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A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

Dr. Thomas Fuller

Love is, above all else, the gift of oneself.

Jean Anouilh

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Sophocles

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

Steve Prefontaine

To be a well-flavored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read comes by nature.

William Shakespeare

Life is a gift, given in trust - like a child.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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

William Arthur Ward

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

Robert Louis Stevenson

A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.

Publilius Syrus

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Saint Jerome

They are dedicating a large part of their lives to this choir. Any gift from God is meant to be shared.

David Chalmers

There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go.

Jean Paul Richter

Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it.

Pope John Paul Ii

He had the greatest gift of all, the ability to love without fear.

Gloria Vanderbilt

We have several people and businesses who have donated things like gift certificates.

Jackie Peeler

Her gift is one the whole city can enjoy, ... The garden is a thrill for me. I even saw some joggers enjoying the paths.

Richard Rogers

There will be no fight. They will either accept (the gift) or not.

William Troubh

This business about being flung out of paradise is his gift to me. I'm glad I got out; it was getting too hot in there.

Morton Feldman

Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.

Barbara De Angelis

Tosh is a natural. He has comic skills that you rarely see. It's a gift; you either have it or you don't.

Becky Fly

The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.

Julia Cameron

She has the gift.

Stephanie Sullivan

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting with the gift of speech.

Simonides

Conceit is God's gift to little men.

Bruce Barton

The pendant would make a great Easter gift for your family and would help with a much-needed cause.

Theresa Johnston

At first, we had mostly cosmetics, then we kept expanding our gift area.

Nick Spanos Jr

I have to go out of town for work, but for her gift, she is coming with me.

Robbie Kaholokula

Hopefully, this gift will help propel these institutions into the future.

Linda Evans

This is a debt, not a gift, and we should use it very well.

Kemal Dervis

Humanity is not a gift of nature, it is a spiritual achievement to be earned.

Richard Bach

I don't think anyone can DO anything that would make him worthy of love. Love is a gift and cannot be earned. It can only be given.

Real Live Preacher

It's a gift that's fun to give, fun to receive and fun to eat.

Andrea Mosher

Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.

Richard Bach

There will always be those who remember. Our most precious gift is each other.

Daniel Rodriguez

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.

Charles Dudley Warner

To me, it was like a gift from God. I didn't know who I was going to turn to.

James D. Watson

Those of us involved in the business are really getting a great Christmas gift with the weather.

John Clay

The greatest gift is not being afraid to question.

Ruby Dee

(We can put together something) for any occasion you'd want to give a gift.

John Neff

Peace is not God's gift to His creatures. It is our gift - to each other.

Elie Wiesel

Success is a welcomed gift for the uninhibited mind.

Adlin Sinclair

Such a gift might be easily taken back again.

Veronica Franco

The gift of broadcasting is, without question, the lowest human capacity to which any man could attain.

Harold Nicolson

Italia! Oh Italia! thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty.

Lord Byron

Almost every gift that comes to the school is already restricted.

Michelle Clark

It was a gag gift that was never operational. He never attached the pump to his penis and he was not masturbating on the bench.

Clark Brewster

Forgiveness is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.

Betty Smith (writer)

Children are a wonderful gift . . . They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.

Bishop Desmond Tutu

Treasure that. Take care of that gift, ... You don't want to waste it. You don't want to backslide.

Robert Crowder

It was built through a very generous gift from her son Dr. James Monroe. It will have church offices, classrooms and a fellowship area.

David Hulme

That rarest gift to Beauty, Common Sense!

George Meredith

January has emerged as almost a second Christmas, with gift cards, sales, etc. It's a new trend.

Brad Goldberg

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Give the gift of life. What better season to come in than right now and give the gift of life ? give blood.

Dean Eller

Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. Thy claim it as their own and none can keep it from them.

Kwame Nkrumah

Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise.

J. R. R. Tolkien

It was a gift of hope and encouragement.

Dan Harding

FORGETFULNESS, n. A gift of God bestowed upon doctors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.

