Gift Quotes

Today riches and honours have been lavished on me, but one gift has been lacking, the most important one of all, the only one that matters, the gift of youth.

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.

A gift of truth is the gift of love.

Michael is a gift from Allah, and he is taking him back. The world didn't appreciate him.

I think acting is a gift.

I owe Bankhead a gift; she made a director out of me.

I'm the hardest person to buy a gift for.

A book is a gift you can open again and again.

I've written many nonfiction books, but that's a special gift.

A lot of the players are not involved with any NHL team, so to play and travel around with the Oldtimers' it's a kind of gift that the players really appreciate.

Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift.

It's not a gift of mine, but one given to me, to be able to criticise myself and not be crushed, by myself or by others.

Love is a gift.

I was born with the gift.

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.

Talent can be developed, gift is God-given. But artists have both.

I've written some great things. That's a gift, but there's consequences. Yeah, you get this great work, but you suffer. You really, really suffer.

Beauty is a fragile gift.

Putting is like wisdom - partly a natural gift and partly the accumulation of experience.

Fidelity is a gift not a requirement.

Even when life challenges us, it's a gift beyond all measure.

Tomorrow is no man's gift.

I talked with Brian Stokes Mitchell, who agreed with me that if you have a gift there is always stuff to do.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it.

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don't know where I would be without it.

Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.

A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor.

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

Well, Mozart is extraordinary not only in that he became virtuoso along the lines of his father, but that he had that compositional gift, that melodic gift. By the time he was four, he was doing piano concertos with harmony in the background.

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

Anyone who says they don't like to receive a gift is lying.

Honestly, I've been very blessed. Yes, I am cursed with this gift.

And writing I think is a gift that you have, the same as acting, in a way.

The greatest gift in life is to be remembered.

The Internet is truly God's gift to the Chinese people.

Love the giver more than the gift.

I know a man who doesn't pay to have his trash taken out. How does he get rid of his trash? He gift wraps it, and puts in into an unlocked car.

Free is really, you know, the gift of Silicon Valley to the world. It's an economic force, it's a technical force. It's a deflationary force, if not handled right. It is abundance, as opposed to scarcity.

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

Intuition is truly a feminine quality, but women should not mistake rash conclusions for this gift.

Am I a trance medium? No. Have I got a gift psychically? Absolutely not. But I believe in the survival of consciousness after death.

So I like to make music, and I like to share music. This is also a gift.

Conceit is God's gift to little men.

I would like to thank my parents in Vergaio, a little village in Italy. They gave me the biggest gift: poverty.

I was born with a great gift, and sometimes with that comes a destructive streak.

My responsibility to God is to live. That's the gift he gave me.

My responsibility to God is to live. That's the gift he gave me. What I do with it is up to me.

How many McDonald's gift certificates would it take to sway a lot of Americans to pledge to never publicly criticize the U.S, President?

I think I have a gift, but I haven't really opened that gift yet and given it to myself.

It is the gift of seeing the life around them clearly and vividly, as something that is exciting in its own right. It is an innate gift, varying in intensity with the individual's temperament and environment.

You do have to be fairly selfish when you have a gift. You cannot afford to let too many outside things get in the way.

All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.

I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it will be with a knife.

The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole lyric.

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 it.

Every day, I love what I do and I think it's a gift and privilege to love your job.

One reason people get divorced is that they run out of gift ideas.

Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.

I'm unable to ignore the gift that God gave me, so I'm going to sing.

Christopher Hitchens was a wit, a charmer, and a troublemaker, and to those who knew him well, he was a gift from - dare I say it - God.

Too many people are buying gifts for themselves when they pick out a gift for a friend.

The Lord has never spoken to me, but I feel Chick-fil-A has been His gift.

Plunderous is the palate I gift to you, openly I hug the universe of our friendship expanding its outer limit.

Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.

Just as a puppy can be more of a challenge than a gift, so too can the holidays.

Beauty is the lover's gift.

If we misuse the gift of sexuality, we're going to suffer the consequences, and I firmly believe we are suffering the consequences.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

I would hope it's better, but I'm actually acknowledging now that I want to explore all these levels from a whisper to a scream with this gift I've been given.

I use Ole Henriksen eye gel when I think of it, and go for facials when spa gift certificates appear as a professional thank-you or in a gift bag. Once ensconced in a facialist's chair, I let myself be coaxed into all sorts of treatments, because I'm there already, so why not?

My salvation was a free gift. I didn't have to work for it and it's better than any gold medal that I've ever won.

My season 2 'Good Wife' wrap gift was this deluxe package of Mortal Kombat. I played it for, like, two weeks straight.

It's always been a gift with me, hearing music the way I do. I don't know where it comes from, it's just there and I don't question it.