639 Quotes About Gifts

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten, you'll still have your stars.

A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver.

They always gives me bath salts," complained Nobby. "And bath soap and bubble bath and herbal bath lumps and tons of bath stuff and I can't think why, 'cos it's not as if I hardly ever has a bath. You'd think they'd take the hint, wouldn't you?

When a gift is deserved, it is not a gift but a payment.

Giving does not only preceed receiving; it is the reason for it. It is in giving that we receive.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Remember, there are more people in the world than yourself. Be modest! You have not yet invented nor thought anything which others have not thought or invented before. And should you really have done so, consider it a gift of heaven which you are to share with others.

For so many centuries, the exchange of gifts has held us together. It has made it possible to bridge the abyss where language struggles.