Quotes About Gifts

Every one of us comes into this life with lessons to learn and gifts to give.

We must realize that the ministries and gifts of the Spirit are for everyday life, not just meetings.

I wish that Christmas may be happy and heavenly, and the holidays glow with the gifts of the inner life that God will give to each one.

God gives us the ugliness so we don't take the beautiful things in life for granted.

Faith, repentance, and holiness are no less the free gifts of God than eternal life.

Have you ever known anyone who bought a fruitcake for himself? Of course not. They are purchased as Christmas gifts, mostly for people you don't particularly like.

Your life is an opportunity to give the gifts that your soul wants to give.

The goal in life is not to attain some imaginary ideal; it is to find and fully use our own gifts.

Do not be satisfied with God's calling or His gifts in your life. Be satisfied with Jesus Christ Himself.

There are some things in life where it's better to receive than to give, and massage is one of them.

Sometimes things in life happen that allow us to understand our priorities very clearly. Ultimately you can see those as gifts.

Your greatest fulfillment in life will come when you discover your unique gifts and abilities and use them to edify others and glorify the LORD.

Figuring out our gifts in life is part of our journey to becoming enlightened human beings.

Usually life's greatest gifts come wrapped in adversity.

Él no me dio flores o dulces. Me dio la luna y las estrellas. El infinito.

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

Was sollen wir anfangen? Wenn wir einen Mann liebhaben, liefern wir uns ihm aus. Wir trennen uns von allem, was vorher war, und kommen zu ihm. Da bin ich, sagen wir freundlich lächelnd. Ja, sagt er, da bist du, und kratzt sich hinterm Ohr. Allmächtiger, denkt er, nun habe ich sie auf dem Hals. Leichten Herzens schenken wir ihm, was wir haben. Und er flucht. Die Geschenke sind ihm lästig. Erst flucht er leise, später flucht er laut. Und wir sind allein wie nie zuvor.

It's odd,' she murmured, 'but as long as we don't forget that we're falling and falling, nothing is lost. Life seems to love paradoxes - when we think we're perfectly safe, we're always ridiculous and on the verge of a tumble; but when we know we're lost, life showers gifts on us. Then we don't have to do a thing - it runs after us like a poodle.

Thanks to my mother, not a single cardboard box has found its way back into society. We receive gifts in boxes from stores that went out of business twenty years ago.

Genius is a gift we are given; mastery is the stewardship of our gifts.

She was struck, too, by how often in this sad life a person's gifts are useless in helping him fulfill his true desire.

Durante a sua permanência no Mali, voltou a ser ofendido. (Os árabes parecem ter considerado os costumes africanos tão grosseiros como os veriam os exploradores europeus, alguns séculos mais tarde.) Ibn Battuta esperava que os presentes de receção fossem belas vestes e dinheiro; em lugar disso, porém, foi presenteado pelo novo rei com três pães e uma porção de carne de vaca frita, bem como algum iogurte.

In his life of Marlborough, Churchill had accused the notorious 2nd Earl of Sunderland of being 'one of those dangerous beings who, with many gifts of mind, have no principle of action; who do not care what is done, so long as they are at the centre of it; to whom bustle, excitement, intrigue, are the breath of life; and whose dance from one delirium to another seems almost necessary to their sanity.

She glanced at each of us, then back toward Patrick. "Is there someone just giving out legendary magical swords to children? Because I'm fairly certain I recognize all three of those.