Gift Quotes: Inspiring Words on Generosity and Giving

"God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame"

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Poet

"Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it"

Pope John Paul II, Clergyman

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

Anthony J. D'Angelo, Author

"Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These, now as of old, are not gifts of the gods: men stumble into them themselves because of their own blindness and folly"

Democritus, Philosopher

"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"

Mike Ditka, Coach

"I believe with all my heart that America remains 'the great idea' that inspires the world. It is a privilege to be born here. It is an honor to become a citizen here. It is a gift to raise your family here, to vote here, and to live here"

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Actor

"Not to discriminate every moment some passionate attitude in those about us, and in the very brilliancy of their gifts some tragic dividing on their ways, is, on this short day of frost and sun, to sleep before evening"

Walter Pater, Critic

"Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts which we have wasted, of all that we might have done which we did not do"

Gian Carlo Menotti, Composer

"I played Liddy Dole last year and met her as well. From the artful way she phrased it, I still don't know if she had actually seen me play her. She made it sound like it was good, but that's just a gift they have"

Ana Gasteyer, Comedian

"Many of the critics today get airline tickets, hotel accommodation, bags, beautiful photographs, gifts and other expenses paid by the distributors, and then are supposed to write serious articles about the movie"

Wim Wenders, Director

"One of the greatest gifts my brother and I received from my mother was her love of literature and language. With their boundless energy, libraries open the door to these worlds and so many others. I urge young and old alike to embrace all that libraries have to offer"

Caroline Kennedy, Celebrity

"The great gift of Easter is hope - Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God, in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love, which nothing can shake"

Basil C. Hume

"Gifts make slaves"

Levi Strauss, Businessman

"When Courtney's mother and I first separated I tried to be Disney Dad, showering her with gifts, trips and then I snapped out of it. You don't have to try to impress your kids. If they're not getting what they need from you, they will let you know"

Al Roker, Entertainer

"Conceit is God's gift to little men"

Bruce Barton, Author

"Often when He comes, He finds the soul occupied. Other guests are there, and He has to turn away. He cannot gain entry, for we love and desire other things; therefore, His gifts, which He is offering to everyone unceasingly, must remain outside"

Johannes Tauler, Theologian

"Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue"

Virginia Woolf, Author

"The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest"

Sophocles, Author

"But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless"

Sophocles, Author

"Enemies' gifts are no gifts and do no good"

Sophocles, Author

"It was pretty extensive - we worked out 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 3 months, which I think is more than anybody in the Olympics. I thought well I don't need this, the girls need it, but it was a gift"

David Carradine, Actor

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

Cicero, Philosopher

"Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?"

Cicero, Philosopher

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

Thomas Fuller, Clergyman

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

Voltaire, Writer

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher

"Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never"

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher

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

Publilius Syrus, Poet

"She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit"

W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright

"All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else"

Plato, Philosopher

"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"

Ralph Marston, Writer

"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"

Albert Camus, Philosopher

"Each day provides its own gifts"

Marcus Aurelius, Soldier

"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"

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Writer

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

Blaise Pascal, Philosopher

"That's my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck's back. If it's not positive, I didn't hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy"

George Foreman, Athlete

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

Albert Einstein, Physicist

"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"

Albert Einstein, Physicist

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

Albert Einstein, Physicist

"I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts"

Virgil, Writer

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