God has given each of us one or more special talents. . . . It is up to each of us to search for and build upon the gifts which God has given.
Problems are the gifts that make us dig out and figure out who we are, what we're made for, and what we're responsible to give back to life.
I adore being with Roberta. I adore being in her spiritual light. I adore being close to her talent and gifts.
The old and honorable idea of 'vocation' is simply that we each are called, by God, or by our gifts, or by our preference, to a kind of good work for which we are particularly fitted.
For Dad, the perfect Father's Day would be one in which he didn't even realize that it was Father's Day, because nobody was making him appreciate gifts he didn't want, or read greeting cards filled with lame Father's Day poetry.
Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms.
Helping others isn't a chore; it is one of the greatest gifts there is.
You give but little when you give of your possessions; It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. Some give little of the much which they have - and they do so for recognition, and their hiddden desires make their gifts unwholesome. Some have little yet give it all. They give joyously, and joy is their only reward. It is well to give when asked, but is is better to give when unasked, through understanding.
One of the greatest gifts from God is the eternal perspective. It is a level of fearlessness, a level of understanding where one can experience even emotional harmony with God.
The sense of belonging is one of the great gifts men get in battle.
Enemies gifts are no gifts and do no good.
The great danger of riches is that our affections will be carried away from God to His gifts.
You must not hide the gifts God has given, but use them in his service
During the first half of the present century we had an Alexander von Humboldt, who was able to scan the scientific knowledge of his time in its details, and to bring it within one vast generalization. At the present juncture, it is obviously very doubtful whether this task could be accomplished in a similar way, even by a mind with gifts so peculiarly suited for the purpose as Humboldt's was, and if all his time and work were devoted to the purpose.
Pure water is the best gifts a man can bring. But who am I that I should have the best of anything? Let princes revel at the pump, let peers with ponds make free,. . . beer is good enough for me.
Because IQ tests favor memory skills and logic, overlooking artistic creativity, insight, resiliency, emotional reserves, sensory gifts, and life experience, they can't really predict success, let alone satisfaction.
How blind men are to Heaven's gifts!
One of the gifts our planet gave us is to love completely. Without jealousy or insecurity or fear. Without pettiness. Without anger.
One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.
It is said the sesta is one of the only gifts the Europeans brought to South America, but I imagine the Brazilians could have figured out how to sleep in the afternoon without having to endure centuries of murder and enslavement.