Gift Quotes - page 8

Creative work is not a selfish act or a bid for attention on the part of the actor. It's a gift to the world and every being in it. Don't cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you've got. (Steven Pressfield)
Now among the other things proper to recreate man and give him pleasure, music is either the first or one of the principal;and we must think that it is a gift of God deputed for that purpose'. View quote
John Calvin
Holiness is not a merit by which we can attain communion with God, but a gift of Christ, which enables us to cling to him, and to follow him. View quote
John Calvin
The greatest gift you can give someone is your time. View quote
Rick Warren
I'm really happy when I meet a beautiful girl with whom I can have a good conversation. And I can feel attracted to her after a while, but that's not love! It takes time to develop an intense feeling like love. When you start a relationship with someone, it means you have to work hard. Love is a gift that needs to be looked after and cared for. View quote
Daniel Radcliffe
The gift of life is so precious that we should feel an obligation to pay back the universe for the gift of being alive. View quote
Ray Bradbury
If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be Enthusiasm. View quote
Bruce Fairchild Barton
Conceit is God's gift to little men. View quote
Bruce Fairchild Barton
I had no natural gift to be anything - not an athlete, not an actor, not a writer, not a director, a painter of garden porches - not anything. So I've worked really hard, because nothing ever came easily to me. View quote
Paul Newman
The atomic bomb is a marvelous gift that was given to our country by a wise God. View quote
Phyllis Schlafly
The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea. (Anne Morrow Lindbergh)
No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and every individual of the same species has the right to enjoy it as soon as he is in enjoyment of his reason. View quote
Denis Diderot
The Internet, in particular, offers immense possibilities for encounter and solidarity, this is something truly good, a gift from God. View quote
Pope Francis
She has the gift of accepting her life. View quote
Jhumpa Lahiri
Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift. View quote
Kate DiCamillo
Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it. View quote
Edgar Lee Masters
I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within. View quote
Plautus
Not every painter has a gift for painting, in fact, many painters are disappointed when they meet with difficulties in art. Painting done under pressure by artists without the necessary talent can only give rise to formlessness, as painting is a profession that requires peace of mind. The painter must always seek the essence of things, always represent the essential characteristics and emotions of the person he is painting.. View quote
Titian
People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped. View quote
Nadine Gordimer
Moderation, the noblest gift of Heaven. View quote
Euripides
The thing that really breeds career longevity in this profession is doing good work. You can make $20 million a movie, but does that mean you'll still have a job when you're 60? It's a profession that eats people up and wants constant turnaround, so you have to dedicate yourself to learning and making the most of whatever gift you may have. (Ethan Hawke)
Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer. View quote
Barbara De Angelis
Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred. View quote
Barbara De Angelis
MT [Mother Teresa] was not a friend of the poor. She was a friend of poverty. She said that suffering was a gift from God. She spent her life opposing the only known cure for poverty, which is the empowerment of women and the emancipation of them from a livestock version of compulsory reproduction. View quote
Christopher Hitchens
To help the poor to a capacity for action and liberty is something essential for one's own health as well as theirs: there is a needful gift they have to offer which cannot be offered so long as they are confined by poverty. View quote
Rowan Williams