Top 1200 Spiritual Gifts Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

My grammy never gave gifts, you know. She was too busy getting raped by Cossacks.

Just as the law of gravitation existed before its discovery and would exist if all humanity forgets it, so it is with the laws that govern the spiritual world. The moral, ethical and spiritual relations between soul and soul and between individual spirits and the Father of all spirits were there before their discovery and would remain even if we forget them.

Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.

During the last quarter of a century all the authority associated with the function of spiritual guidance ... has seeped down into the lowest publications. ... Between a poem by Valéry and an advertisement for a beauty cream promising a rich marriage to anyone who used it there was at no point a breach of continuity. So as a result of literature's spiritual usurpation a beauty cream advertisement possessed, in the eyes of little village girls, the authority that was formerly attached to the words of priests.

People care about what I have to say now, and they want to hear it, and that's one of the greatest gifts you can be given.

The woman was sane; she accepted the heavy penalties of reality and enjoyed its gifts also.

You great benefactors, sprinkle our society with thankfulness. For your own gifts, make yourselves praised.

I'm very simple when it comes to gifts, so the best ones that I've received have love as their main intention. I appreciate everything.

The great danger of riches is that our affections will be carried away from God to His gifts.

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

Ask, could my gifts, education, career, or experience be used to spread the gospel where it’s needed most?

I get such lovely gifts from fans... amazing pictures, handmade jewellery. I'm very lucky!

There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks.

Certainly tears are given to us to use. Like all good gifts, they should be used properly.

Try not to get lost in comparing yourself to others. Discover your gifts and let them shine!

Age is just a number. Life and aging are the greatest gifts that we could possibly ever have.

The nicest gifts are those left, nameless and quiet, unburdened with love, or vanity, or the desire for attention.

Gratitude is the joy that arises in response to God’s good will toward us in all his gifts.

Compassion, caring, teaching, loving, and sharing your gifts, talents, and abilities are the gateways to power.

Too many people are buying gifts for themselves when they pick out a gift for a friend.

Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?

A lot of the jewelry that I wear are fan gifts because they're so awesome and they give me great presents.

I wake up to my three dogs and my wife in bed and the kids, and those are the best gifts that I have.

You have the ability and gifts to do whatever you want". It is your turn now to change the world. Yes we can!

However, all gifts seem now to be absorbed in one and a man must be either a Preacher or nothing.

There should be a new way to record standings in this league; one column for wins, one for losses and one for gifts.

Every day is a gift. That said, I've gotten some pretty shitty gifts over the years.

I've written poems about gifts. Life is inspirational; sometimes it comes from the most unlikely places.

I've learned one important thing about God's gifts - what we do with them is our gift to Him.

As we give the gifts of compassion and humility, our lives become demonstrations of the truth of God's Word.

When we won the title, I received gifts and cards, bottles of wine, and Champagne. When I was sacked, my house was full.

I think the question is, how do we live with change? Change in our friends, change in our lovers? Change in me and change in my body, from the stroke. Things have changed this plane of consciousness. We've tried to keep things the same. It causes suffering. This suffering is another step in your spiritual life, in your spiritual journey.

The study of economics does not seem to require any specialised gifts of an unusually high order.

I think you too recognize the important relationship between philosophy and art, and it is just this relationship that most painters deny. The great masters do grasp it, unconsciously; but I believe that a painter's conscious spiritual knowledge will have a much greater influence upon his art, and that it would be due only to a weakness in him, or lack of genius, should this spiritual knowledge be harmful to his art.

Be as delicate as possible. If communication accomplishes something on the gross but damages something on the level of feeling then it is a spiritual loss! The feeling is more important for life. Nourishment of the feeling level is the basis for growth of the spiritual holistic value. Delicate behaviour on the surface should be such as to nourish, uphold and enhance the Transcendental value where feelings merge into a common source.

God has given us all wonderful unique gifts and talents to use to glorify and celebrate Him.

I'm tempting you with fine gifts until your girlish ideals are quite worn away and you are at my mercy.

God gives us many gifts, but never permanence; that we must seek in his arms.

I think the coming of spring, the stars overhead, the first snowfall and so on are gifts for a child, a young poet.

The pleasure in lovers' gifts is that they are often covert and secretive, worn next to the skin, hidden under pillows.

Restaurants are like kids. You hope you understand their innate gifts, and then you let them realize their aspirations.

Never mind money; the gifts of time and skill call into being the richest marketplace in the world.

When I do fan meet-ups, the pugs usually end up getting more gifts than me!

Faith, repentance, and holiness are no less the free gifts of God than eternal life.

How generous was it to offer gifts to people one knew would never accept them?

Be thankful, but be careful that you don't become so enamored of God's good gifts that you fail to worship the giver.

Zen has an expression, "nothing special." When you understand "nothing special," you realize that everything is special. Everything's special and nothing's special. Everything's spiritual and nothing's spiritual. It's how you see, it's what eyes you're looking through, that matters.

One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity.

Within what gifts you are given you can change certain events in your life and some people choose not to do that.

'Gifts' was just a short little one-verse song that I used to close shows in the '60s.

Now that we have a bit of money, it is nice to get gifts for people. Before I was getting and not really giving.

Life is a huge privilege and opportunity. God has trusted you with gifts and abilities, which he wants you to use.

Love with delight discourses in my mindUpon my lady's admirable gifts...Beyond the range of human intellect.

This is why very often you find educated people in the media who look at spiritual books but they are so identified with their thought process, they don't get it. They write reviews or articles and they miss the whole point. They can't see the essence. It's not their fault; it's not them personally. It's the human condition and its mind-identified state. And intelligence in itself doesn't help. You can have two or three Ph.D.s; it doesn't get you any closer to spiritual realization. In fact, you might be more distant.

Joy and laughter are the gifts of living in the presence of God and trusting that tomorrow is not worth worrying about.

Happiness and a positive attitude are gifts you can pass along. So get out there and start giving.

Flowers would be wasted on me. I don't like valentines. I don't need gifts. I'm a pragmatic romantic.

Human beings are infinitely worth studying, especially the peculiarities that often go along with outstanding gifts.

Many of us incorrectly assume that a spiritual life begins when we change what we normally do in our daily life. We feel we must change our job, our living situation, our relationship, our address, our diet, or our clothes before we can truly begin a spiritual practice. And yet it is not the act but the awareness, the vitality, and the kindness we bring to our work that allows it to become sacred.

The coward, afraid of the lash, with one hand wipes his eyes and gives with the other. Of what avail are such gifts?