Top 1200 Greatest Gifts Quotes & Sayings - Page 16

Louie is hugely talented. But I get very annoyed at the way the media... say, 'Louis C.K. is the greatest stand-up in the world.' He's not the greatest stand-up in the world. He's not funnier than Dave Attell.

True forgiveness is one of the most healing releasing, and freeing gifts we give to ourselves.

God gives gifts and I give thanks and I unwrap the gift given: joy.

A book is a private thing, citizen; it belongs to the one who writes it and to the one who reads it. Like the mind itself, a book is a private space. Within that space, anything is possible. The greatest evil and the greatest good.

One of the gifts one movie lover can give another is the title of a wonderful film they have not yet discovered

The gifts of genius are far greater than the givers themselves venture to suppose.

Chefs hate desserts. The smartest thing a chef can do is hire a great pastry chef. Cooking savory food is all about feel - you season something, you taste it, you go back in and adjust, more butter, more olive oil, more acid, whatever you want to get it to taste the way you want. Pastries are like a science project. To me, the greatest chefs are the ones who have the greatest feel for food, while the greatest pastry chefs have to be people that are extremely precise.

Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.

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.

Adam and Eve - and especially Eve - are victims of the greatest character assassination the world has ever known. Eve is not secondary. Eve, if anything, is the great initiator in the story. She's the first independent woman. For me, rediscovering that Eve was the greatest bad**s women of all time was a revelation.

The greatest wealth of this nation is not only the mergers of giant corporations or the possibility of further globalization of the infrastructure of the world. In the United States, our greatest single source of wealth is the minds and talent of our young people. Not to use it is stupid - to waste it is a crime.

I would like to think all our gifts and talents and abilities come from God.

For this fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being the appearance of knowing the unknown; since no one knows whether death, which they in their fear apprehend to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.

Our greatest need is not to try harder. Our greatest need is a new heart.

It is my greatest wish to enable our people to live with nothing to envy at the earliest possible date, and it is my greatest pleasure to work energetically, sharing my joys and sorrows with our people, on the road of translating my wish into reality.

You must not hide the gifts God has given, but use them in his service

The geometry of landscape and situation seems to create its own systems of time, the sense of a dynamic element which is cinematizing the events of the canvas, translating a posture or ceremony into dynamic terms. The greatest movie of the 20th century is the Mona Lisa, just as the greatest novel is Gray's Anatomy.

What I learned from my kids is that the greatest joy in life is not from material trappings, power, or visibility. The greatest joy comes from your kids. Nothing is even close to my kids in terms of bringing me joy.

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

There is only one real deprivation... and that is not to be able to give one's gifts to those one loves most.

You are your greatest asset. Put your time, effort and money into training, grooming, and encouraging your greatest asset.

Once you've danced, you always dance. You can't deny the gifts that God sends your way

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?

Love and death are the great gifts that are given to us; mostly they are passed on unopened.

God has given some gifts to the whole human race, from which no one is excluded.

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The 20th century gave rise to one of the greatest and most distressing paradoxes of human history: that the greatest intolerance and violence of that century were practiced by those who believed that religion caused intolerance and violence.

Persimmons are pretty present in a lot of Asian cultures, as gifts that you give to people.

Books don't only furnish a room: they also make the best holiday gifts.

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

Today is just another normal day full of miracles, gifts, and opportunities.

My love can't be purchased... Best gifts have been well-thought-out surprises.

I would have to say the novel 'War and Peace' influenced me more than any other book. This greatest of novels demonstrated to me the enormous power of literature and fired me up with a desire to become a writer, to participate in what I considered then to be the greatest of all endeavors.

The sea's only gifts are harsh blows and, occasionally, the chance to feel strong.

Never pass up any opportunity to share your gifts with the world.

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

God knew we would make mistakes. Life is all about mistakes. It is constant change and growth. Our greatest challenges in life will one day be known to us as our greatest teachers.

An intimate encounter with Jesus is the most transforming experience of human existence. To know him as he is, is to come home. To have his life, joy, love, and presence cannot be compared. A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.

We've got the greatest Premier League, greatest domestic competition in the world but the downside of that is we've got fewer and fewer English players playing in that league.

The greatest asset of any nation is the spirit of its people, and the greatest danger that can menace any nation is the breakdown of that spirit-the will to win and the courage to work.

For me, the Mount Rushmore of greats would be Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Hulk Hogan, Bruno Sammartino or Lou Thesz. You can do either one of them in that fourth spot. But I think Ric Flair is the greatest of all time. He's the greatest I've ever seen... on the mic and in the ring.

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

Money is a singular thing. It ranks with love as man's greatest source of joy. And with death as his greatest source of anxiety. Over all history it has oppressed nearly all people in one of two ways: either it has been abundant and very unreliable, or reliable and very scarce.

We must realize that the ministries and gifts of the Spirit are for everyday life, not just meetings.

Man discovers his own wealth when God comes to ask gifts of him.

In the productions of the mind, as in those of the soil, the gifts of nature are excelled by industry and skill . . .

Heaven would that she these gifts should have, and I to live and die her slave.

I think the greatest truths, the ones that you find in every culture that has any sort of history of reflection of writing, the greatest truth is that there's nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so. That's the way Shakespeare put it. But you get basically the same idea from Buddha, from the Bhagavad Gita in India, and from the Stoics in ancient Greece and Rome.

Obviously, Gaga's one of the greatest music visionaries of our time, and Beyonce is one of the greatest visions of our time. She is a music visionary, too.

There are hearts to gladden... kind words to say... gifts to be given... deeds to be done.

If you are alive and healty, you must know that this is your greatest success and your greatest chance in life! Celebrate this success with all your heart, with all your gratitude!

If our greatest need had been information, God would have sent an educator. If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us a scientist. If our greatest need had been money, God would have sent us an economist. But since our greatest need was forgiveness, God sent us a Saviour.

I would rather win souls than be the greatest king or emperor on earth; I would rather win souls than be the greatest general that ever commanded an army; I would rather win souls than be the greatest poet, or novelist, or literary man who ever walked the earth. My one ambition in life is to win as many as possible.

Our rewards in heaven are a result of God's crowning His own gifts.

Your greatest asset is your earning ability. Your greatest resource is your time.

It's always consoling to know that today's Christmas gifts are tomorrow's garage sales.

The best work flows from us effortlessly. Allow the gifts of spirit to come to you.

I want to be the greatest player who has ever been at my position, the greatest player who has ever played.

I am grateful for the gifts of intelligence, love, wonder and laughter. You can't say it wasn't interesting.

I've always said I've wanted to be around forever. I never wanted to be the latest, greatest thing. I want to be like Willie Nelson - touring when I'm 70. To do that, you can't be the latest, greatest thing because those things fizzle out.