Gift Quotes

3896 Gift quotes by 2331 unique authors

For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother… — Wernher von Braun
I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it will be with a knife. — Louise Brooks
The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole lyric. — James Broughton
God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with… — Jean de la Bruyere
An actress who has the gift of swaying the emotions of an audience, of compelling tribute of tears, or of moving the public to joyous… — Billie Burke
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God. — Leo Buscaglia
Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the… — Abdallah II
There is a gift of the Holy Spirit that is given to both men and women in the New Testament. This is what makes the… — Tony Campolo
Every time you dive, you hope you'll see something new - some new species. Sometimes the ocean gives you a gift, sometimes it doesn't. — James Cameron
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… — Albert Camus
When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely. — Truman Capote
It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is hung up in the shop window like a loaded pistol… — Thomas Carlyle
The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum. — Alexis Carrel
Christopher Hitchens was a wit, a charmer, and a troublemaker, and to those who knew him well, he was a gift from - dare I… — Graydon Carter
I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now that the time is coming to give it back,… — Joyce Cary
Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need… — John Jay Chapman
It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would be humane and… — Cesar Chavez
I was in end stage heart failure, liver and kidneys shutting down, and on an emergency basis they went in and planted a pump in… — Dick Cheney
I was raised, myself, by extremely strict but also extremely loving Chinese immigrant parents. To this day, I believe that their having high expectations for… — Amy Chua
What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children? — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening. — Eric Clapton
In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself. — Eric Clapton
Great masters neither want nor need your worship. Your greatest gift to them and yourself is to emulate their divinity by claiming it as your… — Alan Cohen
A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God... When you have been given something in a moment of grace, it is… — Marian Anderson

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