#gifts

I was blessed with certain gifts and talents and God gave them to me to be the best person I can be and to have a positive impact on other people. ↗

— Bryan Clay

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For so many centuries, the exchange of gifts has held us together. It has made it possible to bridge the abyss where language struggles. ↗

— Barry Lopez

#giving #language #life

Anybody who has had a great treasure has always led a precarious existence. ↗

— John Wyndham

#life #life

Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts. ↗

— Jean Vanier

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Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These, now as of old, are not gifts of the gods: men stumble into them themselves because of their own blindness and folly. ↗

— Democritus

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Some people have a warped idea of living the Christian life. Seeing talented, successful Christians, they attempt to imitate them. For them, the grass on the other side of the fence is always greener. But when they discover that their own gifts are different or their contributions are more modest (or even invisible), they collapse in discouragement and overlook genuine opportunities that are open to them. They have forgotten that they are here to serve Christ, not themselves. ↗

— Billy Graham

#servant-heart #service #spiritual-gifts #faith

Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God's gifts. It is the mother of civilizations, of arts and of sciences. ↗

— Freeman Dyson

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

— Denis Waitley

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It's important when you're married not to forget those things you used to do when you were trying to get her to marry you. You can't send flowers and buy gifts then, when you're married, say, 'Right, get my tea on'. That doesn't go down well. So you've got to keep that level of interest going. ↗

— David Walliams

#down #flowers #forget #get #gifts

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

— John Webster

#carry #evermore #gifts #go #go to hell