Quotes About Gifts

Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!

As soon as he woke he'd be desperate to give Celeste his gift. He loved giving presents. The first time she knew she wanted to marry him was when she saw the anticipation on his face, watching his mother open a birthday present he'd bought for her. "Do you like it?" he'd burst out as soon she tore the paper, and his family had all laughed at him for sounding like a big kid.

Jewelry and clothes for Isabel and Polly. A piece of the Berlin Wall for Esther.

I believe in friendship,' Band said to Reinhardt, then made his way to Huston and delivered the present. Huston unwrapped his present. 'This is just swell, amigo – just wonderful,' he said to Band. He closed the book and took a cigarette box out of his pocket. It was empty. 'Get me some cigarettes, will ya, kid?' he said. Band rushed off for cigarettes.

We are only blessed with what God gives us.

I was the girl whose face fell when she saw a wrapped present in the shape of a box, perhaps a jigsaw puzzle. Worst of all, that preparation for the future slave-house of motherhood, a doll. I only wanted book tokens or books themselves – but better a book token. The worst present is the book you don't want to read.

If you would win a woman's love, give her each day a gift. If you would keep her love, give her each day two gifts. Kwani

All the world is happy when Santa Claus comes.

Giving anyone anything takes courage, since so many presents backfire. A gift conspicuously at odds with your tastes serves only to betray that the benefactor has no earthly clue who you are.

So if you were dating the UPS guy, he could buy you whatever the hell he wanted. But I cant."well...yes, but I'd never date the UPS guy. Those brown shorts are just not a turn-on for me.

The only big things I've purchased are my dad's heart valve and a Rolls-Royce for my parents, for their anniversary. And that was only because my dad had a Lady Gaga license plate on our old car and it was making me crazy because he was getting followed everywhere, so I bought him a new car.

My grandmother got me recordings of the 'Goldberg Variations,' in addition to the 'Brandenburg Concertos,' the Mozart string quartets and Beethoven's 'Seventh Symphony.'

I hate getting flowers. I can't stand when I get a bouquet of flowers, because I have to stop what I do, cut the flowers, put them in a vase - if you're going to bring flowers, bring them in a vase already!

Work is sacred. It is not just a way to earn money or gain power, though it may result in both. Work is a vehicle for testing out our gifts and talents and using them to explore their meaning.

Love, son, is not manifest in the gift of gadgets or coddling foods or rooms of one's own. Love shows itself in discipline and example and sacrifice—even giving up one's life.

Nothing compares with the paperweight as a bad gift. To me, there's no better way than a paperweight to express to someone, I refused to put any thought into this at all.

We have the responsibility to put our gifts to work.

Practical gifts are another great way to be thoughtful, and they work for anything from birthdays to dinner-party gifts.

I wouldn't dream of selling my work. I give them to friends, to charities.

I've found that giving gifts is transformative. It makes me better. It clarifies my thinking and allows me to do better work.

The old and honorable idea of 'vocation' is simply that we each are called, by God, or by our gifts, or by our preference, to a kind of good work for which we are particularly fitted.

You have to discover your area of talent to be effective

We glorify God when we celebrate people's gifts

Maximize all your gifts and potentials