639 Quotes About Gifts
- Author Octavia E. Butler
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We collected all the bones we could find, and yesterday, Natividad wrapped them in a shawl that she had knitted years ago. It was the most beautiful thing she owned."A thing like that should serve the living," Bankole said when she offered it."You are living," Natividad said. "I like you. I wish I could have met your sister.
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- Author Ally Condie
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What are the gifts given to we who live Below?""Long life, health, strength, and happiness.""What is the curse of those who live Above?""Short life, illness, weakness, and misery.""Is this fair?""It is fair. It is as the gods decreed at the time of the Divide. Some have to stay Above so that humanity might survive Below.""Then give thanks.
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- Author Monika Zands
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Borrow my eyes so you may see your greatness and recognize the gifts that you were uniquely placed on this planet to learn from, to share, and to teach.
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- Author Will Chancellor
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You don't give a gift to shape someone into the person you want him to be. You give a gift because it's something you couldn't bear to be without, but it's even more unthinkable for the other person to be without it.
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- Author Bryant McGill
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Brightly burning passion is the releasing of your essence, your specialness and your gifts to the world.
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- Author David Jeremiah
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God has a habit of using people, their gifts, and their resources to carry out His plans. In fact, we were created to be God’s deputies, doing His work on earth.
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- Author Bryant McGill
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Your burdens are perfectly measured and gifted to you according to your resistance.
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- Author Bryant McGill
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Life is a procession of painful lessons, and how precious those lessons are; so precious that we rejoice in the bitter-sweet gift of life.
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- Author Bryant McGill
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In reverent pauses, when we slow down and think about the gift of life, we may briefly touch humility.
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