Quotes About The Best Gifts

“You know, He's given us talents and gifts to share them, and that's part of the reason why I love what I do. [ ... ] I think that when anybody is developing their talents and sharing it, I think you glow, I really think you do because you are representing the best side of yourself and the gifts that God's given you. And in that moment, I can almost feel the glow, I can see it.”

— Lindsey Stirling

“You may or may not make a million dollars in life, a song may not be sung in praise of you, monuments may not be erected in your name but promise me this: to live life fully, to give wholeheartedly, to do your best with what you have, to impact souls, to use your gifts and talents to serve humanity, to live, love and leave a legacy in your own way.”

— Bernard Kelvin Clive

“Sometimes the best gifts aren't convenient at the time.”

— Regina Jennings

“The same view you look at every day, the same life, can become something brand new by focusing on its gifts rather than the negative aspects. Perspective is your own choice and the best way to shift that perspective is through gratitude, by acknowledging and appreciating the positives.”

— Bronnie Ware

“The best and noblest gifts of humanity cannot be the monopoly of a particular race or country; its scope may not be limited nor may it be regarded as the miser's hoard buried underground.”

— Jawaharlal Nehru

“God wants us to choose to love him freely, even when that choice involves pain, because we are committed to him, not to our own good feelings and rewards. He wants us to cleave to him, as Job did, even when we have every reason to deny him hotly. That, I believe, is the central message of Job. Satan had taunted God with the accusation that humans are not truly free. Was Job being faithful simply because God had allowed him a prosperous life? Job's fiery trials proved the answer beyond doubt. Job clung to God's justice when he was the best example in history of God's apparent injustice. He did not seek the Giver because of his gifts; when all gifts were removed he still sought the Giver.”

— Philip Yancey

“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

“Of all the gifts you can get, friends and family are the best!”

— Jan Britland

“The best gifts come from the heart, not the store.”

— Sarah Dessen

“But Nature granted to gold and silver no function with which we cannot easily dispense. Human folly has made them precious because they are rare. In contrast, Nature, like a most indulgent mother, has placed her best gifts out in the open, like air, water and the earth itself; vain and unprofitable things she has hidden away in remote places.”

— Thomas More

“I played rugby for years, and I had a rugby jacket that I lost when I was 14. Somehow, my brother found it in storage 15 years later, and he gave it back to me for my 30th birthday. That was amazing and probably one of the best gifts I've ever received.”

— Ryan Reynolds

“I get really cool gifts, and I know this sounds really lame, but I think one of the best gifts I've ever received was the Easy Bake Oven when I was younger. When I was little, I loved to bake! I want to get one now so I can make weird mini desserts for people.”

— Ashley Benson

“My goal is this: always to put myself in the place in which I am best able to serve, wherever my gifts and qualities find the best soil to grow, the widest field of action. There is no other goal.”

— Hermann Hesse

“As a leadership coach, one of the questions I always ask myself is, "Does this leader lead in a way that is compatible with humans?" or some version of that. People are designed to function with energy and use their gifts and talents to work toward fruitful outcomes. They do that from the moment they wake up in the morning until they lie down at night. From making the coffee to making computers, people have what it takes to get it done, if the right ingredients are present and the wrong ones are not. The leader's job is to lead in ways such that people can do what they are best at doing: using their gifts and their brains to get great results.”

— Henry Cloud

“Real gifts don't demand reciprocation (at least not direct reciprocation), and the best kinds of gifts are gifts of art.”

— Seth Godin

“The best gifts anyone can give to themselves are good health habits.”

— Ellen J. Barrier

“It was the gift that every girl dreams of, to be dead long enough for your parents to realize how meaningless their lives were without you, how they were suddenly and at once deeply sorrowed at all of the horrible injustices they caused you, how they had truly never appreciated your natural gifts of beauty and grace, being that their beautiful angel would have such a short time on earth and should have spent that time driving the restored 1965 convertible Mustang she had openly AND PUBLICLY desired. But nope, she spent her last, short, fleeting moments driving a 1980 Chevy Citation, every so clearly a GRANDMA car, with fake red-velvet upholstery, a hatchback, and an interior that smelled like spoiled milk and sometimes meat. Being temporarily run over by a car was the best present I had ever received, and I didn't even have to do anything dramatic to get it, like write a note or buy some rope.”

— Laurie Notaro

“I would say that one of the really special gifts about playing an athlete is that it's the best motivation you'll ever have to get in top shape and stay in top shape because you know that you're going to be expected to deliver.”

— Holt McCallany

“One of the best gifts you can give to an animal is a donation of a blanket to your local animal shelter during the winter months.”

— Carrie Ann Inaba

“Doing comedy is one of the best gifts in life.”

— Mallory Jansen

“Books don't only furnish a room: they also make the best holiday gifts.”

— Michael Dirda

“Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me.”

— Judy Blume

“Dear God, thank you for warm summer nights and candlelight and good food. But thank you most of all for friends. We appreciate the complicated and wonderful gifts you give us in each other. And we appreciate the task you put down before us, of loving each other the best we can, even as you love us. We pray in Christ's name, Amen.”

