#gift

The Prophet's character was termed tremendous because his concern was for God alone. ↗

— Imam Junayd al-Baghdadi

#islam #prophet-muhammad #prophetic-gift #religion #tasawwuf

Begging would have been the best option if God had given talents to only a selected few. Fortunately, He gave us all our compactible gifts respectively, so it is an offence to be a chronic beggar. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#beggars #begging #few #gifts #talents

[on his satisfaction as an artist] In terms of cinema and filmmaking, there are certainly the unexpected gifts that the actors bestow on you. Film is always a question of compromises with respect to what you originally intended. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#respect

Of course, my Christmas is (so much more) gorgeous and romantic (than Germany's)!! And unlike the rest of the world, we leave wine behind for Santa Claus!" "So Santa-san is delivering gifts to children while driving under the influence . . . ? ↗

— Hidekaz Himaruya

#france #gifts #hetalia #influence #japan

Been eating candies, have you?" "You sent those?" She kept her mouth closed as much as possible. "Of course." He picked up the brown bad of candy on the table. "What's you..." He trailed off as he weighed the bad in his hands. "Didn't I give you three pounds of candy?" She smiled impishly. "You ate half the bag!" "Was I supposed to save it?" "I would have liked some!" "You never told me that." "Because I didn't expect you to consume all of it before breakfast!" She snatched the bad from him and put it on the table. "Well, that just hows poor judgement on your part, doesn't it? ↗

— Sarah J. Maas

#gifts #judgement

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

#dejan-stojanovic #faces #gift #gifts #high-notes

He was seemingly born not only with a gift for language, but with a particularly nasty clock which makes him go crazy every three years or so. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#giftedness #mental-health #mental-illness #mental-illness

Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings, ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children's? ↗

— King Abdullah II

#compromises #concessions #during #freedom #gifts

The worst gift that I ever gave a girl was a suitcase for Christmas. As in, 'I can't think of anything to give you, but here's a new suitcase.' Afterward, I was like, 'What were you thinking, idiot?' ↗

— Jensen Ackles

#christmas #ever #gave #gift #girl

Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts. ↗

— Aeschylus

#desire #does #gifts #gods #only