Love’s gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.
—Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali Poet, Polymath
Christmas is the season when you buy this year’s gifts with next year’s money.
—Unknown
Not what we give, but what we share,—For the gift without the giver is bare.
—James Russell Lowell (1819–91) American Poet, Critic
A friend is a gift you give yourself.
—Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–94) Scottish Novelist
Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.
—Tony Robbins (b.1960) American Self-Help Author, Entrepreneur
You will not grow if you sit in a beautiful flower garden, but you will grow if you are sick, if you are in pain, if you experience losses, and if you do not put your head in the sand, but take the pain and learn to accept it, not as a curse or punishment but as a gift to you with a very, very specific purpose.
—Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (1926-2004) American Psychiatrist
A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
—Livy (Titus Livius) (59 BCE–17 CE) Roman Historian
Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid.
—John Boyle O’Reilly (1844–90) Irish-American Journalist, Political Agitator
He gives twice who gives quickly.
—Joaquin Miller (1837–1913) American Poet, Journalist
Part of your mission in life then must be to share your gifts with as many people as possible. That means being willing to play big.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.
—Evelyn Waugh (1903–66) British Novelist, Essayist, Biographer
Every gift, though it be small, is in reality great if given with affection.
—Pindar (c.518–c.438 BCE) Greek Lyric Poet
Change always comes bearing gifts.
—Price Pritchett (b.1941) American Management Consultant
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
—Buddhist Teaching
To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.
—Max Beerbohm (1872–1956) British Essayist, Caricaturist, Novelist
Everyone is gifted – but some people never open their package
—Indian Proverb
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
One must know not just how to accept a gift, but with what grace to share it.
—Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American Poet
Beauty is the gift of God.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
To receive gifts is to lose freedom.
—Anonymous
Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third.
—Marge Piercy (b.1936) American Poet, Novelist, Social Activist
The greatest gift is to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to be the greatest.
—Buddhist Teaching
Each day provides its own gifts.
—Martial (40–104) Ancient Roman Latin Poet
The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me, correspondent to my flowing unto him.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
It is said that gifts persuade even the gods.
—Euripides (480–406 BCE) Ancient Greek Dramatist
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
—Common Proverb
Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends.
—Unknown
Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they have it when the next test comes.
—Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) American Biographer, Novelist, Socialist
A hug is a great gift – one size fits all, and it’s easy to exchange.
—Indian Proverb
A woman’s beauty is not a gift to man – only a bribe
—Indian Proverb
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