Quotes About Gift

The Spirit is more than just one of God's gifts among others; the Holy Spirit is the unrestricted presence of God in which our life wakes up, becomes wholly and entirely living, and is endowed with the energies of life.

true biblical living is the greatest gift the church can give to its time.

God gives us memory so that we may have roses in December.

In a culture of evangelism, there is an understanding that everyone is engaged. Have you ever heard someone say, "Evangelism is not my gift," as if that excused him from sharing his faith? That's a kindergarten understanding of evangelism. All Christians are called to share their faith as a point of faithfulness, not gifting (Matt. 28:19).

Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.

The gift is the gift of the path to a richer, more responsible humanness; authenticity includes the choice to make an act of will despite desire, not simply bringing desire and will into line. To choose to believe, to choose to continue to believe, to choose to be faithful, loyal, and trustworthy, despite all the pressures to unbelief and disloyalty, is typical of the choices that constitute, or contribute toward, the life of Christian virtue.

What I have achieved by industry and practice, anyone else with tolerable natural gift and ability can also achieve.

Fatigue dulls the pain, but awakes enticing thoughts of death. So! that is the way in which you are tempted to overcome your loneliness -- by making the ultimate escape from life. -- No! It may be that death is to be your ultimate gift to life: it must not be an act of treachery against it.

The Earl of Chlincham sent a charming gift of some hem stitched sheets edged with real lace and a photo of himself in a striking attitude.

Other than God's grace, I don't know. It was just there when I needed it, that's all." "You don't know." Mary shook her head in quiet amazement. "Well then, it's a gift. That's the only explanation." In her heart Rachel was thrilled and terrified at being filled with a sense not her own. That Gott had given her that sense at the very moment when Emma needed her was indeed a gift.

Every day we live is a priceless gift of God, loaded with possibilities to learn something new, to gain fresh insights.

The important thing is that Mr. Simmons he receives the flowers. Flowers are beautiful. Mister Simmons is a gentleman and he will enjoy them. That he should know where they came from that is quite beside the point. I know that I have expressed my gratitude with something beautiful. I know that I have tried to repay him for the splendid things he has done for me. It is not important that Mr. Simmons he should know it. It is only important that he should receive the roses yes?

Wynne carried Smoky to the lawn outside, where he propped her into a GI helmet, to recreate the winning Yank Magazine image for the Red Cross photographer. But Smoky's tongue was hanging out exhaustedly, and it struck Wynne that she looked more like a dog-tired, war bitten soldier, than what she had been back then - namely, the gift that never stopped giving.

I knitted it myself," Andrea said, "in my knitting class." "How wonderful, Andrea!" said Miss Daisy. "A homemade present is so much nicer than something you buy in a store. A.J., what do you say to

Periods of boredom are gifts from the universe. You're not wasting time; you're seizing an opportunity.

Based on the gift each one has received, use it to serve others, as good managers of the varied grace of God" (1 Pet. 4:10).

Grace is when God gives us what we don't deserve, and mercy is when God doesn't give us what we do deserve.

It is twice bless'd; it blesseth him that gives and him that takes. / 'tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes the throned monarch better than his crown.

In the interest of clarity, we'll define talent in its strictest sense: the possession of repeatable skills that don't depend on physical size (sorry, jockeys and NFL linemen).

At the end of the season, each coach gets a leather-bound keepsake book containing the menus and wine labels from every dinner.

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant," Albert Einstein once said. "We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

I think we owe it to our children to share our wisdom. If we share our wisdom for the purpose of changing our children, then that's hitting them over the head with a hammer or shoving something down their throats. If the wisdom turns into advice, that's selfish. But if we simply share ourselves and let our children know our hearts, then it's a gift. And I think it's a gift we're responsible for giving them.

I've always been drawn to stories involving brothers, which started with my first viewing of Sean Penn's, 'The Indian Runner.' This subsequently lead to my working with my two brothers, Scott & Brad. I couldn't imagine a greater gift in the business.

I would like to thank my parents in Vergaio, a little village in Italy. They gave me the biggest gift: poverty.