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John Wolcot
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| "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh
down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither
shadow of turning." | |
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The Bible
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| "Every great man is always being helped by everybody, for his gift is
to get good out of all things and all persons." | |
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John Ruskin
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| "For my confirmation, I didn"t get a watch and my first pair of long
pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother thought it
would make the best gift." | |
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Wernher von Braun
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| "God"s gifts put man"s best dreams to shame." | |
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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| "He is a good man who can receive a gift well." | |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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| "He ne"er consider"d it, as loth To look a gift-horse in the
mouth." | |
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Samuel Butler
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| "His sword he hung over the mantelpiece. His coat of mail was
arranged on a stand in the hall (until he lent it to a Museum) His gold
and silver was largely spent in presents, both useful and extravagent ?
which to a certain extent accounts for the affection of his nephews and
his nieces. His magic ring he kept a great secret, for he chiefly used it
when unpleasant callers came!" | |
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John Ronald Reuel "J. R. R." Tolkien
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| "Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and
responsibility to give something back by becoming more." | |
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Anthony (Tony) Robbins
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| "No man can lose what he never had." | |
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Izaak Walton
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| "One can know nothing of giving aught that is worthy to give unless
one also knows how to take." | |
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Henry Havelock Ellis
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| "RESTITUTIONS, n. The founding or endowing of universities and public
libraries by gift or bequest." | |
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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
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| "Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind." | |
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William Shakespeare
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| "Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little." | |
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Proverb
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| "Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us." | |
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Boris Leonidovich Pasternak
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| "The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might
never have been, but you are because the party wouldn"t have been complete
without you. Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen.
Don"t be afraid. I am with you. Nothing can ever separate us. It"s for you
I created the universe. I love you.... There"s only one catch. Like any
other gift, the gift of grace can be yours only if you"ll reach out and
take it. Maybe being able to reach out and take it is a gift too." | |
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Frederick Buechner
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| "The manner in which it is given is often worth more than the
gift." | |
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Unknown
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| "The manner of giving is worth more than the gift." | |
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Pierre Corneille
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| "There are two lasting bequests we can give our children: one is
roots. The other is wings." | |
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Hodding Carter, Jr.
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| "There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has
and we are his." | |
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Eric Hoffer
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| "You do have to be fairly selfish when you have a gift. You cannot
afford to let too many outside things get in the way." | |
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Sarah Brightman
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| "Your talent is God?s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift
back to God." | |
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Leo F. Buscaglia
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