Ambrose Bierce

The client had been a well-known charity in the country and really declined in the past 10 years. They have a declining donor file, and there is a decrease in the amount of the average gift.

Tim Campbell

This gift ensures that future nurses will receive an excellent education.

Maureen Keefe

The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.

Baltasar Gracian

I am proud. He gave the ultimate gift, his life. He died doing what he wanted to do.

Betty Vezina

To be able to feel the lightest touch really is a gift.

Christopher Reeve

1968, a gag gift -- it had nothing to do with anything at Kennedy Heights. It had nothing to do with Chevron of today.

Peter Robertson

It was the generosity of this woman that was the source of the gifting. It was her free choice.

Stephen Bernstein

This one, we all got out. That's a gift from God.

Jim Horner

Swapping merchandise and cashing in on your gift certificates.

William Ford

The only gift is a portion of thyself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I was always told I was special. And I was also assured that I had a gift and a purpose.

Ashley Judd

I thought it was like a gift from God. I hate that we had the disaster, but it gave us some joy.

Harry Brown

It's a taxable gift only to the extent that it reduces your allowable (lifetime) exemption.

Roger Levine

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is a beautiful gift, located along a river.

Susan Michaels

Today we bring a gift from the 50th anniversary into a new century and a new future as Alberta's flagship centennial project.

Gary Mar

This year's gift assortment is more innovative and luxurious than ever before and is available in its entirety online.

Brendan Hoffman

All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious.

Homer

Her generous gift and enduring spirit allows us to further our commitment to our students, faculty and community.

Richard Rogers

The NFL and the college bowl season is the gift that keeps on giving for us.

Randy Baumberger

But we can never hear enough of Mozart, he was a gift from the heavens.

Peter Marboe

I don't look at this as a charity. I look at this as a gift.

Marianne Caven

Delay has an experience in both leadership and moving our agenda that is just amazing. It's a gift, ... He's the best vote counter I've ever been associated with.

Thomas Reynolds

It's a gift, I guess, is the best way to say it. He's put up with my presence, and I just like being around him.

Paul Thomas Anderson

This gift will leverage one of the university's greatest strengths, and this is collaboration.

Tashia Morgridge

Anything that has real and lasting value is always a gift from within.

Franz Kafka

There is a vibrancy in Africa. We are offering that gift back to America.

Ajibike Akinkoye

Faith in God is the most precious gift any parent could give their child.

Kristin Chenoweth

They were a Christmas/'going-off-to-trial' gift from my father-in-law.

Daniel Petrocelli

You have the duty and gift of living. You don't have the right to sit on the sidelines-use your life and get back into the game.

Phillip C. McGraw

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

W. Somerset Maugham

You have to be born with it. It is a gift from within. I believe Marcos has found out what there is in his soul.

Christos Baghdatis

A thick skin is a gift from God.

Konrad Adenauer

We felt that in light of the guilty plea that the integrity of the gift had been compromised.

George Hood

January is expected to do well due to the strong sales of gift cards and promotions.

David Keating

I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it will be with a knife.

Louise Brooks

Giving the gift because it's coming from you and your heart.

Peter Post

She has a gift for words. She has a gift for compassion.

Barbara Carter

Speed is always something that stands out. It's a gift. He can get the ball, make you miss and get out ahead. And stay there.

Archie Griffin

Some people have a talent and some people are blessed with a gift. Andy has a gift.

Laura Hart

There is also a workable Wal-Mart nearby so Wal-Mart gift cards and cash donations are also accepted.

Craig Nichoson

I really enjoy doing them. It's creative and every gift is unique.

Heather Sinclair

It's a gift that keeps on giving.

Dan Olson

It's talent. It's a gift.

Leo Mazzone

He's an exciting kid to watch. He has the arm and the gift to do whatever he wants.

Mike Butcher

She knew how to allure by denying, and to make the gift rich by delaying it.

Anthony Trollope

These gift cards will really help out. We're so appreciative of the city of Arvada.

