Quotes About Gift

Since the days of John6 something new has been happening, creating a new situation, with the result that, "great as John was, the least in the dawning Kingdom was greater; not in personal achievement and worth but by God's gift he, unlike John, was in the Kingdom."7 The contrast is not between John and other people but between the old age of the prophets and the new age of the Kingdom that had begun with Jesus' ministry.8

Both justification — acquittal by the righteous judge — and the gift of the Holy Spirit belong to the Age to Come, but they have become matters of present experience to the person in Christ.

This is not an heirloom," Alessandro said with grim sincerity. "I didn't take it from my family. I designed it for you and had it made. Nobody else has ever worn it and if you say no, nobody ever will.

Cassida gifted you a lovely vintage Second Wave toaster for your collection," Matias said. What? Ramona turned to him. "You hacked them through a malignant toaster?" "Yes." She laughed.

Look, she gave me a new sword." Curran peered at it. "It looks like Slayer." "That's because they're both made of her bones." "Your sword is made out of your grandmother's bones?" "Okay, I see how it sounds weird when you say it in that tone of voice . .

It's not always about one's personal happiness. Sometimes it has to be about the obligation we have to others. A duty to pay back for the gift you were given.

You're an excellent analyst. Not everyone is born with the gift of snappy comeback.

If I have a care in the world, I have a gift to give.

If I have a care in the world I have a gift to bring (Emily Saliers)

They felt a strange happiness, an urgent need to reveal their hearts to each other-the urgency of lovers, which is already a gift, the very first one, the gift of the soul before the body surrenders

La strana felicità che provavano…quella fretta di far conoscere il proprio cuore l'uno all'altra…una fretta da amanti che è già un dono, il primo, il dono dell'anima prima di quello del corpo. "Conoscimi, guardami. Io sono così. Ecco come ho vissuto, ecco cosa ho amato. E tu? E tu, amore mio?

What do you want for Christmas?' 'A loaded revolver.

One can't whistle up happiness. It's a gift of nature and I haven't got it.

Me sobra tiempo. Me sobra el futuro completo. Quiero dártelo, hija, porque has perdido el tuyo.

My father gave me one of those small, box-sized travel players when I was a kid and just a handful of records that he had. 'Zeppelin IV' was one. 'The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl,' which is just about the worst record ever - you can't hear anything, just screaming in the background. I think there was maybe, like, an Animals record.

Give One, Get One generated about 100,000 zero-dollar laptops. Somebody else paid for them, but from the recipient's point of view, that's zero.

Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.

Greece has given Europe the opportunity to fix a defect in the euro zone, that is the fact that we did not have a fiscal union. Now steps have been taken to begin that process. And there is more solidarity from nation to nation, and that is a good thing. That has been Greece's gift to Europe.

Oh Lord, thou givest us everything, at the price of an effort.

Whenever there is chaos, it creates wonderful thinking. I consider chaos a gift.

Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggles increase.

The individual succumbs, but he does not die if he has left something to mankind.

He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy.

One of the things my life has taught me is how important it is to try to say, "I love you" in ways that can be preserved, looked at, and read when you are alone or when there is adversity or when circumstances bring separation. In any case, . . . saying "I love you" is one of the "secrets" of the happy marriage that Ronnie and I have shared. Ronnie's letters move me to this day. They are his gift to me across the years, and throughout the decades of love.