Gift Quotes: Inspiring Words on Generosity and Giving (Page 2)

"Conceit is God's gift to little men"

"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

"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

"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

"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

"Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience"

Ambrose Bierce, Journalist

"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

"Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white"

Ambrose Bierce, Journalist

"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

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

W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright

"A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor"

Seneca the Younger, Statesman

"A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer"

Seneca the Younger, Statesman

"The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization"

Sigmund Freud, Psychologist

"To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed"

Samuel Johnson, Author

"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

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

Blaise Pascal, Philosopher

"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

"Beauty is a fragile gift"

Ovid, Poet

"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

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

Virgil, Writer

"We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education"

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Philosopher

"Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship"

Buddha, Leader

"Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!"

Honore de Balzac, Novelist

"Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get good out of all things and all persons"

John Ruskin, Writer

"To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift"

Aeschylus, Playwright

"Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts"

Aeschylus, Playwright

"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"

Thornton Wilder, Writer

"I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional gifts"

Thornton Wilder, Writer

"Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth"

Horace, Poet

"Every problem has a gift for you in its hands"

Richard Bach, Novelist

"Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness"

Richard Bach, Novelist

"Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer"

Barbara de Angelis, Writer

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