Best Gift Quotes - Page 4

• The best gift I was ever given was the arts. My mum gave me those on a silver platter. Growing up, her and my grandmother would take me to ballets, classical concerts, even smoky jazz clubs I wasn't supposed to be in!

  Jill Scott

  Art, Growing Up, Grandmother

  "Jill Scott: 'I was told I'd never have kids - my son is due in 5 weeks". Interview with Mirror, www.mirror.co.uk. March 22, 2009.

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• You should never lose heart. God is merciful and kind- he has endowed you with the best gift- smile, which can make millions happy.

  Mother Teresa

  Heart, Kind, Should

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• In Africa, you only have an independent media in only eight African countries, so there is very little transparency. The best gift that rich countries can give Africa is Radio Free Africa and Radio Free Africa will do for Africa what Radio Free Europe did for Europe.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Independent, Giving

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• I played rugby for years, and I had a rugby jacket that I lost when I was 14. Somehow, my brother found it in storage 15 years later, and he gave it back to me for my 30th birthday. That was amazing and probably one of the best gifts I've ever received.

  Ryan Reynolds

  Brother, Years, Rugby

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• The best gift from a father to his child is Education and Upbringing.

  Muhammad

  Children, Father, Educational

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• In regards to this great Book [the Bible], I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this Book. But for it we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare, here and hereafter, are found portrayed in it.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Bible, God, Religious

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.542, Wildside Press LLC

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• There is something about saying, 'We always do this,' which helps keep the years together. Time is such an elusive thing that if we keep on meaning to do something interesting, but never do it, year would follow year with no special thoughtfulness being expressed in making gifts, surprises, charming table settings, and familiar, favorite food. Tradition is a good gift intended to guard the best gifts.

  Edith Schaeffer

  Years, Interesting, Together

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• The best gift for an actor is the love of the fans. Many make sweet cards, write letters and even come and meet me wherever I am in India. The love and blessings of your elders is also always cherished, but the extra mile that the fans go to is memorable.

  Abhishek Bachchan

  Sweet, Memorable, Writing

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• Everything seems overwhelming when you stand back and look at the totality of it. I build a lot of stuff and it would all seem impossible if I didn't break it down piece by piece, stage by stage. The best gift you can give yourself is some drive--that thing inside of you that gets you out the door to the gym, job interviews, and dates. The believe-in-yourself adage is grossly overrated.

  Adam Carolla

  Jobs, Believe, Doors

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• In regard to this Great Book, I have but to say, it is the best gift God has given to man.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Book, Men, Presidential

  Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 2: 1859-1865: Library of America #46”, p.628, Library of America

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• Wow,” I said. “Are you making this up?” “Hazel Grace, could I, with my meager intellectual capacities, make up a letter from Peter Van Houten featuring phrases like ‘our triumphantly digitized contemporaneity’?” “You could not,” I allowed. “Can I, can I have the email address?” “Of course,” Augustus said, like it was not the best gift ever.

  John Green

  Grace, Intellectual, Email

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.69, Penguin

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• One of the best gifts you can give a poet is to present them with field guides - to rocks, to stars, to birds, to wildflowers, to trees and bushes, to butterflies, to reptiles and amphibians. Because when you look at anything long enough to be able to identify it, you see far more clearly and you make a tiny beginning at understanding the life, the place, the history of that bird or rock or mammal.

  Marge Piercy

  Stars, Butterfly, Rocks

  Source: margepiercy.com

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• LIVER, n. A large red organ thoughtfully provided by nature to be bilious with. The liver is heaven's best gift to the goose; without it that bird would be unable to supply us with the Strasbourg "pate".

  Ambrose Bierce

  Nature, Bird, Heaven

  Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.203, ReadHowYouWant.com

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