#gifts

Some people have a warped idea of living the Christian life. Seeing talented, successful Christians, they attempt to imitate them. For them, the grass on the other side of the fence is always greener. But when they discover that their own gifts are different or their contributions are more modest (or even invisible), they collapse in discouragement and overlook genuine opportunities that are open to them. They have forgotten that they are here to serve Christ, not themselves. ↗

— Billy Graham

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The different ness of races, moreover, is no evidence of superiority or of inferiority. This merely indicates that each race has certain gifts which the others do not possess. ↗

— Carter G. Woodson

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Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

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I'm grateful to God for His bountiful gifts... He gave me courage and faith in myself. ↗

— Loretta Young

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Certainly tears are given to us to use. Like all good gifts, they should be used properly. ↗

— Loretta Young

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No, what I should really like to do right now, in the full blaze of lights, before this illustrious assembly, is to shower every one of you with gifts, with flowers, with offerings of poetry - to be young once more, to ride on the crest of the wave. ↗

— Knut Hamsun

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Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four. ↗

— Katharine Hepburn

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So I show appreciation for the little gifts that have been handed to me. ↗

— Terrence Howard

#been #gifts #handed #i #little

Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive. ↗

— Antisthenes

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In the New Testament, we don't find our gift through self-examination and introspection and then find ways to express it. Instead, we love one another, serve one another, help one another, and in so doing we see how God has equipped us to do so. ↗

— Russell Moore

#spiritual-gifts #family