#gifts

God gave you a gift of 86 400 seconds today. Have you used one to say thank you ↗

— William Arthur Ward

#gifts

You and me-we've whored together. We've fought together.And I still dunna understand how ye always seems to know where the money is hidden and the liquor is stored and the scandals are richest.' It's a gift. ↗

— Christina Dodd

#gifts #humor #friendship

Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood! ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#demands #fate #gifts #heavy #itself

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock. ↗

— Walter Benjamin

#gifts #must #point #receiver #shock

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

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

#servant-heart #service #spiritual-gifts #faith

If I'm hunting down gifts, I like to buy locally. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#down #gifts #hunting #i #like

I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth. ↗

— Barry White

#gifts #i #knowledge #truth #wisdom

One of the best lessons I learned early is that not everything in life is about you. It is about service. If you want trips and excessive gifts, then don't get into public service. ↗

— Sean Hannity

#best #early #everything #excessive #get

Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged; practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge. ↗

— Matthew Arnold

#enlarged #faithfully #gifts #higher #know