Thad Quarles

Give yourself the gift of what you want. What do you want to do to make yourself feel good that day?

Kathleen Marvelli

The significance of this gift cannot be overstated.

Michael Blachly

It was a gift from her husband.

Jennifer Hanley

Just because the company is making a gift on their behalf doesn't mean their purchase is deductible.

Bennett Weiner

The man is apt to believe that she's OK with some small gesture. It could mean a small gift or a back rub.

Neil Chethik

It meant everything to me. He was so cognizant and clear on that day, it really was a gift from God.

Susan Moroso Strecker

This area was formerly used as a gift shop before the visitor center was built (in 2000).

Nila Gober

This is the gift that keeps on giving.

Don Alexander

...for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.

J. R. R. Tolkien

We will go to colleges, card and gift shops and every corner of Delhi to protest it in any form. We will burn Valentine's Day cards depicting obscenity.

Jai Bhagwan Goyal

Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me.

Alice Walker

You do have to be fairly selfish when you have a gift. You cannot afford to let too many outside things get in the way.

Sarah Brightman

If you give your son only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.

Bruce Barton

Loneliness is a strange gift.

E. B. White

He gave us the gift of love and laughter, ... even in his passing.

Bob Denver

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.

Jim Valvano

He just had friends coming out of his ears. He had the gift of gab. You'd meet him and be best friends with him an hour later. And it was genuine.

Cathy Kruse

We are waiting quietly in anticipation. Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Dwayne Crombie

Roz had a great gift for joy and a capacity to bring other people into it.

W. Hull

RESTITUTIONS, n. The founding or endowing of universities and public libraries by gift or bequest.

Ambrose Bierce

That's a gift from God. I'm there to pitch.

Carlos Zambrano

This is my one-time-a-year gift to all the Ford hobbyists who support me.

Rick Schmidt

LOVE'S GIFT cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.

Rabindranath Tagore

That old lady was a gift from Carol.

Vicki Lawrence

He realizes he has a divine gift that has been given. It's not just for him, but it is for him to give back.

Daphne Maxwell

A lot of guys that played this game ... they had a lot of discipline, they had a gift.

Mike Singletary

I guess maybe another gift I have is a great work ethic.

Vince Mcmahon

Who has the gift to recognize beauty, will not live long.

Franz Kafka

We've seen a lot of shops and malls diversity and of into more gift and decorator products.

Jim Tucker

This is a gift for Mr. Christopher on the day of the inauguration of the new embassy.

Om Yentieng

Bernie has been a longstanding supporter of the College and our students, and we are extremely grateful for this extraordinary gift.

John Boyer

LEGACY, n. A gift from one who is legging it out of this vale of tears.

Ambrose Bierce

I believe that the power to make money is a gift from God.

John D. Rockefeller

Liam was lucky. They gave him a gift.

Lynn Dooley

It's such an attractive facility and so useful. We're fortunate to receive such a gift.

Bo Batts

I'm the pastor and God has ordained my brother to be an evangelist, he has the gift to cast out devils.

David Hemphill

Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.

Cato the Elder

The sky is God's gift to you . . . what you do with it is your gift to him.

Bill Purdin

If you are very valiant, it is a god, I think, who gave you this gift.

Homer

It's a privilege, a responsibility and our gift to the community. Bottom line is we are all committed to the ministry.

Bob Ecker

The Great Bear Rainforest is Canada's Amazon, and today's announcement is British Columbia's gift to the planet.

Merran Smith

The vast majority of those we are assisting do not abuse this gift of the American people.

Melissa George

Christmas came late for us. As a coach ... we got a gift.

Jimmy Collins

It is not something I earned or acquired or bought. It is a gift. It is something that was given to me -- just like the color of my skin.

Bob Gibson

With the gift of listening comes the gift of healing.

Catherine de Hueck

It's our gift to our public, which has supported us for 25 years.

Patsy Herrington

This was a gift from the ex-president Teddy Roosevelt.

Keith Greene

They're fun. You see his great gift for humor and melody even at that age.

