I've learned one important thing about God's gifts - what we do with them is our gift to Him.

Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below.

I view the experiences that I have had - both the tough ones and the pleasant ones - as gifts.

Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.

Satan will advocate that it is cool to doubt spiritual gifts and the teachings of true prophets.

Great love, like great genius, can never be a duty: both are life's gracious gifts to its elect.

However, all gifts seem now to be absorbed in one and a man must be either a Preacher or nothing.

Life is constantly supporting us and giving us gifts. It's a matter of opening ourselves to that.

You can't celebrate gifts without celebrating the giver of all gifts, so I want to celebrate Jesus.

In a digital age, I still love sending and receiving cards, hand-writing notes, and wrapping gifts.

One of the gifts of 'Star Trek' is my professional work colleagues have become my lifelong friends.

I consider myself an artist. God granted me some gifts so that I could express myself artistically.

Never mind money; the gifts of time and skill call into being the richest marketplace in the world.

My favorite scripture is, 'Your gifts make room for you.' It's something I tell people all the time.

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

If you're given gifts or blessings in your life, it's up to you to help the guy coming up behind you.

Some people are born with the necessary gift, and some work hard to build on the few gifts they have.

Flowers would be wasted on me. I don't like valentines. I don't need gifts. I'm a pragmatic romantic.

Oprah's such a wonderful spirit; she's been given a lot of gifts in her life, and she gives them back.

Lady Gaga is one of the most amazingly talented musicians to bring her gifts to humanity in a long time.

I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life.

The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them.

One of the greatest gifts in life is giving time and giving love. It helps me to stay grateful and happy.

My mother taught me that the universe guides, teaches, and offers up gifts... even when bad things happen.

A lot of the jewelry that I wear are fan gifts because they're so awesome and they give me great presents.

We should not have a petty regard for God's gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.

One of the most important gifts a parent can give a child is the gift of accepting that child's uniqueness.

This is not an election where we hand out gifts. It is an election where we ask everyone to contribute more.

The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.

I think that's one of the most important gifts we have in television - the ability to heal through laughter.

There is only one real deprivation... and that is not to be able to give one's gifts to those one loves most.

My wife and I don't believe in exchanging gifts. A happy and healthy life together is our gift to each other.

When I go to hell, I mean to carry a bribe: for look you, good gifts evermore make way for the worst persons.

I like to spend Christmas with family and friends, pigging out, exchanging gifts and basically doing nothing.

I adore being with Roberta. I adore being in her spiritual light. I adore being close to her talent and gifts.

I just hope that as I get older, I calm down and enjoy the moment, enjoy the great gifts that God has given me.

The only thing I liked about Christmas as a kid was the gifts; otherwise, it just seemed like a stressful time.

The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.

Now that we have a bit of money, it is nice to get gifts for people. Before I was getting and not really giving.

I'm a romantic, and I like guys to bring flowers and buy some gifts - not expensive things, just romantic things.

For me, whatever you write about should be worthy of your attention, worthy of your gifts. That's very important.

Within what gifts you are given you can change certain events in your life and some people choose not to do that.

Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.

I think miracles exist in part as gifts and in part as clues that there is something beyond the flat world we see.

Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!

The gifts of lovers to one another are, in respect to love, nothing but forms; yet, they testify to invisible love.

Human beings are infinitely worth studying, especially the peculiarities that often go along with outstanding gifts.

Technology... is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other.

I'm pretty good at surprising friends and family with gifts. I tend to go towards the more sentimental side of giving.

The pleasure in lovers' gifts is that they are often covert and secretive, worn next to the skin, hidden under pillows.

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