#gifts

Gifts make slaves. ↗

— Levi Strauss

#make #slaves

All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations, if they are accepted. ↗

— Janet Erskine Stuart

#come #gifts #sorts #spiritual #through

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

— Helle Thorning-Schmidt

#contribute #election #everyone #gifts #hand

The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts. ↗

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

#gifts #gods #recall #their #themselves

Without natural gifts technical rules are useless. ↗

— Quintilian

#natural #rules #technical #useless #without

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#gifts #mediocrity #recognition #sherlock-holmes #talent

Thanks to Karen Connelly who read earlier versions of this manuscript and to Ronald Hatch my editor and publisher. ↗

— Nancy Holmes

#dangerous #gifts #heavenly #poetry-in-disguise #rebel

When I realize that God makes his gifts fit each person, there's no way I can covet what you got because it just wouldn't fit me. ↗

— William P. Smith

#coveting #envy #gifts #theology #love

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

#gifts #love #respect #time #love

I undid the wrappings with great curiosity, for Holmes did not normally give gifts. I opened the dark velvet jewller's box and found inside a shiny new set of picklocks, a younger version of his own. "Holmes, ever the romantic. Mrs. Hudson would be pleased. ↗

— Laurie R. King

#humor #romance #sherlock-holmes #humor