#gift

To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift. ↗

The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest. ↗

I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get good out of all things and all persons. ↗

— John Ruskin

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It took me a while to figure that out and to realize what a gift that I had been given. And when I finally did, I dedicated myself to be the best pitcher I possibly could be, for as long as I possibly could be. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

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I couldn't have foreseen all the good things that have followed my mother's death. The renewed energy, the surprising sweetness of grief. The tenderness I feel for strangers on walkers. The deeper love I have for my siblings and friends. The desire to play the mandolin. The gift of a visitation. ↗

— Mary Schmich

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If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself. ↗

— Charles M. Schulz

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Success is fickle, but creativity is a gift. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

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Talent is a gift that can be given, and it can be taken away. We have to appreciate that. ↗

— Sidney Sheldon

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I think one of my greatest gifts is leading worship. ↗