Quotes about gifts

22 quotes in this topic

A gift blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

Bible

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

Marcus T. Cicero

What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?

Marcus T. Cicero

One rose says more than the dozen

Wendy Craig

The only gift is a portion of thyself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

In suggesting gifts: Money is appropriate, and one size fits all.

William Randolph Hearst

Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health.

George Herbert

Every day is a gift- even if it sucks.

Sherry Hochman

Men are more often bribed by their loyalties and ambitions than by money.

Robert H. Jackson

It takes all the fun out of a bracelet if you have to buy it yourself.

Peggy Hopkins Joyce

Presents, I often say, endear absents.

Charles Lamb

Gifts, believe me, captivate both men and Gods, Jupiter himself was won over and appeased by gifts.

Ovid

Gifts dissolve rocks.

Proverb

Gifts make their way through stone walls.

Proverb

He that parts with his property before his death prepares himself for much suffering.

French Proverb

What we share with another ceases to be our own.

Edgar Quinet

Money is good for bribing yourself through the inconveniences of life.

Gottfried Reinhardt

To receive gifts is to lose freedom.

Sandi

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

Seneca

Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.

William Shakespeare

What you are is God's gift to you, what you do with yourself is your gift to God.

Leo Buscaglia

Be aware of the high notes, of the blissful faces and their soft messages, and listen for the silent message of a highly decorated gift.

Dejan Stojanovic