Gifts Quotes

“God is always trying to give blessings to us, but our minds are usually too full to receive them.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Giving presents is one of the most possessive things we do, did you realize that? It's the way we keep a hold on other people. Plant ourselves in their lives.”
― Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger

“The quality of gifts depends on the sincerity of the giver.”
― Ann Patchett, Bel Canto

“I like to think of it less as embezzling and more as an involuntary goodwill contribution.”
― Jim Butcher, Cold Days

“Without love even the most radical devotion to God is of no value to Him. Let me make sure that sinks in… You can gain all the spiritual gifts in the world. You can take the most radical steps of obedience. You can share every meal with the homeless in your city. You can memorize the book of Leviticus. You can pray each morning for four hours like Martin Luther. But if what you do does not flow out of a heart of love - a heart that does those things because it genuinely desires to do them - it is ultimately worthless to God.”
― J.D. Greear, Gospel: Recovering the Power that Made Christianity Revolutionary

“Generosity has little to do with giving gifts, and everything to do with giving space to others to be who they are.”
― Patti Digh, Life Is a Verb: 37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally

“The greatest gift you can give (yourself or anyone else) is just being present”
― Rasheed Ogunlaru

“Recognize that there's something AMAZING about you. Everyone has something that comes very natural for them - natural gifts and talents. That gift/talent is that thing or things that comes easy for you, but hard for most. The greatness that is stored within was given to you, because it was meant to be used. Whether you've been running from it or haven't discovered it yet, it's there. It's your job to discover and master it. It wasn't given to you in vain, it's part of your purpose.”
― Yvonne Pierre, The Day My Soul Cried: A Memoir

“The best gifts one can give to someone are not things, the best ones to offer are a little Time, Love, Care and Respect.”
― Venkat Desireddy

“Count blessings and discover Who can be counted on.”
― Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

“Can God be counted on? Count blessings and find out how many of His bridges have already held.”
― Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

“What is the spirit of Christmas, you ask?  Let me give you the answer in a true story...
On a cold day in December, feeling especially warm in my heart for no other reason than it was the holiday season, I walked through the store sporting a big grin on my face.  Though most people were far too busy going about their business to notice me, one elderly gentleman in a wheelchair brought his eyes up to meet mine as we neared each other traveling opposite directions.  He slowed in passing just long enough to speak to me.
"Now that's a Christmas smile if I ever saw one," he said.
My lips stretched to their limit in response, and I thanked him for the compliment.  Then we went our separate ways. But, as I thought about the man and how sweetly he'd touched me, I realized something simply wonderful!  In that brief, passing interaction we'd exchanged heartfelt gifts!
And that, my friend, is the spirit of Christ~mas. ”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

“I won't compete with anybody. I love to compete with my own body. When God closes a door against me, I should not attempt to bang on it. And if God gives me a key to open a door, I should not misuse that key!”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“But it is never about who has given what. That is not the way of gifts. This is not a business we are conducting.”
― Ann Patchett, Bel Canto

“Everybody has own gifts from God. You just need to seize the right time, right place and right person to be found.”
― Hiroko Sakai

“She also keeps talking about the Billie Holiday record she bought for me. And she says she wants to expose me to all these great things. And to tell you the truth, I don't really want to be exposed to all these great things if it means that I'll have to listen to Mary Elizabeth talk about all the great things she exposed me to all the time. It almost feels like of the three things involved: Mary Elizabeth, me, and the great things, only the first one matters to Mary Elizabeth. I don't understand that. I would give someone a record so they could love the record, not so they would always know that I gave it to them.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Begging would have been the best option if God had given talents to only a selected few. Fortunately, He gave us all our compactible gifts respectively, so it is an offence to be a chronic beggar.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“Art gives its vision to beauty not always recognized. And it surrenders freely -- whatever power it possesses to every sincere soul that seeks it. But above all else--it presents us with the gift of ourselves.”
― Aberjhani, Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry

“It's not the gifts you don't have that hold you back as much as the gifts you do have that you don't use.”
― Orrin Woodward

“Too much has been given and too much has been lost.”
― Harley King

“Dave put a lot of thought into picking out the books his dad would like least.”
― Theric Jepson, Byuck

“A gift involves sacrifice. If you give away something that you no longer value or want, it cannot be a gift. It is simply a discarded item.”
― Wayne Gerard Trotman

“No one tape her deepest gifts through shame, guilt or anger. In fact, if you come from obligation, others smell the sadness in your blood and they will run the other way,”
― Tama Kieves, Inspired and Unstoppable: Wildly Succeeding in your life's work

“As long as a man has, he must give. And when he has nothing more, he is free. This freedom is far nobler than the former giving, for he no longer gives in accident but in essence, and he no longer gives one gift, but all gifts, and he no longer gives to just one man, but to all men.”
― Johannes Tauler

“Leaders are readers, disciples want to be taught and everyone has gifts within that need to be coached to excellence.”
― Wayde Goodall, Why Great Men Fall

“You have been given all the good things one must have, be proud of yourself and enjoy your gifts.”
― M.F. Moonzajer

“Each one has their gifts.
They are not for you-
they are to give!”
― Hemat Malak

“The operative word here is 'gifts', plural, meaning not everyone will necessarily have the same combination of gifting that God has ordained for them to utilize in fulfilling their purpose within the Body of Christ. In other words, we all have different gifts and therefore niches within which we fit in The Body of Christ 'universal' ".

~R. Alan Woods [2012]”
― R. Alan Woods, The Journey Is The Destination: A Photo Journal

“Jesus rejoices in even the smallest gifts to His children.”
― Dillon Burroughs, Thirst No More: A One-Year Devotional Journey

“يقول الايطاليون ( من يُعطى بسرعة فقد اعطى مرتين)”
― ياسر حرب