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• Genius and sunshine have this in common that they are the two most precious gifts of heaven to earth, and are dispensed equally to the just and the unjust.

  Anna Brownell Jameson

  Sunshine, Two, Heaven

  Anna Brownell Jameson (1877). “A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected”, p.270

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• Music is to be praised as second only to the Word of God because by her all the emotions are swayed. That is why there are so many songs and psalms. This precious gift has been bestowed on men alone to remind them that they are created to praise and magnify the Lord.

  Martin Luther

  Song, Men, Emotion

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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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• 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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• Great things are accomplished by those who do not feel the impotence of man. This is a precious gift.

  Paul Valery

  Ignorance, Men, Accomplished

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• When listening to another person, don't just listen with your mind, listen with your whole body. Feel the energy field of your inner body as you listen.That takes attention away from thinking and creates a still space that enables you to truly listen without the mind interfering. You are giving the other person space-space to be. It is the most precious gift you can give.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Thinking, Space, Giving

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• One should see any opportunity to serve as a rare and precious gift...and never waste such an opportunity.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Opportunity, Waste, Should

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• Our lives are like the talents in the parable of the three stewards. It is something that has been given to us for the time being and we have the opportunity and privilege of doing our best with this precious gift.

  George Vaillant

  Opportunity, Three, Privilege

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• Life is such a precious gift. Whatever life throws at us, if we could just learn to get through that day and hang on to the next, you never know what may come. It may get worse, but you never know.

  Stephen Baldwin

  May, Next, Life Is

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• Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people, they're drinking, thinking that they got it made. Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and things, but you'd better lift your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it, babe.

  Bob Dylan

  Drinking, Princess, Thinking

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• We don't know how God chooses martyrs. We do know that they give us the most precious gift they possess - their very lives.

  Cesar Chavez

  Giving, Martyr, Know How

  Cesar Chavez's speech at the Indestructible Spirit Conference at La Paz, UFW Headquarters in Keene, California, January 11, 1991.

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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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• We are starving for education... it's like a precious gift. It's like a diamond.

  Malala Yousafzai

  Diamond, Starving

  "Malala Yousafzai: 'Death Did Not Want to Kill Me'". Interview with Diane Sawyer, abcnews.go.com. October 06, 2013.

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• Love is sublime, truly, a precious gift. But also, alas, one of God's little pranks. It's naive of you to confuse love with happiness, as if they were somehow the samae thing. In fact love, once found, is more akin to gravity: too strong, too close, and it will crush you. Unless you're careful, always.

  Wil McCarthy

  Crush, Strong, Love Is

  Wil McCarthy (2009). “The Collapsium”, p.319, Bantam

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• If we have received a precious gift from God, it is our imagination. When we tap into our powers of imagination, we are bombs of possibilities.

  Hiroko Sakai

  Imagination, Bombs, Possibility

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• Those who sage as they age view aging not as a hardship but, rather, as a precious gift filled with promise and replete with possibilities. We may age graciously into simplicity and love, allowing the power from our sense of well-being to permeate the atmosphere around us, or we may vault into older age revved up and in high gear.

  Sue Thoele

  Views, Simplicity, Atmosphere

  Sue Patton Thoele (1998). “Freedoms After 50”, p.133, Conari Press

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• For little children everywhere A joyous season still we make; We bring our precious gifts to them, Even for the dear child Jesus' sake.

  Phoebe Cary

  Christmas, Jesus, Children

  Mary Clemmer, Alice Cary, Phoebe Cary (1873). “A Memorial of Alice and Phoebe Cary: With Some of Their Later Poems”, p.323

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• We have this idea that everyone should be totally independent, totally whole, totally together spiritually, totally fulfilled. That is a myth. In reality, our lack of fulfillment is the most precious gift we have. It is the source of our passion, our creativity, our search for God. All the best of life comes out of our human yearning, our not being satisfied.

  Gerald May

  Passion, Creativity, Independent

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• For a noble heart, the most precious gift becomes poor, when the giver stops loving.

  William Shakespeare

  Heart, Noble, Poor

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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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• Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live. What a precious gift!

  Nhat Hanh

  Morning, Twenties, Wake Up

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2005). “Wisdom from Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life”, p.11, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• Farmed animals are not future Buddhas donating their flesh out of compassion for those of us who have developed a craving for it. They are victims of our greed from whom we steal the most precious gift any of us has: life.

  Norm Phelps

  Buddhist, Compassion, Animal

  Norm Phelps (2004). “The Great Compassion: Buddhism and Animal Rights”, p.110, Lantern Books

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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 truth is that no one who hasn't actually experienced the senseless chaos and violence of combat can possibly understand it, but those who have and who try to explain it to the rest of us are offering us a precious gift: a part of their soul that's been scorched in the flames of Hell. It's a little like trying to describe music to the deaf or color to the blind ... to make the irrational somewhat sensible, which is always confusing and frustrating, and ultimately futile.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Offering, Flames, Color

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