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Gifts Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It is next worst to receiving one
- Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself. Thou must bleed for me. Therefore the…
- The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.
- People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.
- Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
- Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only true gift is a portion of thyself.
- The days come and go but they say nothing, and if we do not use the gifts they bring, they carry them as silently away.
- Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.
- Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining gifts that took all eyes
- A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe
- The only true gift is a portion of yourself.
- They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant friendly party; but they say nothing, and if we do…
- The only gift is a portion of thyself.
More Gifts Quotes
- Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. — Francis of Assisi
- Debt is part of the human condition. Civilization is based on exchanges - on gifts, trades, loans - and the revenges and… — Margaret Atwood
- Each day provides its own gifts. — Marcus Aurelius
- Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. — Richard Bach
- Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness. — Richard Bach
- Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood! — Honore de Balzac
- Women of this planet need some essential resources: wells, seeds and roads. That is primarily all we have ever needed. Added to… — Roseanne Barr
- The old and honorable idea of 'vocation' is simply that we each are called, by God, or by our gifts, or by… — Wendell Berry
- Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts. — Aeschylus
- Thanks to my mother, not a single cardboard box has found its way back into society. We receive gifts in boxes from… — Erma Bombeck
- Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. — Garth Brooks
- Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of… — James Broughton