— Kate DiCamillo

“Sometimes the best gifts are the ones you can't get on your own.”

— Shannon L. Alder

“Celyn merely snarled and stalked away.
"You best go to him, sister, and soothe his hurt feelings."
"Why should I?"
"You know how men are. If you treat them nice and buy them gifts, they will suck your pussy like champion.”

— G.A. Aiken

“The best gifts are those we not only cherish but put to use.”

— Les Brown

“Sometimes, you get no second chance and that its best to accept the gifts the world offers you.”

— Paulo Coelho

“There is something about saying, 'We always do this,' which helps keep the years together. Time is such an elusive thing that if we keep on meaning to do something interesting, but never do it, year would follow year with no special thoughtfulness being expressed in making gifts, surprises, charming table settings, and familiar, favorite food. Tradition is a good gift intended to guard the best gifts.”

— Edith Schaeffer

“I think fun is one of the best gifts we can give to each other. If everyone was having fun we'd be in good shape.”

— Alex Ebert

“My whole life has been about changing negatives into positives. I got famous, then I got cancer, and now I live to talk about it. Sometimes the best gifts come in the ugliest packages.”

— Fran Drescher

“Deep down inside we know that the best gifts don't come from catalogs or shopping malls. They don't come in brightly-colored packages or fancy envelopes and they're not sitting under a tree somewhere ... The best gifts come from the heart. They come when we look at each other, REALLY look at each other and say 'You mean a lot to me' or 'I'm so glad you're a part of my life.' A gift like that will never go out of style or be forgotten or be returned for a different size. A gift like that can change the world.”

— Ron Atchison

“A happy childhood is one of the best gifts that parents have in their power to bestow.”

— Mary Cholmondeley

“Great men are among the best gifts which God bestows upon a people.”

— George Stillman Hillard

“Memories are perhaps the best gifts of all.”

— Gloria Gaither

“I wake up to my three dogs and my wife in bed and the kids, and those are the best gifts that I have.”

— Mike Ness

“It is mercy that our lives are not left for us to plan, but that our Father chooses for us; else might we sometimes turn away from our best blessings, and put from us the choicest loveliest gifts of his providence.”

— Susannah Spurgeon

“We can hardly get up in the morning or cross the street without being Jewish. We dream Jewish dreams and hope Jewish hopes. Most of our best words, in fact - new, adventure, surprise; unique, individual, person, vocation; time, history, future; freedom, progress, spirit; faith, hope, justice - are the gifts of the Jews.”

— Thomas Cahill

“Pure water is the best gifts a man can bring.
But who am I that I should have the best of anything?
Let princes revel at the pump, let peers with ponds make free,
... beer is good enough for me.”

— Charles Neaves, Lord Neaves

“The best gifts to give: To your friend, loyalty; To your enemy, forgiveness; To your boss, service; To a child, a good example; To your parents, gratitude and devotion; To your mate, love and faithfulness; To all men and women, charity.”

— Oren Arnold

“Turkey is undoubtedly one of the best gifts that the New World has made to the Old.”

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

“Kindness is one of the best gifts you can bestow ... We know that inherently that feels great.”

— Joe Rogan

“Learn to take losses quickly and cleanly. There is something about inside information which seems to paralyze a man's reasoning powers. Beware of barbers, beauticians, waiters - or anyone - bringing gifts of 'inside' information or tips. Don't try to be a jack of all investment. Stick to the field you know best.”

— Bernard Baruch

“If you see our best seller list, most of them are books that are given as gifts. They are books you give to flatter somebody.”

— John Gimlette

“One of the best gifts we can give ourselves is time alone with God.”

— Joyce Meyer

“The gifts we are given in life require the best of us, not merely our best intentions.”

— Les Brown

“The worship of God is, Honouring his gifts in other men each according to his genius, and loving the greatest men best; those who envy or calumniate great men hate God, for there is no other God.”

— William Blake

“Fame and money are gifts given to us only after we have gifted the world with our best, our lonely, our individual truths.”

— Ray Bradbury

“One of the best gifts you can give a poet is to present them with field guides - to rocks, to stars, to birds, to wildflowers, to trees and bushes, to butterflies, to reptiles and amphibians. Because when you look at anything long enough to be able to identify it, you see far more clearly and you make a tiny beginning at understanding the life, the place, the history of that bird or rock or mammal.”

— Marge Piercy

“But history will judge you, and as the years pass, you will ultimately judge yourself, in the extent to which you have used your gifts and talents to lighten and enrich the lives of your fellow men. In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfillment of the best qualities of your own spirit.”

— Robert Kennedy

“Human beings have a variety of intelligences, such as cognitive intelligence, emotional intelligence, musical intelligence, kinesthetic intelligence, and so on. Most people excel in one or two of those, but do poorly in the others. This is not necessarily or even usually a bad thing; part of Integral wisdom is finding where one excels and thus where one can best offer the world one's deepest gifts.”

— Ken Wilber