Greatest Gifts Quotes - Page 10

• Apart from my children, spending time with refugees was the greatest gift... the greatest life lesson I could ever receive.

  Angelina Jolie

  Life, Children, Learning

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• The more one knows, the luckier he is, for knowledge is the greatest gift in life.

  L. Frank Baum

  Knows

  L. Frank Baum (2008). “7 Books in 1: L. Frank Baum's "Oz" Series, Volume 1 of 2. the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, Dorothy”, p.678, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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• Where are the heroes and the saints, who keep a clear vision of man's greatest gift, his freedom, to oppose not only the dictatorship of the proletariat, but also the dictatorship of the benevolent state, which takes possession of the family, and of the indigent, and claims our young for war?

  Dorothy Day

  War, Hero, Men

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• Forgiveness. It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody. You are relieved of carrying that burden of resentment. You really are lighter. You feel lighter. You just drop that.

  Maya Angelou

  Giving, Resentment, Burden

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jan 21, 2015

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• Today, we're taking a break from the concerns and the bustle of the work-a-day world. But we're also making a new beginning... Let us renew our faith that as free men and women we still have the power to better our lives, and let us resolve to face the challenges of the new year holding that conviction firmly in our hearts. That, after all, is our greatest strength and our greatest gift as Americans.

  Ronald Reagan

  New Year, New Beginnings, Heart

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan)., Ronald Reagan, United States. Office of the Federal Register (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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• The name 'cherubim' means 'fullness of knowledge' or 'outpouring of wisdom'... The name cherubim signifies the power to know and to see God, to receive the greatest gifts of His light, to contemplate the divine splendor in primordial power, to be filled with the gifts that bring wisdom and to share these generously with subordinates as a part of the beneficent outpouring of His wisdom.

  Pope Dionysius

  Christian, Mean, Light

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• Our role as gardeners is to choose, plant and tend the best seeds within the garden of our consciousness. Learning to look deeply at our consciousness is our greatest gift and our greatest need, for there lie the seeds of suffering and of love, the very roots of our being, of who we are. Mindfulness...is the guide and the practice by which we learn how to use the seeds of suffering to nourish the seeds of love.

  Nhat Hanh

  Lying, Garden, Practice

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• Listening with undivided attention and unconditional love Is perhaps the greatest gift we can extend to others.

  Gerald Jampolsky

  Unconditional Love, Love Is, Listening

  Gerald Jampolsky (2009). “Good-Bye to Guilt: Releasing Fear Through Forgiveness”, p.52, Bantam

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• If you have kids who are struggling with dyslexia, the greatest gift you can give them is the sense that nothing is unattainable. With dyslexia comes a very great gift, which is the way that your mind can think creatively.

  Orlando Bloom

  Struggle, Kids, Thinking

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• Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.

  Laozi

  Self, Giving, Transformation

  Laozi, Brian Browne Walker (1992). “Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu”

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• Love. It's God's greatest gift. He fills our world with it and makes sure we grow up with caring, supportive parents. I'm just kidding. Pain is God's greatest gift. Pain is God's way of saying, "Hurts, don't it ? Wel, go ahead. Say, me dammit again."

  Christopher Titus

  Hurt, Growing Up, Pain

  "Titus / Racing in the Streets". www.imdb.com. 2001.

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• I always appreciated my teachers. When I was 16, I gave them the greatest gift I could think of. I dropped out of school.

  Craig Ferguson

  Teacher, School, Thinking

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• The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.

  Jim Valvano

  Children, Believe, Giving

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• The greatest gift given to man by God - is the ability to empathize.

  Meryl Streep

  Men, Given, Ability

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• The greatest gift an actor can have is not revealing who he is but through the parts he plays. Unfortunately, we live in a world where everyone wants to know everything all the time and I think it takes away part of the fun of acting that we have to go through that all the time.

  Jude Law

  Fun, Thinking, Play

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• You are to do the choosing here and now during this exciting and wonderful time on earth. Moral agency, the freedom to choose, is certainly one of God's greatest gifts next to life itself. We have the honorable right to choose; therefore, we need to choose the right. This is not always easy.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Agency, Needs, Time On Earth

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• The greatest gift that you can give another person is to gracefully receive whatever it is that they want to give us.

  Fred Rogers

  Giving, Want, Persons

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• If you love getting gifts - and who doesn't - then why not accept, with gratitude, the greatest gift there is: the present moment.

  Guy Finley

  Gratitude, Why Not, Moments

  FaceBook post by Guy Finley from Dec 20, 2013

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• Life is pointless...and that is God's greatest gift.

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Life Is, Pointless

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• What one great idea resonates deeper in the soul than any other...that we are free to choose. Next to life itself, the power to choose is your greatest gift.

  Stephen Covey

  Ideas, Soul, Next

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• This year's [2016] White House holiday theme is "The Gift of the Holidays," and our decorations reflect some of our greatest gifts as a nation: from our incredible military families, to the life-changing impact of a great education.

  Michelle Obama

  Military, Life Changing, Holiday

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• No matter what your work today, if it is worth while at all - time to plan it out, time to do it well, and time to finish it, is your day's greatest gift and your greatest job.

  George Matthew Adams

  Jobs, Matter, Today

  George Matthew Adams (2016). “You Can: A Collection of Brief Talks on the Most Important Topic in the World-Your Success”, p.24, Ravenio Books

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• Be generous with your time and your resources and with giving credit and, especially, with your words. It's so much easier to be a critic than a celebrator. Always remember there is a human being on the other end of every exchange and behind every cultural artifact being critiqued. To understand and be understood, those are among life's greatest gifts, and every interaction is an opportunity to exchange them.

  Maria Popova

  Motivational, Opportunity, Giving

  "Happy Birthday, Brain Pickings: 7 Things I Learned in 7 Years of Reading, Writing, and Living". www.brainpickings.org. October 23, 2013.

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• life is the greatest gift that could ever be conceived ... A daffodil pushing up through the dark earth to the spring, knowing somehow deep in its roots that spring and light and sunshine will come, has more courage and more knowledge of the value of life than any human being I've met.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Life, Spring, Sunshine

  Madeleine L'Engle (1981). “Camilla”, Doubleday

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• Helping others isn't a chore, it is one of the greatest gifts there is. I want to challenge the next generation of women to find a way to give back that inspires and fulfills them and weave it into their daily lives. If the next generation can learn that early on, we have a real chance to change the world.

  Liya Kebede

  Real, Helping Others, Giving

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