Accepting Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Surely it is a sin to reject the few gifts we are given. Be happy in the flash of time granted to us or…

— Charles Frazier

Let me go: take back thy gift: Why should a man desire in any way To vary from the kindly race of men, Or…

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

When thou receivest praise, take it indifferently, and return it to God, the giver of the gift, or blesser of the action.

— Jeremy Taylor

“God desires to release gifts to us more than we desire to receive them. He is just too merciful to release gifts upon us…

— Bill Johnson

The greatest grace of a gift, perhaps, is that it anticipates and admits of no return.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Ganesh: Mortals refuse most divine offers….But so few of you accept our gifts, even ones you have prayed for.”

— Padma Viswanathan

“When you graciously accept something from someone else, you are giving to them in return. By accepting their gift, you're allowing them to act…

— Susan C. Young

“You cannot outguess the gods. Hold to virtue—if you can identify it—and trust that the duty set before you is the duty desired of…

— Lois McMaster Bujold

The choicest gift of God [is] the gift of reason.

— Thomas Paine

“There are two ways whereby men may be guilty of the neglect of this heavenly favour:--[1.] They are so when the gift itself is…

— John Owen

“Is there in the whole world a being who would have the right to forgive and could forgive? I don't want harmony. From love…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

It is easy to want things from the Lord and yet not want the Lord Himself, as though the gift could ever be preferable…

— Saint Augustine