#gift

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

I'm immensely grateful for the precious gift my mother has given me. She is my hero today and every day. ↗

— Steven Cojocaru

#every #every day #gift #given #grateful

The gift that has been given to me says much about our capacity for great compassion and generosity, and I hope it sends an inspiring message to others about the importance of organ donation. ↗

— Steven Cojocaru

#been #capacity #compassion #donation #generosity

Each day offers us the gift of being a special occasion if we can simply learn that as well as giving, it is blessed to receive with grace and a grateful heart. ↗

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

#blessed #day #each #gift #giving

You can do anything you think you can. This knowledge is literally the gift of the gods, for through it you can solve every human problem. It should make of you an incurable optimist. It is the open door. ↗

— Robert Collier

#door #every #gift #gods #human

I realised from a very early age that God gave me a gift, and that gift was to run, and I wanted to use it to the best of my ability. ↗

— Betty Cuthbert

#age #best #early #early age #gave

My salvation was a free gift. I didn't have to work for it and it's better than any gold medal that I've ever won. ↗

— Betty Cuthbert

#better #ever #free #gift #gold

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

— Jean Vanier

#comes #envy #gifts #ignorance #lack

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

#blindness #excepting #folly #gifts #give