that we who have the power should strive to extend the gift of education to everyone. Education is the most important investment a developed society can make, and the most effective way of nurturing a developing one.

The capacity to learn is a gift; The ability to learn is a skill; The willingness to learn is a choice.

Everything is grace; everything is a gift.

Using St. Paul's image of the earthen vessel, we could say that Jesus' vessel is divine; mine, on the other hand, is earthen and is filled with a divine treasure (2 Cor. 4:7). This is the meaning of grace in Christian life. It has to do with the experience of gratuitousness. Our Godliness is given to us as a free gift.3

Imagination is a gift given to us from God and each one of us use it differently.

The earth life is a gift. It is a school to learn how love manifests in the physical dimensions where bodies and emotions exist.

God gave me these hands for a reason! With great powers come great handjobs!

A man can't understand how a woman feels—how she can offer up her entire life to him. The man thinks she's bringing him a burden. He doesn't understand that she's trying to give him a gift.

Hugo learned that Prometheus had created humankind out of mud, and then stolen fire from the gods as a gift for the people he had made, so they could survive. So Prometheus was a thief.

Remember, Little Nightingale, you can always stop doing dangerous things. And you can prove yourself trustworthy, right? Start by forgiving your uncle for his anger. That would be a nice gift.

6Wisdom is a gift from a generous God, And every word He speaks is full of revelation And becomes a living fountain of Understanding within you.

The Divine Kiss is metaphor that speaks of sacred intimacy with Jesus Christ. The most powerful gift God can to the human spirit is His "kiss." Kisses from God impart the deepest things that could ever be given to the human spirit. This "kiss" is the answer of why we are on the earth. The Lord kissed Adam and he became a living soul and we come alive again by this kiss of God.

there is no comparison between Adam's transgression and the gracious gift that we experience. For the magnitude of the gift far outweighs the crime.s It's true that many died because of one man's transgression, but how much greater will God's grace and his gracious gift of acceptance overflowt to many because of what one Man, Jesus, the Messiah, did for us!

6Wisdom is a gift from a generous God And every word He speaks is full of revelation, And becomes a living fountain of Understanding within you.[15] 7-8For the Lord has a Hidden storehouse of wisdom Made accessible to His godly lovers.[16]

Love the giver more than the gift.

All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.

Everything is a gift. The degree to which we are awake to this truth is a measure of our gratefullness, and gratefullness is a measure of our aliveness.

If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.