Gift Quotes and Sayings

The only gift is a portion of thyself.

A hug is a great gift – one size fits all, and it’s easy to exchange.

Nothing’s as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas.

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

I consider everything I compose a gift.

What is bought is cheaper than a gift.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten.

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

Christmas is the season when you buy this year’s gifts with next year’s money.

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.

If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken.

Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

I’m unable to ignore the gift that God gave me, so I’m going to sing.

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

God’s gifts put man’s best dreams to shame.

The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.

Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third.

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.

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

If a person gives you his time, he can give you no more precious gift.

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

The Lord loveth a cheerful giver. He also accepteth from a grouch.

A book is a gift you can open again and again.

Change always comes bearing gifts.

What we are is God’s gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.

Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons.

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today ? Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present.

The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.