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Quotes About Gifts

Take the good the gods provide thee.
~ John Dryden
The Lord who gave us Earth and Heaven Takes that as thanks for all He's given. The book he lent is given back All blotted red and smutted black.
~ John Masefield
I didn't find my friends; the good Lord gave them to me.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Good things come in small packages.
~ Aesop
Gratitude is the joy that arises in response to God's good will toward us in all his gifts.
~ John Piper
My chief gifts are - naturally good at all sports with a raw talent for pretty much everything, which if nurtured could develop into improper talent.
~ Michael Sheen
God whose gifts in gracious flood Unto all who seek are sent, Only asks you to be good And is content.
~ Victor Hugo
We meet on the common ground of an uncommon age and share out our gifts of dark and light, good and bad, simple joy and not so simple sorrow.
~ Ray Bradbury
Gifts, like words, carried with them a great deal of power. They bestowed good fortune just as powerfully as they could curse; the could bind people together or tear them apart.
~ Alethea Kontis
Send 10-TEN!!-people flowers. Today. As "Thank yous" for good things "small"-or even large-done in the last two weeks.
~ Tom Peters
Dear young people, do not bury your talents, the gifts that God has given you! Do not be afraid to dream of great things!
~ Pope Francis
God made me blind and unable to walk. BIG DEAL! He gave me the ability... the musical gifts I have... the great opportunity to meet new people.
~ Patrick Henry Hughes
The worship of God is, Honouring his gifts in other men each according to his genius, and loving the greatest men best; those who envy or calumniate great men hate God, for there is no other God.
~ William Blake
Great grace and small gifts are better than great gifts and no grace.
~ John Bunyan
Books make great gifts because you don't have to plug them in.
~ Alec Baldwin
Books make great gifts because they're everybody's favorite things.
~ Julie Andrews
Each of us has great gifts, but many of us severely limit ourselves with negative attitudes about our potential.
~ Gene R. Cook
Books make great gifts because... [they don't] come in any particular size, so you don't have to be embarrassed if you bought somebody the wrong size.
~ Valerie Bertinelli
Well, because I have twin seven-year-old boys, I enjoy the gift giving stuff a great deal. We do both Hanukkah and Christmas, so it is a costly, though extremely pleasing proposition.
~ Fred Melamed
Books make great gifts because they can unveil hidden secrets.
~ Dan Brown
I know that great gifts come at a price, and that not all talent inspires admiration.
~ Sally O'Reilly
Fame is really great in a lot of ways, you know? People are a lot nicer to you. Like, the more famous you are, the more free presents you get. And invitations to really amazing things.
~ Tama Janowitz
The saving grace of all really great gifts is that the persons who bear their burden remain superior to what they have done, at least as long as the source of creativity is alive.
~ Hannah Arendt
Technology... is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other.
~ Carrie Snow