Quote by Susan M. Weinschenk

Never do anything for another with the expectation of gratitude. The expectation itself turns the gift into an exchange and suggests a debt is…

— Michael Josephson

Some people have a knack of putting upon you gifts of no real value, to engage you to substantial gratitude. We thank them for…

— Charles Lamb

More and more, unsolicited gifts from without are likely to be received with unconscious resentment.

— Edward Sapir

Some people give gifts in order to bewilder, confuse, and manipulate their recipients.

— Mallory Ortberg

“Presents are made for the pleasure of the one who gives them, not for the merits of those who recieve them”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Presents are made for the pleasure of the one who gives them , not for the merits of those who receive them”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Gifts are very useful to con men. Gifts create a feeling of debt, an itchy anxiety that the recipient is eager to be rid…

— Holly Black

When a gift is deserved, it is not a gift but a payment.

— Gene Wolfe

Gifts are not favors. If you expect something in return, it's not a gift.

— Seth Godin

“Squandering our gifts brings distress to our lives. As it turns out, it’s not merely benign or “too bad” if we don’t use the…

— Brené Brown

“An encounter with generosity can remind us that life always overflows our attempts to reduce it to a commodity or a transaction—because it is…

— Makoto Fuijmura

“The worst feeling when speaking with someone or receiving a gift from them is knowing they feel obligated to.”

— Donna Lynn Hope