Quotes about Gifts

Christians need to take the lead in educating people that children are gifts, as my autistic grandson most surely is. By going down the path we're currently on, we might one day get rid of genetic diseases, but only at the cost of our own humanity.

Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes a fool of him.

To say that God has given a man many and great talents frequently means that he has brought his heavens down within reach of his hands.

The only just literary critic," he concluded, "is Christ, who admires more than does any man the gifts He Himself has bestowed.

The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.

I opened two gifts this morning. They were my eyes.

A man does not possess all the gifts, lest he think that grace is nature.

Each of us needs what nature gives us, when nature gives us.

Perhaps the greatest role of parenting, more than directing and telling children what to do, [is] helping [children] connect with their own gifts, particularly conscience.

Peace is one of the greatest gifts we can leave our children.

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

The universe is wired to give us what we need, yet we have to show up for the experience of life with a positive attitude in order to experience its gifts.