Leon Hyman

It's a blessing. It's like always when I was a kid, I would say, 'I want this, I want that' as far as gifts go, but this is the biggest gift I have ever had.

Charles Johnson

He came to fight, ... He didn't come to run or look for a gift from the judges.

Bernard Hopkins

You can tailor the education to the aptitude and gifting of the child.

John Bauer

I can avoid being seen if I wish, but to disappear entirely, that is a rare gift.

Lord Of The Rings

It is more than a philanthropic act. It is a gift of great passion and vision.

John Wetenhall

This type of person wants his or her gift to work for their college the same way they see things in business.

Joanne Carr

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.

Meryl Streep

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

I see my job as an actor to be as good a channel as I can be. Acting is a gift, and I have respect for it.

Lili Taylor

At the end she uses gift cards purchased with the stolen credit cards the day before.

Kelly White

We can bring out the best in them - whatever their particular gift is, like art or music.

Karen Simmons

Liberty is the most precious gift we offer our citizens.

Tom Ridge

My greatest gift that I have in life is basketball.

Isiah Thomas

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Boris Pasternak

They are able to make something so beautiful and give it as a gift.

Mary Keeler

This is not a fundraiser. This is a gift to the community.

Sharon King

Two days before Christmas, I'm a little panicked, my parents are here and I don't have a gift.

Suzan Burns

We continued to negotiate and let the museum know that when we give a gift, there is no attachment.

Louisa Smith

The university is very grateful for this generous gift.

James Barnett

The perfect going-away gift for a college student-athlete. A dictionary.

Dave Anderson

Verily, great grace may go with a little gift; and precious are all things that come from a friend.

Theocritus of Chios

If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.

Bruce Barton

It's a nice Friday afternoon gift.

Steve Sloan

It's a gift from me to them. They don't have what most people have and hopefully this will help them get what they need.

Nick Smith

They're [the Baxters] trying very hard. It just doesn't come naturally. They don't have a gift for it.

Michael Showalter

All I know is, I got a jet I paid for and it's not coming back empty, ... You can bring anything. We'll give you gift cards to buy all new stuff.

David Perez

What a gift it's been to have students of that caliber of talent helping us out.

Gayle Cuneo

You couldn't ask a better spring break gift.

Don Noorda

At 10 years old, it was her re-birth date gift and it's the best gift she's ever received.

Tim Kuniholm's

We're so thankful. I call it the ultimate gift and it really is. It's just absolutely amazing.

Tim Kuniholm's

I think the best gift we are giving them are the phone cards. Our staff donated those.

Darla Myers

The Gift of the Jews.

Thomas Cahill

He's a gift from God. He's spared for a reason, and I'm really grateful.

Tambra Flint

You can now get recycled gift paper in bright colors.

Helge May

If they graduate from high school and go to college, that would be our gift to them. It would be a triumph.

Margarita Carrillo

A champion views resistance as a gift of energy.

Michael J. Gelb

We thank God for this gift he presented to us on this new year.

Ahmed Jibril

There wasn't a dry eye in the place. I realized immediately that his daughter had a gift for speaking.

Karen Butler

A chaplain's biggest gift is to be present and just listen.

Diane Johnson

We also asked the congregation to write family bios and a brief message to the future congregation of 2105. Also included is a gift to that congregation, an engraved Wedgwood crystal bowl.

Nicole Brown

Businesses have been very generous in donating to our silent auction. They have donated many gift certificates and other items.

Lori Stephenson

He said 'I believe in the Almighty and I believe the Almighty's gift to man is freedom.' He elaborated on Iraq.

Pat Allen

This is a gift to the whole Valley, and it's forever.

Barbara Matthews

I would like to give that to Matthew as a gift.

James Ladig

There can be no changes. This is not a holiday gift you can go and exchange. If the city sees fit in its wisdom to accept it, so be it.

William Troubh

It was a good gift to them.

Mike Rockenfeller

Europe's strength is that each culture is a gift to share.

Jeremy Rifkin