Gift Quotes - page 56

Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of philosophy. (Seneca)
Death is sometimes a punishment, sometimes a gift to many it has come as a favor. View quote
Seneca
In some ways, my gift for music and writing was born out of tragedy, really, and loss. View quote
Joni Mitchell
A good disposition is more valuable than gold, for the latter is the gift of fortune, but the former is the dower of nature. View quote
Joseph Addison
As vivacity is the gift of women, gravity is that of men. View quote
Joseph Addison
Americans are a free people, who know that freedom is the right of every person and the future of every nation. The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world; it is God's gift to humanity. View quote
George W. Bush
My comedy is not mine. It's a gift. I'm not that smart. View quote
Tim Allen
Boybuilding is a gift, it is an honor, and it is a privilege, although I'm hanging up my belt, I still want to be an ambassador for the sport and health and fitness. View quote
Iris Kyle
You have heard the queen's advice. My gift is below. Would you wait to see it until you have decided what you will do with hers? View quote
Megan Whalen Turner
I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state. What I am grateful for is the gift of intelligence, and for life, love, wonder, and laughter. You can't say it wasn't interesting. My lifetime's memories are what I have brought home from the trip. View quote
Roger Ebert
Not living in fear is a great gift, because certainly these days we do it so much. And do you know what I like about comedy? You can't laugh and be afraid at the same time-of anything. If you're laughing, I defy you to be afraid. (Stephen Colbert)
The right to freedom being the gift of God, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave. View quote
Samuel Adams
The great powers of the world may have done wonders in giving the world an industrial look, but the great gift still has to come from Africa - giving the world a more human face. View quote
Steve Biko
The Beatles created something that never trailed off. What a gift that was to their fans. If you're into the Beatles, you loved them from beginning to end. View quote
Jerry Seinfeld
Freedom is not a natural disposition, but God's precious gift to man. Those in whom viciousness becomes second-nature, those in whom brutality is linked with haughtiness, forfeit their ability and therefore their right to receive that gift. Hardening of the heart is the suspension of freedom. View quote
Abraham Joshua Heschel
My mind is always racing, and always going and always working, and it's a gift and a curse. View quote
Sean Combs
You know, I think the greatest gift in the world is a good employee, you know, or people who can do your work for you and do it well the way you'd like to have it done. And I've always been able to surround myself with really good people. View quote
Kenny Rogers
Love is always bestowed as a gift! freely, willingly, and without expectation.... We don't love to be loved, we love to love. View quote
Nicholas Sparks
I count myself among them - are born with handsome features. That's a gift that should not be lightly taken away. View quote
David Gemmell
The gift of life is too great to waste. View quote
David Gemmell
Some people are born ugly. It's not their fault, and I for one have never held it against a man that he is ugly. but others - and I count myself among them - are born with handsome features. That's a gift that should not be lightly taken away. (David Gemmell)
Be thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be meant to receive greater. View quote
Thomas à Kempis
What can I do to see Reality as it is?" The master smiled and said, "I have good news and bad news for you, my friend." "What's the bad news?" "There's nothing you can do to see it is a gift." "And what's the good news?" "There's nothing you can do to see it is a gift. View quote
Anthony de Mello
Now we're in that sweet period where everyone agrees that our recent horrors should never be repeated. But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction. View quote
Suzanne Collins
I just like being all over the place and writing whatever comes to mind. Having the tools? It's such a gift. View quote
Regina Spektor