Best Gifts Quotations
1568 Gifts quotes by 1073 unique authors
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Gladly accept the gifts of the present hour.
— Horace
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[The natural world cleans water, pollinates plants and provides pharmaceuticals, among many other gifts.] Thirty trillion dollars worth of services, scot-free to humanity, every year.
— E. O. Wilson
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The people who have achieved more than you, in any area, are only a half step ahead of you in time. Bless them and praise…
— Marianne Williamson
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It is not true that the legislator has absolute power over our persons and property, since they pre-exist, and his work is only to secure…
— Frederic Bastiat
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Always demanding the best of oneself, living with honor, devoting one's talents and gifts to the benefits of others - these are the measures of…
— Henry Ford
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Part of your mission in life then must be to share your gifts with as many people as possible. That means being willing to play…
— T. Harv Eker
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'It's this accursed Science,' I cried. 'It's the very Devil. The mediaeval priests and persecutors were right, and the Moderns are all wrong. You tamper…
— George Herbert
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...while science gives us implements to use, science alone does not determine for what ends they will be employed. Radio is an amazing invention. Yet…
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
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Science stands, a too competant servant, behind her wrangling underbred masters, holding out resources, devices, and remedies they are too stupid to use. ... And…
— George Herbert
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The pride of the body is a barrier against the gifts that purify the soul.
— George Eliot
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One of the greatest gifts science has brought to the world is continuing elimination of the supernatural.
— James D. Watson
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He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.
— Anais Nin
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The arts have a development which comes not only from the individual but also from a whole acquired force, the civilization which precedes us. One…
— Henri Matisse
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The Holy Spirit gives us joy. And he is joy. Joy is the gift in which all the other gifts are included. It is the…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Jesus Christ does not teach us a spirituality 'of closed eyes,' but one of 'alertness,' one which entails an absolute duty to take notice of…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Continue to walk in the faith and, faithful to the mandate that has been entrusted to you, go out with solicitude and joy toward all…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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There is no greater enjoyment than that of sharing something. Have you given something to somebody? That`s why people enjoy giving gifts so much. It…
— Rajneesh
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As life becomes harder and more threatening, it also becomes richer, because the fewer expectations we have, the more good things of life become unexpected…
— Etty Hillesum
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You great benefactors, sprinkle our society with thankfulness. For your own gifts, make yourselves praised:
— William Shakespeare
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The greatest gift one can give is thanksgiving. In giving gifts, we give what we can spare, but in giving thanks we give ourselves.
— David Steindl-Rast
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One problem with gratitude is that it competes with the sense of pride, self-reliance and accomplishment we have. We want to think what we have…
— Michael Josephson
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Authentic gratitude is much more rare and precious than expressions of gratitude which are often empty courtesies or simply tactical ploys to encourage further gifts…
— Michael Josephson
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Gratitude consists of a watchful, minute attention to the particulars of our state, and to the multitudes of God's gifts, taken one by one. It…
— Henry Edward Manning
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Be creative in that sense and your creativity will become an offering to God. God has given you so many gifts, Garima; something HAS to…
— Rajneesh
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Over the past month, Muslims have fasted, taking no food or water during daylight hours, in order to refocus their minds on faith and redirect…
— George W. Bush
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