Quotes About Gifts

Your purpose lies where your passion, wisdom and gifts meet and complement each other.

There isn't a soul in this universe with the same gifts, strength, level of intelligence and as good as yourself!

Everything needed for success has been placed into us from the beginning

We give of ourselves when we give gifts of the heart: love, kindness, joy, understanding, sympathy, tolerance, forgiveness. . .

He never treated her as a wife. He wooed her over and over again, with presents, flowers, new pleasures.

If a writer, despite his natural gifts, gives up writing because no one will publish him, then he is no writer. The artist is distinguished by his urge to create, which by very definition is a concomitant of talent.

Let us pray to God that other gifts may not so satisfy us, that we never grasp the fact that the absence of this grace (humility) is the secret cause why the power of God cannot do its mighty work.

Precious lessons that Jesus has to teach us this day. We seek God's gifts: God wants to give us HIMSELF first. We think of prayer as the power to draw down good gifts from heaven; Jesus as the means to draw ourselves up to God.

Two intercessors, Christ the Advocate above and the Holy Spirit the Advocate within, are the gifts of His love.

If once believers [p 138 ] were to awake to the glory of the work of intercession, and to see that in it, and the definite pleading for definite gifts on definite spheres and persons, lie our highest fellowship with our glorified Lord, and our only real power to bless men, it would be seen that there can be no truer fellowship with God than these definite petitions and their answers, by which we become the channel of His grace and life to men.

We seek God's gifts; God wants to give Himself to us first. We think of prayer as the power to draw good gifts from heaven and Jesus as the means to draw ourselves to God. We want to stand at the door and cry; Jesus wants us to enter first and realize that we are friends and children.

I used to think that God's gifts were on shelves—one above another—and the taller we grow, the easier we can reach them. Now I find that God's gifts are on shelves—and the lower we stoop, the more we get." F. B. MEYER

The Bible does not authorize us, either by the words of the Lord or His apostles, to believe that the gifts of healing were granted only to the early church;

me that the gods had given me everything

When people receive gifts, no matter how innocent, they feel obligated and try to reciprocate. It is a lovely reflex in everyday life and has furthered community bonding and artistic vocation. But in politics, it leads to corruption. An outright ban on such gifts would protect officials from the unintended worst consequences of their best reflexes—and from the temptations that will inevitably be dangled before them.

You bought me some forks. And knives. And spoons. Because you love me!

Apologies come in all shapes and sizes. You can give diamonds, candy, flowers, or just your deepest heartfelt sentiment.

It's important to be grateful for the gifts we have

Quando il sole sorge la mattina promettendo una magnifica giornata, non riesco mai a trattenermi dall'esclamare: Ecco, ora hanno un altro dono del Cielo che non tentino di sottrarsi a vicenda: salute, buon nome, gioia, riposo.

Buon Dio, tu che mi hai concesso tutti questi doni, perché non te ne sei tenuti la metà e non mi hai dato in cambio la fiducia in me stesso e la capacità di accontentarmi?

La sencillez y la inocencia no saben apreciar su sagrado valor. No saben que la modestia y la humildad son supremos dones de la generosa naturaleza .

We must pray to God everyday to show we don't forget that all gifts come from Him. But if some wishes remain unfulfilled we must show our confidence in Him, for He knows best.

Keep those people close who support your efforts and do not try to sabotage you. Ask family and friends to stop giving you boxes of candy and cakes as gifts. Instead suggest flowers, a card, or a fruit basket. Tell your mother that if she really loves you she'll feed you properly, forgoing her traditional beef stroganoff.

Friendship develops gifts and talents.