Gift
Quotes - Don't show a friend your gift
“Gifts
of the heart can't be claimed by anyone except the giver.”
―
Nicholas Sparks, The Wedding
“Pakistan
not only means freedom and independence but the Muslim Ideology which has to be
preserved, which has come to us as a precious gift and treasure and which, we
hope other will share with us.”
―
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“The
Gift of Truth excels all other Gifts.”
―
Buddha Siddhartha Guatama Shakyamuni
“Some
of the best things that have ever happened to us wouldn’t have happened to us,
if it weren’t for some of the worst things that have ever happened to us.”
―
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Love
is not a tragedy or a failure, but a gift.”
―
John Green, Turtles All the Way Down
“[On
Chopin's Preludes:]
"His
genius was filled with the mysterious sounds of nature, but transformed into
sublime equivalents in musical thought, and not through slavish imitation of
the actual external sounds. His composition of that night was surely filled
with raindrops, resounding clearly on the tiles of the Charterhouse, but it had
been transformed in his imagination and in his song into tears falling upon his
heart from the sky. ... The gift of Chopin is [the expression of] the deepest
and fullest feelings and emotions that have ever existed. He made a single
instrument speak a language of infinity. He could often sum up, in ten lines
that a child could play, poems of a boundless exaltation, dramas of unequalled
power.”
―
George Sand, Story of My Life: The Autobiography of George Sand
“The
excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.”
―
Charles Dudley Warner
“I
bought you something" Willows blurts out.
"You
bought...What?"
Willow
closes her eyes for a second. She's a little surprised she's going to give it
to him after all, but there's no going back now. She has to.
"At
the bookstore." She reaches into her bag again, and pushes the package
across the table towards him.
Guy
takes the book out of the bag slowly, Willow waits for him to look
disappointed, to look confused that she would buy him such a battered, old-
"I
love it when used books have notes in the margins, it's the best," Guy
says as he flips through the pages. "I always imagine who read it before
me." He pauses and looks at one of Prospero's speeches. "I have way
too much homework to read this now, but you know what? Screw it. I want to know
why it's your favorite Shakespeare. Thank you, that was really nice of you. I
mean, you really didn't have to."
"But
I did anyway," Willow says so quietly she's not even sure hears her.
Hey,"
Guy frowns for a second. "You didn't write anything in here."
"Oh,
I didn't even think...I, well, I wouldn't even know what to write," Willow
says shyly.
"Well,
maybe you'll think of something later," he says.
Willow
watches Guy read the opening. There's no mistaking it. His smile is genuine,
and she can't help thinking that if she can't make David look like this, at
least she can do it for someone.”
―
Julia Hoban, Willow
“Unconditional
love is the greatest gift we can ever give.”
―
Amy Leigh Mercree
“Taken
together, it’s almost a sure sign. The letters float off the page when you
read, right? That’s because your mind is hardwired for ancient Greek. And the
ADHD-you’re impulsive, can’t sit still in the classroom. That’s your
battlefield reflexes. In a real fight, they’d keep you alive. As for the
attention problems, that’s because you see too much, Percy, not too little.
Your senses are better than a regular mortal’s.”
―
Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief
“Not
all can believe anything they want to,
because
not all have the ability to believe.”
―
Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity
“The
worst gift I was given is when I got out of rehab that Christmas; a bottle of
wine. It was delicious.”
―
Craig Ferguson
“Be
aware of the high notes, of the blissful faces and their soft messages, and
listen for the silent message of a highly decorated gift.”
―
Dejan Stojanovic
“What
is in the pencil is greater than what is around it. The talents in you are
greater than the environment surrounding you. Your potentials will change your
environment.”
―
Israelmore Ayivor
“Some
people today are wandering generalities instead of meaningful specifics because
they have failed to discover and mine the wealth of potentials in them.”
―
Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
“Don't
show a friend your gift, or your bag of money if you still want to maintain
your relationship, but if nay, go on, and all you'll see is hate and jealousy,
and you'll fight with him in the street like a dog and all you'll feel is
regret.”
―
Michael Bassey Johnson
“If
love is the greatest gift of all-and I believe it is- then the greatest
privilege of all is to be able to love someone.”
―
Laura Schroff, An Invisible Thread
“The
purpose of life is to discover your gift. The work of life is to develop it.
The meaning of life is to give your gift away.”
―
David Viscott
“Above
all, consider this: The greatest gift we can give ourselves, our children, and
our world is to live well and love well.”
―
Alexandra Katehakis, Erotic Intelligence: Igniting Hot, Healthy Sex While in
Recovery from Sex Addiction
“Never
mind those failures till yesterday. Each new day is a sequel of a wonderful
life; gifted with hopes to succeed.”
―
Aniruddha Sastikar
“You
all have a gift. It's free. It's the gift of song.”
―
Christine E. Schulze, The Silver Stag
“I'd
rather strive for the kind of interview where instead of me asking to introduce
myself to society, society asks me to introduce myself to society.”
―
Criss Jami, Killosophy
“I
Am ! Two powerful words.... You must confess... I Am who God called me to be. I
Am a Success. I Am not what you think of me. I Am more than a conqueror. I Am
walking by Faith. I Am a Gift.”
―
Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Release The Ink
“Pope
Alexander smiled. He seemed more amused with the story than horrified.
"The Baglioni are true believers," he said. "They believe in
paradise. Such a great gift. How otherwise can man bear this moral life?
Unfortunately, such a belief also gives evil men the courage to commit great
crimes in the name of good and God.”
―
Mario Puzo, The Family
