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Quotes About Gift

But I really would love to give her a very special gift. I was hoping if I did, she might give me a kiss in return, instead of the brotherly hugs I always get instead.
~ Jessica Day George
Früher war das Geschenk etwas ganz anderes als die Ware. Heute ist das Geschenk eine Ware, die null Mark kostet. Diese Billigkeit macht den Käufer misstrauisch. Sicher ein faules Geschäft, denkt er.
~ Erich Kastner
Mes gavome dovan? ugn?, nes mumyse buvo kažkas dieviško. O dabar mes slepiame j?, nes žudome savyje t? dievišk? dalelyt?.
~ Erich Maria Remarque
Te jeseni 1939. život je ?oveku bio nanovo poklonjen - re?e Švarc. - ?ak su i kestenovi te jeseni ponovo procvetali, po drugi put, u Parizu - se?ate li se?
~ Erich Maria Remarque
You do, Bob. You have the requirements for it. A certain simplicity is necessary for love. You have it. Keep it. It is a gift of God. Never to be gotten again once it is lost." "Don't take it to heart too much, though, Baby," said Lenz with a grin. "It's no shame to be born stupid. Only to die stupid.
~ Erich Maria Remarque
Ruining is a gift .. it's the way of changing.
~ Erin Gruwell
There is no doubt that creative work is itself done under a compulsion often indistinguishable from a purely clinical obsession. In this sense, what we call a creative gift is merely the social license to be obsessed.
~ Ernest Becker
By making your hero-system the service of your Creator, you have the distinction of making a gift of your life no matter what the special quality of that gift is: as you last out your life with courage, forbearance, and dignity you affirm your divine calling by simply living it out.
~ Ernest Becker
What is one's true talent, his secret gift, his authentic vocation? In what way is one truly unique, and how can he express this uniqueness, give it form, dedicate it to something beyond himself?
~ Ernest Becker
You bought me a beer," the old man said. "You are already a man.
~ Ernest Hemingway
If an angel out of heaven Gives you something else to drink, Thank him for his kind intentions; Go and pour them down the sink.
~ Ernest Hemingway
The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it.
~ Esther Williams
She and I were giving each other the only thing we truly have to offer: our time. We were going to give each other the living minutes of our life.
~ Ethan Hawke
one of the gifts of science: when you discover a new truth, you also gain a new way of looking at things that can change your perspective.
~ Andrew Mayne
Wedding presents Charles and I went around the General Trading Company [a fashionable gift store frequented by the Establishment]. Looking back on it was quite a funny thing to do--so Sloane!
~ Andrew Morton
He has given me his gift of silence, knowing that at least I am free to construe my own truths about his feelings. It's generous.
~ Andrew X. Pham
Então, o profeta Lebioda disse: ‹‹Pega nesse teu gato que faz ageneiras e te dá constantes prejuízos e entrega-o ao teu próximo. Terás satisfação a dobrar. Livras-te do gato e farás o teu próximo feliz. Pois na maioria dos casos, o próximo não quer o presente, quer, isso sim, ser presenteado.››
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
The unmistakable truth about forgiveness is that it is not a reward that must be earned; forgiveness is a gift to be given. When I give forgiveness, I free my own spirit to release the anger and hatred harbored in my heart. By granting forgiveness, I free my spirit to pursue my future happily and unencumbered by the anchors of my past. And forgiveness, when granted to others, becomes a gift to myself.
~ Andy Andrews
Your time on this earth is a gift to be used wisely. Don't squander your words or your thoughts. Consider that even the simplest actions you take for your lives matter beyond measure...and they matter forever.
~ Andy Andrews
In the shadow of my hurt, forgiveness feel like a decision to reward my enemy. But in the shadow of the cross, forgiveness is merely a gift from one undeserving soul to another.
~ Andy Stanley
His wedding gift, clasped round my throat. A choker of rubies, two inches wide, like an extraordinarily precious slit throat.
~ Angela Carter
The commingling of the Sacred Body and Blood symbolically expresses that in reality on the alter the Body and Blood are not separate, but under each species the whole Christ is present as one sacrificial gift and one sacrificial food. It tells us also of the Resurrection, in which His Body and Blood were again united and vivified; the Lamb that was slain now lives eternally.
~ Angelus Press
Oh it's a pebble... But it's a really nice pebble Dad thanks.
~ Angie Sage
There is no better gift a society can give children than the opportunity to grow up safe and free - the chance to pursue whatever dreams they may have.
~ John Roberts