Gift Quotes

"My salvation was a free gift. I didn't have to work for it and it's better than any gold medal that I've ever won"

"I realised from a very early age that God gave me a gift, and that gift was to run, and I wanted to use it to the best of my ability"

"What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it - would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have"

"God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well"

"I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift"

"Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention"

"Freedom is not a gift nor does it simply exist for us to have, but rather it is a sacred duty, and its blessed yield of hope is born from none other than the blood of the innocent"

"Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love"

"Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God"

"I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within"

"A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present"

"Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving"

"The greatest gift is not being afraid to question"

"In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike"

"Given the choice, children who don't want for anything will not save... We have an obligation as parents to give our children what they need. What they want we can give them as a special gift, or they can save their money for it"

"My goals have gone from being an all-star to just being able to play basketball. I always took for granted that I could play. Now I know what a gift it is"

"Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused"

"The greatest gift that you can give yourself is a little bit of your own attention"

"A gift in season is a double favor to the needy"

"What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?"

"Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people"

"Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift"

"The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge"

"When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking"

"Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future"

"As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing"

"Here's what I tell anybody and this is what I believe. The greatest gift we have is the gift of life. We understand that. That comes from our Creator. We're given a body. Now you may not like it, but you can maximize that body the best it can be maximized"

"Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God"

"When God loves a creature he wants the creature to know the highest happiness and the deepest misery He wants him to know all that being alive can bring. That is his best gift. There is no happiness save in understanding the whole"

"Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles"