Quotes About Gift

The gift finds the man attractive who stands with an empty bowl he does not own.

He is a good man, who can receive a gift well. We are either glad or sorry at a gift, and both emotions are unbecoming.

The philosophers of antiquity taught contempt for work, that degradation of the free man, the poets sang of idleness, that gift from the Gods.

This man I was going with asked me for my finger measurements. I thought he was going to buy me a ring for Christmas, but he gave me a bowling ball.

To be apt in quotation is a splendid and dangerous gift. Splendid, because it ornaments a man's speech with other men's jewels; dangerous, for the same reason.

Even to a wicked man a divinity gives wealth, Cyrnus, but to few men comes the gift of excellence.

Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!

In regard to this Great Book, I have but to say, it is the best gift God has given to man.

The greatest gift on this planet is to love and be loved.

She was a gift he hadn't let himself ask for. But God was good and provided what he needed.

It is a gift when someone can challenge you and open your mind to new ideas.

On his sixth birthday, Steve received a scrub python as a gift from his parents. "Fred the scrubby was my best friend growing up," Steve said. "The problem was, he was so big, and I was still little. He could have eaten me without a worry.

I find myself most drawn to: art that has arisen from a deeply personal conversation between the artist and the work at hand. It is art that walks perilously close to the Edge, that crosses the river of blood into Faerie, that flies so high it is scorched by the sun, and then returns to tell the tale to us. It is art that needed to be written, or painted, or sung, or woven, or otherwise shaped. It is art gifted by the Mystery to the maker...and then, in turn, gifted to us .

Craft goes only so far in explaining how an artist uses his gift, and the gift itself is often inexplicable. Autobiography provides an alternate route—a seeming detour that may ultimately tell us something about an artist's sensibility and the experiences that shaped it.

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

The garment of praise is God's gift to empower you, to let you share in the thrill of His victory over satan,

The gracious thing to do was to accept the beauty of the opportunity if it was given

Average man is arrogant, because he is ever impressed by reason and always bows his head to it. Reason makes us believe that our challenges in life are to be avoided at all costs. This is to be a coward who does not have the self-respect needed in order to honour the marvellous gift of life.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship

Health is the greatest gift, contentedness the best riches.

Breath is God's gift. Life is our reward. The rest is up to us.

Verily great grace may goWith a little gift; and precious are all things that come from friends.

Even to a wicked man a divinity gives wealth, Cyrnus, but to few men comes the gift of excellence.

The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.