Precious Gifts Quotes

• I was discovering that the most precious gift someone can give us is time, because what gives time its value is death.

  Ingrid Betancourt

  Giving, Discovering, Values

  Ingrid Betancourt (2010). “Even Silence Has An End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle”, p.104, Hachette UK

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• The gifts of caring, attention, affection, appreciation, and love are some of the most precious gifts you can give, and they don't cost you anything.

  Deepak Chopra

  Appreciation, Caring, Giving

  FaceBook post by Deepak Chopra from May 26, 2011

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• The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence.

  Nhat Hanh

  Friendship, Mindfulness, Mindful Living

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2007). “Living Buddha, Living Christ 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.20, Penguin

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• The greatest gift you can give someone is the gift of inspiration.

  Cornel West

  Inspirational, Giving, Purpose Driven Life

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• Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life.

  Walter Inglis Anderson

  Thankful, Character, Responsibility

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• The greatest gift you can give someone is your time.

  Rick Warren

  Spiritual, Giving, Attention

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• Time is a very precious gift-
  so precious that it is only given to
  us moment by moment.

  Amelia Barr

  Moments, Given

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• Our mind is the most valuable possession that we have. The quality of our lives is, and will be, a reflection of how well we develop, train, and utilize this precious gift.

  Brian Tracy

  Motivational, Reflection, Mind

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• Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.

  Ed Miliband

  Opportunity, People, Purpose

  "Labour conference: Ed Miliband speech in full". www.theguardian.com. September 28, 2010.

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• I know, that since life is our most precious gift, and as far as we can be absolutely certain, it's given to us to live but once, let us so live we will not regret years of useless virtue, and inertia, and timidity, and ignorance, and in our last moments we can say: 'All my life, all my conscious energies, have been dedicated to the most noble cause in the world, the liberation of the human mind and spirit - beginning with my own'.

  Maya Angelou

  Regret, Ignorance, Years

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• I need to somehow peel away the dullness and heighten my sensitivity and alertness. I need to start sucking the juice out of every single moment of the most precious gift ever to be had, "my life!"

  Bryan Kest

  Single Mom, Alertness, Needs

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• Growing up closes so many doors. The modern world doesn't allow for miracles, so we don't see them. It's a very precious gift, an open mind, but it's not passive. You've got to nurture it like a bed of roses; otherwise it will wither and die. Make sure you don't close off your mind to things you find strange. Sometimes they may be the only truth.

  Tim Lebbon

  Growing Up, Bed Of Roses, Doors

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• It is great to love life. Accept life as a precious gift from the hand of God and strive to make the most of it.

  Wilferd Peterson

  Appreciation, Love Life, Hands

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• Whole-heartedn ess is a precious gift, but no one can actually give it to you. You have to find the path that has heart and then walk it impeccably....It' s like someone laughing in your ear, challenging you to figure out what to do when you don't know what to do. It humbles you. It opens your heart.

  Pema Chodron

  Heart, Giving, Laughing

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• We all come unique packages with strength and weakness, and somewhere there is a precious gift in all of us

  Samantha Abeel

  Unique, Weakness, Packages

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• Freedom and security are precious gifts that we, as Americans, should never take for granted. We must do all we can to extend our hand in times of need to those who willingly sacrifice each day to provide that freedom and security. While we can never do enough to show gratitude to our nation's defenders, we can always do a little more.

  Gary Sinise

  Gratitude, Sacrifice, Hands

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• We do not obtain the most precious gifts by going in search of them but by waiting for them.

  Simone Weil

  Waiting

  Simone Weil (2009). “Waiting on God (Routledge Revivals)”, p.35, Routledge

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• We take a lot of things for granted in our lives, such as gravity, air, daylight and time. Yet time is one of God's most precious gifts to us. It is the most significant non-renewable resource at our disposal. We have less of it remaining with each passing day. When God gave this gift, He intended for us to use it carefully; intentionally, wisely and productively.

  Tommy Barnett

  Air, Use, Daylight

  Tommy Barnett (2013). “The Power of a Half Hour: Take Back Your Life Thirty Minutes at a Time”, p.21, WaterBrook

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• Our mothers give us so many gifts. They give us the precious gift of life, of course, but they also leave treasured lessons that can guide us along our journeys even when they are no longer with us.

  Maria Shriver

  Mother, Journey, Giving

  "Maria Shriver: The gift my mother gave me" by Maria Shriver, www.today.com. May 7, 2013.

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• ...Gratitude transforms the torment of memory of good things now gone into silent joy. One bears what was lovely in the past not as a thorn but as a precious gift deep within, a hidden treasure of which one can always be certain.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Gratitude, Memories, Past

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• Each day is a precious gift to be savored and used, not left unopened and hoarded for a future that may never come.

  Regina Brett

  Future, Each Day, May

  Regina Brett (2010). “Life's Little Detours: 50 Lessons to Find and Hold onto Happiness”, p.53, Hachette UK

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• The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift.

  Konrad Lorenz

  Dog, Pet, Puppy

  Konrad Lorenz, Marjorie Kerr Wilson (2002). “Man Meets Dog”, p.135, Psychology Press

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• Woman is the highest, holiest, most precious gift to man. Her mission and throne is the family, and if anything is withheld that would make her more efficient, useful, or happy in that sphere, she is wronged, and has not her rights.

  John Todd

  Family, Women, Rights

  John Todd (1972). “Woman's Rights”, Arno Pr

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• What outsiders discover in their adventures on the other side of the looking glass is the courage to repudiate self-contempt and recognise their “alienation” as a precious gift of freedom from arbitrary norms that they did not make and did not sanction. At the moment a person questions the validity of the rules, the victim is no longer a victim.

  Jamake Highwater

  Adventure, Glasses, Self

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• The most precious gift God gave humans is reason. Its best use is the search for knowledge. To know the human environment, to know the earth and galaxies, is to know God. Knowledge (science) is the best form of prayer.

  Fatema Mernissi

  Prayer, Religion, Use

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