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

  Cornel West

  Inspirational, Giving, Purpose Driven Life

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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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• 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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• Your presence is the most precious gift you can give to another human being.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Inspirational, People, Giving

  Marshall B. Rosenberg (2004). “Teaching Children Compassionately: How Students and Teachers Can Succeed with Mutual Understanding”, p.31, PuddleDancer Press

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

  Rick Warren

  Spiritual, Giving, Attention

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• Friendship is a precious gift that can't be bought or sold. It's value is greater than mountains made of gold. If you shall ask God for a gift be thankful if he sends not diamonds pearls or riches but the love and trust of friends. It is the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Being Thankful, Gold, Mountain

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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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• Life's most precious gift is uncertainty.

  Yoshida Kenko

  Inspirational, Uncertainty

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• I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have-life itself.

  Walter Inglis Anderson

  Thankful, Pain, Grief

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• The older one gets, the more one feels that the present must be enjoyed; it is a precious gift, comparable to a state of grace

  Marie Curie

  Inspiration, Grace, States

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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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• Growing up on a farm taught me a reverence for all forms of life. We were a large and poor farm family, so that meant that we had to kill and eat our animal friends. When you do that you are aware of the sacrifice that someone is making so that you may live. My mother always made sure we were thankful for those precious gifts.

  Roger Fouts

  Mother, Growing Up, Sacrifice

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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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• 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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• 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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• The Earth is indeed a precious gift of the Creator who, in designing its intrinsic order, has given us bearings that guide us as stewards of his creation. Precisely from within this framework, the Church considers matters concerning the environment and its protection intimately linked to the theme of integral human development.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Order, Design, Church

  Pope Benedict XVI (2014). “The Garden of God”, p.33, CUA Press

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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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• True bravery is being exactly who you are, imperfections included. Vulnerability is the most precious gift you can give.

  Sara Bareilles

  Giving, Bravery, Imperfection

  "Sara Bareilles Shares Her Dos and Don'ts of Being Fearless". www.glamour.com. July 16, 2013.

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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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